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Beara Breifne Way

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Tracing the Footsteps of O'Sullivan Beare

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Aughrim

30th March 2018 by Beara Breifne

BBW Aughrim Stamp

Unless a visitor was well versed in the history of the late 17th and 18th centuries he would find it hard to believe Aughrim’s past

The community of Aughrim traces its roots back to a time when bloody hills and valleys were the scene of the battle of Aughrim, the fiercest fight ever fought in Ireland’s turbulent and bloody history. By visiting the Battle of Aughrim Interpretive Centre you can relive the scene of the fateful events the Battle of Aughrim 1691 where over 7,000 people lost their lives.

An interesting landmark is a solitary whitethorn bush known as St Ruth’s Bush where St Ruth is supposed to have been killed. It is marked as a National Monument.

After visiting the Interpretive Centre, a leisurely stroll through the adjoining Park, with its various displays,will help the visitor to visualise the people and events that made and shaped Aughrim’s past.

The 7,000 who fell at Aughrim are commerated by 22 foot Celtic Cross close to the now in ruin O’ Kelly Castle.

On the 10th January 1603- the day after the hazardous Shannon crossing – O’ Sullivan Beara’s famished and battle-weary convoy had their passage blocked at Aughrim Hill by two troops of cavalry and five companies of soldiers under the command of Captain Henry Malby.

O’ Sullivan Beare’s convoy scattered at the sight of this well- organised army. However, in a remarkable battle speech, O’ Sullivan Beare rallied his troops to fight, though vastly outnumbered, Henry Malby and Richard Burke, his senior officer, were killed.

Demoralised, the crown forces retreated to a nearby garrison. Despite his remarkable victory, O’Sullivan Beare and his camp, many of whom were wounded, marched 20 miles into the night to avoid further attacks from surrounding garrisons.

The 97km route was, in the main, funded by Galway Rural Development.

Clan Name

Aughrim is part of the ancestral home of the O’Kellys and forms a stage of the Beara-Breifne Way which is based on the historic march of O’Sullivan Beara in 1603.

Stamp Locations

Valerie Seale Pub
John Burke

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Contact the Hymany Way

To find out more about the route, accommodation or local services, contact the Ballyhoura Way via our contact form, or at:

Paddy Naughton
Hymany Way
Aughrim Development Company Ltd.,
Aughrim,
Ballinasloe,
Co Galway

http://www.hymanyway.org

How to Walk the Beara Breifne Way

You can walk the whole of O’Sullivan Beare’s route from West Cork to Leitrim

We’ve created a unique walking passport you can use to catalogue your progress over days, months or even years. Each community has chosen a stamp to represent its character, and as you collect your passport stamps, you’ll get to meet some of the people behind the walk’s creation.

 


 

How to use the passport

You can order your  Beara-Breifne Way passport online and plan your route using our handy maps.

Stamp locations are listed on on this website for each walk and walk section. When you complete your  walk, call in to its passport point, and we’ll stamp your passport for you.

At the end of your journey, you can claim the final stamp which proves you walked the entire Beara-Breifne Way!

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Communities from the tip of West Cork to the top of Cavan gathered in Roscommon yesterday to launch the new passport and community stamps visitors can use to track their journeys on the Beara-Breifne Way.

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