Irish Form of Name:
Uachtar Árd
Translation:
upper height
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Outerard
Uachtar Árd
Uactar Árd No. 9
Oughterard Bary. Map
Oughterard Co. Map – Book 8
Oughterardy Inquis. Temp. Jac. I
Oughterar-dye Inquis. Temp. Jac. I
Oughterard Local
Oughterard Railway Map
Comment:
See letter. And see Eighterard at the N. of the town
Description:
A small Post Town, on the road from Galway to Clifden, has a market each Thursday and 4 fairs yearly, contains a Church, R. C. Chapel and a small barracks. Is only celebrated for a spa well and being the resort of sportsmen during the fishing and fowling season.
Situation:
18 miles W. N.W. of the Town of Galway.