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Extract from the Aughrim Travel Guides:
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AUGHRIM
, fourteen miles from Loughrea and just short of Ballinasloe, makes a good base from which to explore some of the ecclesiastical remains of the area. In 1691, Aughrim was the scene of a key battle in the Williamite Wars in which the Irish and French forces were defeated. The
Battle of Aughrim Interpretive Centre
(Easter-Oct daily 10am-6pm) explains the battle's significance and places the Williamite Wars in the context of seventeeth-century European power struggles.
Hynes
hostel
(tel 0905/73734; 26-33/?33.01-41.90) which has adequate, small dorm rooms also does campin...
read the whole Aughrim Travel Guides...
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