Although the south Wicklow town is occasionally mistaken as the location of a famous battle, (it shares the same name as the Galway village that is the real site of the Battle of Aughrim ...

On Sunday evening, July 12th, 1691 the fate of Ireland was decided ... About 40 years ago, Galway County Council drove a new road right through the area of the Aughrim battlefield in which ...

On Saturday, as part of Operation Tara, gardaí attached to the Galway Divisional Drug Unit carried out a planned search of a residence in Aughrim. Officers seized cannabis plants with an ...

WICKLOW 1-9 ROMANCE met reality in Aughrim on Saturday and went home disappointed. Wicklow's first meeting with Galway in the Bank of Ireland football championship enlivened the whole county for ...

Co Galway said of Searon Naughton, who died on Thursday night. Mrs Naughton, 55, lost her fight for life after sustaining injuries in an alleged assault at her home in Loughbaun, Aughrim ...

Aughrim was one of the bloodiest battles fought in Ireland, with 7,000 slain out of the 40,000 engaged in the confrontation. Following the defeat, Galway and Limerick fell fast. For these reasons ...

Orangemen are hoping to revive interest in a forgotten battle of the 1690s with the help of an all-Ireland tourist trail. The Orange Order believes the small village of Aughrim in Co Galway can ...

GALWAY football manager last night John O'Mahony admitted that his side face a trip into uncharted territory when they square up to Wicklow in Saturday's novel All-Ireland qualifier at Aughrim.

Con O'Callaghan was the key figure in Aughrim as ... see them in the All-Ireland shake-up, but silverware on the board would be a massive platform. On the other hand, Galway remind me of the ...