Oughterard

Oughterard is a small town in , on the shores of Lough Corrib 26 km northwest of Galway city. It's on the edge of the Connemara hills and has accommodation and other visitor amenities; it's a commuter town for the city and its own population in 2022 was 1800.
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  • Town with 1,850 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 29 metres (95 feet)
  • …is also known as “Uachtar Ard”
  • Description: small town in County Galway

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kilcummin Parish Church and Church Of The Immaculate Conception.
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is a "show mine" dedicated to the lead… is situated 3½ km west of Oughterard.

Oughterard

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Latitude
53.4284° or 53° 25′ 42″ north
Longitude
-9.3226° or 9° 19′ 21″ west
UN/LOCODE
IE OUG
Open location code
9C5GCMHG+9X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52268286
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2962144
Wiki­data ID
Q1973811

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Oughterard” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Oughterard”
  • Breton: “Oughterard”
  • Breton: “Uachtar Ard”
  • Bulgarian: “Оугхтерард”
  • Cebuano: “Oughterard”
  • Cornish: “Uachtar Ard”
  • Dutch: “Oughterard”
  • French: “Oughterard”
  • Georgian: “უტერარდი”
  • German: “Oughterard”
  • Irish: “Uachtar Ard”
  • Irish: “Uachtar Árd”
  • Irish: “Uachtarárd”
  • Italian: “Oughterard”
  • Japanese: “オータラード”
  • Japanese: “オウタラード”
  • Manx: “Uachtar Ard”
  • Polish: “Oughterard”
  • Portuguese: “Oughterard”
  • Russian: “Утерад”
  • Russian: “Утерард”
  • Russian: “Ухтерард”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Uachtar Árd”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Uachtarárd”
  • Spanish: “Oughterard”
  • Swedish: “Oughterard”
  • Urdu: “اؤٹرارڈ”
  • Welsh: “Uachtar Ard”

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