Oughterard

Oughterard ( Irish : Uachtar Ard ) is a town in County Galway in the west of the Republic of Ireland .

The place is located 26 km northwest of Galway in Connemara on the national road N59 . Nearby is the west bank of Lough Corrib , the largest lake in the Republic of Ireland; therefore Oughterard is a popular place for anglers . In the 2006 census , Oughterard had 1305 inhabitants (after 1209 in the 2002 census); for the urban area the number in 2006 was 2557 (after 2380 in the 2002 census).

In addition to in and around Cong , a few scenes for the film " The Quiet Man " by John Ford were shot near Oughterard in 1952 .

Saint Patrick's Rock near Oughterard is a huge boulder .

Individual evidence

↑ Map of Ireland (can be enlarged greatly) ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Census 2002/2006 for Oughterard, p. 49 ( Memento of March 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English; PDF; 173 kB)
↑ Census 2002/2006 for Oughterard (urban area), No. 159 on p. 72 ( Memento of March 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English; PDF; 230 kB)

Web links

Commons : Oughterard - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

53.416944444444 -9.3030555555556Coordinates: 53 ° 25 ′ N , 9 ° 18 ′ W

[1] Map of Ireland (can be enlarged greatly) ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[2] Census 2002/2006 for Oughterard, p. 49 ( Memento of March 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English; PDF; 173 kB)

[3] Census 2002/2006 for Oughterard (urban area), No. 159 on p. 72 ( Memento of March 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English; PDF; 230 kB)