Baile beag ar bhruacha abhainn an Chnoic is ea Uachtar Ard (Béarla: Oughterard, a chiallaíonn ‘airde ar uachtar na habhann’). Tá an baile cóngarach do bhruach thiar Loch Coirib i gCo. na Gaillimhe. Bhí daonra 1,305 ag an mbaile in 2006. Tá sé suite 26 ciliméadar thiar thuaidh ó chathair na Gaillimhe ar bhóthar an N59 agus príomhionad iascaigh Loch Coirib is ea é. Cuirtear Tá an baile ar thairseach Chonamara agus mar sin de, cuireadh an Gateway to Connemara air i mBéarla.

Three kilometres outside the town stands Connemara’s best preserved late-medieval tower house, Aughnanure Castle. It is strategically positioned on a rocky outcrop overhanging the Drimneen River, close to the western shores of Lough Corrib. Built in the late fifteenth century, the castle served as the stronghold of the O’Flaherty Gaelic lords of Iarchonnacht (West Connacht) for over two centuries. See more info anseo.

Ross Castle is also located a few kilometres outside Oughterard. The mansion, which is visible today, was built by the Martin family in the 17th century but there is some evidence still present of the original castle structure, built in the 15th century by the O’Flaherty family, in its foundation (see https://vimeo.com/72311211 for more information). There is also a golf course within the grounds of Ross Castle.

Tá droichead cáiliúil suite 8 gciliméadar siar ó Uachtar Ard, síos bóthar na Léime. Cuirtear droichead an fhir chiúin (Quiet Man Bridge) air, mar gur anseo a taifeadadh an scannán cáiliúil The Quiet Man sna 1950í in éidí le John Wayne agus Maureen O’Hara.