A slideshow of photos I took during my first visit to Aughrim in County Galway on Monday 24th May 2021.

Aughrim (Irish: Eachroim, meaning "horse ridge") is a small village in County Galway. It is located between the towns of Loughrea and Ballinasloe, along the old N6 Galway-Dublin road, now the R446 since the opening of the M6 Motorway in 2009 which passes north of Aughrim. 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 (in Attidermot townland) are a National Monument. A visitor centre dedicated to the Battle of Aughrim opened in 1991. A celtic cross was erected at the site of Aughrim Castle 1962 in memory of General Marquis de St Ruth and the many who fell at the Battle of Aughrim.

An Augustinian Priory was founded in Aughrim around 1170. It served as the village's Catholic Church until 1860 when the present St. Catherine's Church was built. From 1860 until 1893 it served as a school until St. Catherine's National School was built. The National School built in 1893 is now St. Catherine's Hall.

St. Catherine's Church in Aughrim was built in 1860. It contains several stained glass windows dedicated to various saints. It is one of two churches in Aughrim and Kilconnell Parish in the Diocese of Clonfert.

The present St. Catherine's National School was built in 1950. It was extended around 2017.

Holy Trinity Church of Ireland in Aughrim was built in 1819. It is one of six churches in the Aughrim Holy Trinity Union of Parishes in the Dioceses of Limerick and Killaloe. The Glebe National School next to Holy Trinity Church is under the patronage of the Church of Ireland.

Aughrim Heritage Park is a public park with historical antiques.

Aughrim is served by Bus Eireann Routes 20 & 20X and CityLink Route 763 serving Aughrim on their Dublin to Galway routes.

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