Aughrim, County Galway


Aughrim is a small village in County Galway, Ireland. It is located between the towns of Loughrea and Ballinasloe, along the old N6 national primary road that used to be the main road between Galway and Dublin. According to the Irish census of 2011, the division had a population of 595. The village is in a civil parish of the same name.
It was in Aughrim that the Marquis de St Ruth prepared the Irish Catholic Jacobite troops for the Battle of Aughrim, which was fought during the Williamite war in Ireland on 12 July 1691. Two ringforts located to the south are a National Monument.

Community organisations

Aughrim is the base for the charitable organisation Sunflowers Chernobyl Appeal which carry out voluntary work in areas in Belarus affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Transportation

Road

Aughrim is located on the old N6 Galway to Dublin road, Aughrim is now by-passed by the M6 motorway. The motorway was opened on 23 July 2009 and 18 December 2009. It is located approximately 5.5 kilometers from the Ballinasloe West M6 Junction.

Bus

Aughrim is served by Bus Eireann and by private bus with CityLink serving Aughrim on their Dublin to Galway routes.

Holy Trinity Church

Holy Trinity Church is the Church of Ireland parish church for Aughrim. It was built in 1819 and consecrated on Trinity Sunday 1819 and it was therefore called Holy Trinity. It is cruciform in shape and is still in use as a parish church Rectors of Holy Trinity Church have included Rev. Henry Martin and the Very Rev. John Fiennes Twisleton Crampton.

Abbots and Bishops of Aughrim

Notable people