Loughrea

Loughrea is a town in County Galway. Located some 30 km east-south-east of Galway itself, Loughrea is increasingly becoming a dormitory town for the city, its population (which numbered 5,057 in 2011) having been growing at a rate of around 3% each year since the start of the century.

The main Dublin to Galway road (N6) once passed through the town. Today, however, the M6 motorway passes 8 km north of Loughrea. to which it is connected by the final north-western stretch of the N65, being a new-build section which largely follows the alignment of the former Loughrea branch railway line (closed in 1975).

Routes

Route	To	Notes
N65	M6 Carrowkeel Interchange	For M6 Dublin, Galway
N65	Portumna, Borrisokane	Former T21
R349	Athenry	Former L13
R350	Bellafa	For R348 New Inn and R359 Mountbellew; former L11
R351	Woodford	For R353 Abbey; former L99
R380	Kilchreest, Gort	Former N66; earlier L11
R446	Craughwell	Former N6; earlier T21
R446	Kilreekil	Former N6; earlier T4A