Oughterard
Uachtar Árd | |
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Town | |
 Oughterard Round Tower | |
  Oughterard Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°16′40″N 6°33′55″W / 53.27789°N 6.56528°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kildare |
| Elevation | 121 m (397 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Oughterard (/ˌuːxtərˈɑːrd/; Irish: Uachtar Árd, “a high place”) is an ecclesiastical hilltop site, graveyard, townland, and formerly a parish, borough and royal manor in County Kildare, nowadays part of the community of Ardclough, close to the Dublin border. It is the burial place of Arthur Guinness.