placenamesAughrim
Eachroim (Béal Átha na Sluaighe)
Nineteenth-century churches and a glebe house preserve another layer of the Aughrim district’s history beyond its celebrated battlefield.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Eachroim (Béal Átha na Sluaighe) · Irish · main form
- Aughrim · English · main form
Place & story
Holy Trinity’s tower and spire
Holy Trinity Church is one of the nineteenth-century landmarks within the Aughrim district. The Church of Ireland’s architectural survey describes its cruciform plan and prominent western tower and spire. It also records substantial work by Joseph Welland in 1858. The stained-glass survey identifies a window composed of three lancets with three additional tracery lights, showing how the glazing follows the building’s Gothic architectural forms. [2]
The rectory in Levallynearl
The nearby rectory was built around 1820 and enlarged around 1900. Its later eastern bay changed the original symmetry, while a slight setback still allows the earlier building to be recognised. The two-storey house has a basement, hipped slate roof and pedimented limestone entrance porch. Outbuildings and iron gates complete a group that the architectural inventory associates with the church and a schoolhouse within the grounds. [3]
Saint Catherine’s in Cloonameragaun
Saint Catherine’s Catholic Church dates from 1860. Its limestone walls, tooled corner stones and trefoil-headed windows give the building a different architectural character from Holy Trinity. A lower chancel projects at the eastern end, with a two-stage bell tower beside it and a gabled porch at the west. Cut-stone crosses and roof copings, together with stained and leaded glazing, record the craftsmanship invested in this parish church. [4]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Aughrim. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Aughrim,Holy Trinity: architectural survey · Church of Ireland,Gloine
- The Rectory,30408723 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Saint Catherine’s Catholic Church,30408721 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.