Williamite victory and casts Saint-Ruhe firmly in the role of antagonist, it also portrays Sarsfield and his lieutenants as heroic figures and incorporates a "lament for Catholic patriotism", so that "both Catholics and Protestants were attracted to the play for generations". In 1804 it was noted of Ashton's play that "a more popular Production never appeared in Ireland; it is in the hands of every Peasant who can read English; and [...] is committed to memory and occasionally recited". In 1885, artist John Mulvany completed a painting of the battle; it was exhibited in Dublin in 2010. The Battle of Aughrim was also the subject of a long 1968 poem by Richard Murphy, who noted that he had ancestors fighting on both sides. The Aughrim battlefield site became the subject of controversy in Ireland over plans to build the new M6 motorway through the former battlefield. Historians, environmentalists and members of the Orange Order objected to the plans; the motorway opened in 2009. Aughrim Interpretative Centre The Battle of Aughrim Interpretative Centre, in Aughrim village was opened in 1991. It is a collaboration between Aughrim Heritage Committee, Ireland West Tourism and Galway County Council. It houses artefacts found on the battlefield site, as well as three-dimensional displays and a documentary film that explains the course of the battle and its significance in the wider context of the history of Ireland. See also List of conflicts in Ireland Notes References Sources Boulger, Demetrius C., The Battle of the Boyne, Together with an Account Based on French & Other Unpublished Records of the War in Ireland 1688-1691 Martin Secker, London, 1911 (Available as pdf) Piers Wauchope, Patrick Sarsfield and the Williamite War, Dublin 1992. J. G. Simms, Jacobite Ireland, London 1969. G. A., Hayes-McCoy, Irish Battles, Belfast 1990. Eamonn O Ciardha, Ireland and the Jacobite cause - a Fatal Attachment, Dublin 2002. Padraig Lenihan, 1690, Battle of the Boyne, Tempus, 2003. Further reading External links Battle site on Mapviewer at Ordnance Survey of Ireland Interview with historian Padraig Lenihan on the battle. "The Battle of Aughrim" - traditional tune 1691 in Ireland Aughrim Aughrim 1691 in military history