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Oughterard
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Oughterard () is a small town on the banks of the Owenriff River close to the western shore of Lough Corrib in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. It is located about northwest of Galway on the N59 road. Oughterard is the chief angling centre on Lough Corrib.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Oughterard
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- gle
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Oughterard - Uachtar Ard - geograph.org.uk - 1255097.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Junction of Camp Street and Clifden Road in Oughterard
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Connacht
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- County Galway
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 1,846
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 68
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Galway
- Elevation
- 68
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.oughterardtourism.com
- Image
- Oughterard - Uachtar Ard - geograph.org.uk - 1255097.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- historic county
- County Galway
- Irish Grid Reference
- M113415
- Commons category
- Oughterard
- native label
- Uachtar Ard
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Encyclopedic overview
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Oughterard () is a small town on the banks of the Owenriff River close to the western shore of Lough Corrib in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. It is located about northwest of Galway on the N59 road. Oughterard is the chief angling centre on Lough Corrib.
One of the fastest-growing towns in Ireland, it had a population of 1,846 in 2022, an increase of 40.1% from the 2016 census.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oughterard” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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