Aughrim (Irish: Eachroim, meaning 'horse ridge')[2] is a small village in County Galway, Ireland.

[3] It was in Aughrim that the Marquis de St Ruth prepared the Irish Catholic Jacobite troops for the Battle of Aughrim which was fought, during the Williamite war in Ireland, on 12 July 1691.

Two ringforts located to the south (in Attidermot townland) are a National Monument.

Aughrim is the base for the charitable organisation Sunflowers Chernobyl Appeal which carry out voluntary work in areas in Belarus affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

It is located approximately 5.5 kilometers from the Ballinasloe West M6 Junction (J15).