Uachtar Ard

Baile i gContae na Gaillimhe is ea Uachtar Ard (Oughterard as Béarla). De réir daonáireamh Poblacht na hÉireann 2011, bhí cónaí ar 2,604 duine i dtoghroinn Uachtar Ard agus bhí cónaí ar 1,333 duine sa mbaile féin (atá mar chuid den toghroinn).

 Sa Litríocht 
Tá tagairt don stáisiún traenach in Uachtar Ard sa ghearrscéal "An Bhean Chaointe" le Pádraig Mac Piarais.Pádraic Mac Piarais. An Mháthair agus Scéalta Eile 1916.

B'éigean do Cholm de Bhailís filleadh ar Theach na mBocht in Uachtar Ard  i ndeireadh a shaoil agus fuair sé bás ann ar 27 Feabhra 1906.

Conspóid

Tháinig aird idirnáisiúnta ar an mbaile i Meán Fómhair 2019 nuair a beartaíodh go n-úsáidfí óstán as úsáid ar imeall an bhaile, Óstán Gateway Connemara, chun a bheith ina ionad Soláthar Díreach (i.e., chun freastal ar theifigh).https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/minister-booed-as-oughterard-rejects-direct-provision-centre-1.4015379 

Dhírigh gníomhaithe ar thaobh na láimhe deise ar an bpobal láithreach (go háirithe Gearóid Murphy, gníomhaí de chuid an Pháirtí Náisiúnta (NP)) agus d’éirigh go maith leis.https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/far-right-activists-incite-and-spread-uproar-online-over-oughterard-asylum-qkzfzr95ghttps://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/how-the-far-right-is-exploiting-immigration-concerns-in-oughterard-1.4026612https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/02-10-2019/oughterard-how-alt-right-racists-infiltrated-a-tiny-irish-town/https://www.rte.ie/news/claire-byrne-live/2019/1101/1088136-claire-byrne-asylum-seekers/ Rinne gníomhaithe áitiúla bileog, ina raibh éilimh mhíthreoracha faoin gcóras tearmainn.https://www.thejournal.ie/carrickmacross-direct-provision-4854854-Oct2019/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/how-the-far-right-is-exploiting-immigration-concerns-in-oughterard-1.4026612 

Athraíodh fócas na hagóide ina dhiaidh sin, i gcoinne “ionaid soláthair dhíreacha mídhaonna”.https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/large-crowd-continues-protest-over-direct-provision-centre-in-oughterard-1.4034095https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/16/what-the-alt-right-are-privately-saying-about-their-important-work-in-oughterard/https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/02-10-2019/oughterard-how-alt-right-racists-infiltrated-a-tiny-irish-town/ Labhair baill áirithe den ghrúpa “Oughterard Says No to Direct Provision” faoi “thionchair dhiúltacha ón taobh amuigh”.https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/was-oughterard-about-racism-or-a-fear-of-the-unknown-1.4043903https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/mark-cagney-breezes-through-the-storm-on-his-return-to-radio-1.4039063 

Tar éis trí seachtaine d’agóidí ag imshuí an óstáin, tharraing úinéir an óstáin an tairiscint siar i mí Dheireadh Fómhair.https://www.rte.ie/news/connacht/2019/1001/1079341-oughterard/https://www.thejournal.ie/tender-for-oughterard-direct-provision-centre-withdrawn-4831754-Oct2019/https://kfmradio.com/news/25022020-1549/protesters-involved-achill-oughterard-direct-provision-rallies-likely-attend

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