1490 witnessed the O'Flaherty clan constructing Aughnanure Castle on their strategic stronghold that controlled Connemara territories since 1250 where the "ferocious O'Flahertys" earned such fearsome reputation that Galway citizens erected a defensive wall bearing the prayer "…
Oughterard is a small place in County Galway. We're still writing the proper hub for it — pubs, food, walks, the things to skip — and it'll appear here when it does.