St Ctherine is the patron Saint of this parish, Aughrim. There is a well at the Church and it is called St Catherine's well.

Longworth was the name of the landlord that once ruled my district. He was a good landlord and never carried out any evictions. He never brought strangers on the land. After the battle of Aughrim, Longworth got his estate and the people that were living there were driven into the bogs. The land is now divided into small farms. There were no punishments on the tenants. The tenants had to pay four shillings in the year to the Prodestant

mind his own business.Then that night San Ruth held a banquet and in the middle of it two men rushed in and told him that the English had crossed. At that moment San Ruth gathered all his men together and marched on to Ballinasloe and when they got there they stopped at the river Suck and they decided to fight the English there if they did not get a more suitable place. Then San Ruth sent out scouts to search for a better place. The scouts came back and told him that there was a very good place about four miles outside Ballinasloe. So San Ruth marched on until he camed to the place which was Aughrim and he decided to fight there.They were camping for about three days on the hill of Aughrim and the English were camping in Nutfield. Then San Ruth picked a small battalion of men to attach as soon as Ginkle saw them coming he picked out a few thousand men and he led to the attack. As soon as St, Ruth's men saw them coming they retreated and Ginkle's men followed. When the Irish came to a certain spot they dropped into

The Battle of AughrimThe battle of Aughrim was fought in the year 1691. The battle was a struggle with the Irish and the English. St Ruth was general over the Irish and De Ginkle was in charge of the English.King Williams army had about 30,000 while the Irish had roughly 20,000. The English army were better trained army compared with the Irish. The day before the battle the Irish took sheep on a man named Kelly for food. Kelly went and told St Ruth what his army had done. But St Ruth said if we lose this battle you will lose all your land. Kelly didn't like this. Some time after Kelly and his her Mullen came to St Ruth but St Ruth knew well that his soldiers were sleeping on them. Then St Ruth said that if they did get out he would shoot them. When Kelly was leaving he said to Mullen "mark him well". Then Kelly went and asked the English what would they give him if he told them what kind of a horse St Ruth would be riding after the battle and

7. In Aughrim there is a bush named St. Ruth's bush. It was given this name because St. Ruth was killed

In the village of Aughrim, about 37 years ago, there was born one who was to come to fame in later years. His name was John Daly, better known as Jack.In his youth he had fairly hard times. His lot was to work for local farmers at a very small pay. However, he lived on it until he was twenty years of age.It was his lot one day to take the Saxon shilling. He first saw service in South Africa. There he gained little fame. He got a small pension after the war. He returned to Aughrim again to work for a settled

many sheep were killed by them. There were several storms since then, but they were not as bad as that one, and they did not do as much damage.A few years ago there was a very severe thunder storm and the lightning caused a great deal of damage. In a certain house, the lightning went through the walls, and through a woman's leg, and hit the dresser, and knocked it flat on the floor. It also struck the bell in the parish church and knocked it to the ground, and shattered the windows of the barrack in the same district.In a piece of land, it bored a deep hole, and skinned a straight piece of bark from the very top of a tree to the ground. All this happened in the district of Kilrickle, about seven miles south-west of the village of Aughrim.(Dermont Minton, Aughrim Hill)

About five years ago, there was a great snow storm in Ireland. There were a lot of stock lost in the storm, and people were lost also.This storm lasted for two days, and in every part of Ireland cars were stopped on the road. The snow was drifted by the wind and in some places it was ten feet deep.There was only one man I knew in the parish of Aughrim, that was lost in this snow and his name was Mick Grehan.This man was going home from the village of Aughrim. It seem that when he was about a quarter of a mile from the village, he got tired walking through the snow. He lay down on the side of the road, and died from exposure.(Anthony Meheran, Liscaple)

Old Hedge Schools are very scarce in our locality. The only one I have been told about, was in the village of Shanwalla, three miles south of the village of Aughrim. There are the remains of an old school which

Local Place NamesAbout a mile from the village of Aughrim, in the Baron of Clonmacnoon there is a placed called "Bloody Hollow". It was so named after the battle of Aughrim had been fought. It is said that when the battle was at the height, the blood of the soldiers who were killed and wounded flowed down this hollow. Some of the soldiers who were fighting were carried off in this river of blood. This hollow is called "Bloody Hollow" up to this day.About two miles from this village there is a townland called Gortmore. As every school boy knows "Gort Mór" means the big tillage field. This field was divided some time ago, but the neighbours said they would not like the name to die out, so they called the townland by the name of Gortmore. Once it was a great field of forty acres.

Fairy Forts are common in this district. There is one situated on the hill of Aughrim. The land on which the fort stands is owned by a man named Tom Coleman. The fort has been there for years. There are a lot of traditions told about this fairy fort. One of them is as follows:-One night a man was coming home from the village, and as he was passing by the fairy fort, he saw more than a hundred men coming through the field in which the fort is situated.The men were fairy soldiers who stayed in this fort after the battle of Aughrim. When the fairies saw the man, they came out of the field, and divided into two halves.Half of them went in front of the man, and the other half behind him. After a while, they divided into single file, and marched on either side of the man for a considerable distance. When the man was near his own home, the fairy soldiers disappeared.

My Home DistrictThe name of the district that I live in is called Garrynamishauru. It got it's name from all the primroses that grow there. There are eight families in this district, and of the eight, four of them are Mintons.It is a nicely situated district, and there are two or three small woods there. The trunk road runs close by those houses. A part of the battle of Aughrim was fought around this district, and I found some bullets in the ploughed land around here.It is a fairly hilly district, but the land is very good. There is a very good spring well and in the Summer time when all the other wells would be dry, people come to this well for water.(Dermot Minton, Aughrim Hill)

There are three holly wells in this parish, but the one I know most about is Saint Patrick’s, and it is situated in the townland of Garry-More.
This well is one and a half-miles west of the village of Aughrim. Some years ago, the people used to go there to do Stations for, teeth-aches, head-aches, or sore throats, and several other complaints.
In order to do the stations, they would first take off their shoes and stockings, and then go round fourteen little mounds three times, and certain prayers had to be said at each mound. They would wash their hands and faces, and also whatever sores they would have, with some of the water from the well.
They would have to leave some little thing after them; such as a nail, a button, a penny, or some little thing like that before leaving
(Dermot Minton Aughrim Hill.)

green in Aughrim, and it is situated just beside the Aughrim cemetery. The fairs are held in the streets as well as in the fair green.When an animal is sold "luck-money" is given such as, five shillings on a cow or horse; but if a big price is paid, ten shillings is given, a half crown on a bullock or heifer, and very seldom a shilling is given on sheep as luck-money. It is called the luck-penny.Toll is paid on cattle sold. No toll is paid on the cattle that are not sold. The toll paid is, a penny on lambs, two pence on sheep and four pence on cattle. The toll is handed to Mr. Wade, who sends it to the owner of the fair green, who lives in Dublin.When a bargain is made, the concerned parties show their agreement

Long ago the general belief of the people of Liscune was that a pot gold was hidden in the Lios above Kenny's house in Gurtyryan. A big black cat with fiery eyes was supposed to be minding it. One night the people were preparing to go to a fair in Aughrim. As there were no alarm clocks at that time it was the custom that the women should stay up to call the men in time for the fair. Two people stayed up in Mr

5. There was an old Mass Path heading down from the ruined Abbey of Kilconnell to the ruined church of Fohenagh. The path can be seen in places heading thro’ the lands of Doone and other places. It is said that after the Battle of Aughrim the Skulls were gathered up and piled against the abbey walls and that later they were buried in the Abbey grounds.

Killaghton graveyard. There was a woman coming from the battle of Aughrim. She had a child and she left the child at the tree. She came back a month later and while she was away the tree nursed the child.

There are fairs held at Aughrim, Cappatagle, Ballinasloe, Loughrea, and new Inn. Fairs are usually held in towns. A town fair is held in a big field called a green

At the time of the Union England tried by means of bribery & corruption to get votes. Mr. Trench of Woodlawn Hse., Woodlawn was approached to give his vote for the Union but his ancestors having got extensisive estates after the Battle of Aughrim, money lands & pensions were no attraction to him. He went to Parliament