a market-town of Ireland, county of Galway, on the N. side of Loughrea Lake, about 20 miles E.S.E. from Galway. With the exception of the houses that skirt the Dublin and Galway road, the town is ill-built, and consists of narrow and irregular streets. It has a parish church, recently rebuilt, three Roman Catholic chapels, a nunnery, and a Carmelite friary, founded in 1300 by Richard de Burgh, Earl of Ulster. There are also barracks, a union workhouse, and a bridewell. The inhabitants are chiefly occupied in tanning, brewing, and the linen manufacture. Market-day, Thursday. Part of the old wall that fortified the town still remains. Pop. (1851) 5238.