Aughrim

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Aughrim is a village in County Galway, Ireland, best known as the site of the pivotal 1691 Battle of Aughrim during the Williamite War.

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Aughrim canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf village
coordinateLocation approximately 53.3°N 8.3°W
country Ireland
distanceTo approximately 6 km west of Ballinasloe
approximately 60 km east of Galway city
formerlyOn N6 national primary road
hasCategory Townlands of County Galway
Villages in County Galway
hasCounty County Galway
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
hasFeature commemorative monuments to the Battle of Aughrim
interpretive walking trails on the battlefield
hasHeritageSite Battle of Aughrim Visitor Centre
Battlefield of Aughrim
hasHistoricalEvent Battle of Aughrim
hasHistoricalPeriod Williamite War in Ireland
hasIrishName Eachroim
hasLandscapeFeature bogland
farmland
hasLocalGovernmentArea Galway County Council
hasNearbySettlement Athenry
Kilconnell
hasPostcodeArea H53
hasPostTown Ballinasloe
hasProvince Connacht
hasReligiousBuilding Church of Ireland church in Aughrim
Roman Catholic church in Aughrim
hasRoadAccess R348 road (nearby)
hasSettlementType rural village
hasTimeZone Western European Time
hasTimeZoneDST Irish Standard Time
hasTransport bus services to Ballinasloe and Galway
knownFor Battle of Aughrim
locatedIn County Galway
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Connacht
locatedInCountrySubdivision Galway East (Dáil constituency)
locatedNear Ballinasloe
locatedOn R446 road
locatedOnTerritoryOf Republic of Ireland
nearWaterBody River Suck basin
partOf civil parish of Aughrim

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Cath Eachroma locatedIn Aughrim
subject linked to: Cath Eachroma (Irish)
Cath Eachroma 1691 location Aughrim