Shannon Airport 1 hr 3
Galway Walks - Galway City Walking Tours (7 min) Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church (13 min) Large, 14th-century Anglican Episcopal church visited by Oliver Cromwell and Christopher Columbus. Dunguaire Castle (31 min) Immaculately restored, 16th-century bay-side fortress with a literary history and evening banquets. The Latin Quarter (14 min) Menlo Castle (11 min) Well-known ruins of a riverfront castle built in the 1500s, with ivy-covered walls. Aran Island Ferries (5 min) Galway Atlantaquaria, National Aquarium of Ireland (9 min) Aquarium featuring native Irish sealife, popular fish feeding sessions & touch pools. Corcomroe Abbey (47 min) Stone ruins of a stately 13th-century Cistercian monastery in the countryside with a cemetery. Galway City Museum (17 min) Small displays of documents, photographs, memorabilia and medieval artefacts chronicling urban life. Galway Cathedral (17 min) Modern and airy, green-domed, renaissance-style Catholic cathedral, with a mosaic of JF Kennedy. Lynch's Castle (11 min) The only complete non-religious medieval building still standing in Galway features stone gargoyles. Eyre Square (7 min) Popular square in the heart of the city featuring grassy areas, trees, sculptures & a playground. Spanish Arch (17 min) Added to the 16th-century walls in the 18th century, this archway provides access to Spanish Parade. |