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Charming detached home close to Oughterard village

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Oughterard is a traditional village on the shores of Lough Corrib, Ireland's largest lake. The village sits at the gateway to Connemara and is only a short drive from the vibrant city of Galway. With its traditional, colourful stone shopfronts and 16th century Aughnanure Castle, it perfectly combines old Irish charm with modern service and comfort. Further attractions include lovely gift shops, cruises on the lake, an 18 hole golf club and delightful restaurants. The crowning jewel of the village is the lovely Owenriff River running through it, beginning in the Connemara mountains and flowing, at the edge of town, into Lough Corrib.

Immaculate cottage close to Lough Corrib

Slieveroe, Ower, €245,000

Oughterard pupils hold art exhibition

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Scoil Muire Doireglinne recently held an exhibition at Oughterard Courthouse featuring pupils' artwork created as part of the Artist in the School Scheme.

Bankruptcy and scandal plagued the brilliant Wilde family

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‘Westward Ho! Let us rise with the sun, and be off to the land of the west - to the lakes and streams - the grassy glens and fern-clad gorges - the bluff hills and rugged mountains - now cloud-capped, then revealed in azure, or bronzed by evening’s tints, as the light of day sinks into the bold swell of the Atlantic….’

Large detached home close to Oughterard village

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Oughterard is a traditional village beside Lough Corrib. The village sits at the start of the Connemara mountains and is only a short drive from the vibrant city of Galway. With its traditional, colourful, stone shopfronts and the 16th century Aughnanure Castle, it perfectly combines old Irish charm with modern services and comforts. Further attractions include lovely gift shops, cruises on the lake, an 18 hole golf course, and delightful restaurants and cafes. The crowning jewel of the village is the lovely Owenriff River running through it, beginning in the Connemara mountains and flowing, at the edge of town, into Lough Corrib.

A must see home on the shores of Lough Corrib

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Oughterard, on the shores of Lough Corrib, is a delightful historic village situated right at the gateway to the beautiful Connemara mountains.

Cluster of six traditional thatched holiday cottages in Connemara

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Connemara Country Cottages is situated about five miles from the village of Oughterard, the fishing capital of Ireland, which is adjacent to Lough Corrib. Oughterard is some 19 miles from Galway city on the N59, which connects Galway with Clifden.

Galway 2020’s Savage Beauty transforms Connemara mountains

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Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture is now presenting Savage Beauty as an online art experience created by Finnish light artist Kari Kola. The artwork transforms Ireland’s Connemara mountains with colour and light in the largest site-specific light artwork ever created.

Galway 2020's Savage Beauty transforms Connemara mountains

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Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture presents Savage Beauty, now as an online art experience created by Finnish light artist Kari Kola. The artwork transforms Ireland’s Connemara mountains with colour and light in the largest site-specific light artwork ever created.

What should it be... Lough Corrib and Loch Coirib?

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‘Westward Ho! Let us rise with the sun, and be off to the land of the west - to the lakes and streams - the grassy glens and fern-clad gorges - the bluff hills and rugged mountains - now cloud-capped, then revealed in azure, or bronzed by evening’s tints, as the light of day sinks into the bold swell of the Atlantic….’ So begins Sir William Wilde’s famous Lough Corrib - Its Shores and Islands (published 1867), adorned with wonderful woodcuts, as he calls us all to join him as if in a bi-plane, to swoop and dive over its 200km of clear water, fed from rushing streams off the Connemara mountains, giving life to its foreshore and islands where people have lived since the dawn of time, fishing its shallows and its dark deeps; and where monks sought an earthly haven for prayer and solitude.

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