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 ...

Galway and Wicklow, who clash in Aughrim on Saturday week ... Moses Coffey's side's novel clash with last year's beaten All-Ireland finalists. Wicklow beat Longford in the first round of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BBC will also show the Ulster quarter-final encounter between All-Ireland champions Armagh and Antrim this Saturday (12.30pm). With the Aughrim tie not on TV or available to stream, this will see ...