LOUGHREA

Irish Baile Locha Riach (Gray Lake) market town, County Galway, Ireland. It lies along the northern shore of Lough (lake) Rea, 116 miles (185 km) west of Dublin. It has a Roman Catholic cathedral (190005) and the remains of a medieval castle and friary and of the town fortifications. In the neighbourhood are a dolmen (a prehistoric stone-slab monument), souterrains (underground passages and chambers), and two ruined towers. Crannogs, or prehistoric stockaded islands, have been found in the lake. Pop. (1981) 3,377.