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Thu 01 Jan 2005Aughrim battlefield under threat from M6, says An TaisceAn Taisce has criticised the National Roads Authority's decision to route the new M6 Galway-Dublin motorway through Aughrim, Co Galway, where more than 9,000 people died in battle in 1691.The location is of Irish and European significance - the site of the largest such battle fought on this island, An Taisce pointed out. The battle represented a decisive failure for Jacobite forces and paved the way for the victory of King William III.