placenamesOughterard
Uachtar Aird
Oughterard is a civil parish in Kildare. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationOughterard53.26776° N · 6.55755° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Uachtar Aird · Irish · main form
- Oughterard · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kildare
- Barony
- Salt South
- Coordinates
- 53.26776, -6.55755
- Mapped area
- 11.67 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1216 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Oughterard. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-07-01. How this page was prepared.