Aughrim, County Wicklow

Infobox Irish Place
name = Aughrim
gaeilge = Eachroim
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pin coords = left: 60px; top: 82px
north coord = 52.8533
west coord = 6.3275
irish grid = T123797
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elevation = 100 m (331 ft)
province = Leinster
county = County Wicklow
town pop = 1145
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census yr = 2006
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Aughrim (Irish place name|Eachroim|Horse ridge) is a small village in County Wicklow, Ireland. It lies in a scenic valley in the east of Ireland where the Ow and Derry rivers meet to form the Aughrim river. Aughrim is on the R747 regional road which runs between Arklow and Baltinglass.

The Rednagh Bridge south of the village was the site of an engagement during the 1798 rebellion between Crown forces and the rebels.

Aughrim has won the Irish Tidy Towns Award for tidiest village in County Wicklow from 1996-2007, and was all Ireland winner of the contest in 2007.

There are a number of unusual granite terraced houses throughout the village, constructed - along with a forge, and town hall - at the behest of the Earl of Meath. Aughrim was a granite mining village, and this material is widely used, giving the village a distinctive and coherent architecture.

A plaque on the bridge commemorates Anne Devlin, who was employed by and supported Robert Emmet, a revolutionary who was hanged in 1803 for his leadership of an aborted uprising. Aughrim is an important agricultural, horticultural and timber processing village, and has become a popular venue for walkers. The Sean Linehan Way provides woodland and riverside walking in the valleys of the Three Wells and Macreddin Brooks, and access to nearby Cushbawn Hill.

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Aughrim is home to the county grounds of the Wicklow county Gaelic Athletic Association team. The current Gaelic football team is managed by Mick O'Dwyer.

Aughrim is a sporting centre in Wicklow with fishing lakes and river. A Paul McGinley-designed golf course is being developed at nearby Macreddin. Irish rugby union international Shane Byrne is from Aughrim.

ee also

* [http://www.aughrim.ie Aughrim Home Page]
* List of towns and villages in Ireland
* List of Market Towns in Ireland

References

* "Illustrated road book of Ireland, Second Edition", Automobile Association , London (1970)