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The angling town on the western shore of Lough Corrib, 26 km northwest of Galway — the chief angling centre on the lough, one of the fastest-growing towns in Ireland, with the ringforts and the old castle in its townlands.
Oughterard (Uachtar Ard in Irish) 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 26 km northwest of Galway on the N59 road, and it is the chief angling centre on Lough Corrib — the lough in front, the river through the town, and the fishing the trade that the town has always kept. The town is one of the fastest-growing in Ireland: it had a population of 1,846 in 2022, an increase of 40.1% from the 2016 census.
The lough is the town: Lough Corrib's western shore, the Owenriff running through the centre, and the angling that the water supports. The fishing is the town's history and its present — the lough's trout and salmon, the boats on the shore, and the walk along the river to the water is the walk that gets done first. The town works as the base for the lough's western country — the shore in the morning, the water in the afternoon, and the angling as the day.
Evidence of ancient settlement in Oughterard includes a number of ringfort, holy well and standing stone sites in the townlands of Ardvarna, Clare, Cregg and Fough West. The Record of Monuments and Places also records the site of a former castle or tower house, no longer standing, in Fough East townland — the remains may have been demolished when the town grew, and the townland is the place the castle stood. The ringforts and the wells are the town's older country, and the walk out to the townlands is the walk that takes in the prehistoric place.
Oughterard is 26 km northwest of Galway on the N59, on the western shore of Lough Corrib; the river and the lough shore are in and around the town, and the angling is the day out. The lough is open water — check the conditions before the boat, and the fishing is licensed: confirm the current arrangements before the trip.
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Oughterard puts the Owenriff, the lough and the angling all within a walk — the water is the point.
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