Shannon Airport 1 hr 29
Menlo Castle (35 min.)
Well-known ruins of a riverfront castle built in the 1500s with ivy-covered walls. Galway Cathedral (27 min.)
Modern and airy green-domed renaissance-style Catholic cathedral with a mosaic of JF Kennedy. Glengowla Mines (36 min.)
Mining and history Loughwell Farm Park (11 min) Aughnanure Castle (32 min.)
Preserved 16th-century fortress with gargantuan fireplaces and a watchtower you can climb. Galway Atlantaquaria (23 min.)
Aquarium featuring native Irish sealife popular fish feeding sessions & touch pools. Galway Bay (30 min.) Lynch S Castle (28 min.)
The only complete non-religious medieval building still standing in Galway features stone gargoyles. Eyre Square (29 min.)
Popular square in the heart of the city featuring grassy areas trees sculptures & a playground. Leisureland (22 min.) Saint Nicholas Collegiate Church (27 min.)
Large 14th-century Anglican Episcopal church visited by Oliver Cromwell and Christopher Columbus. Galway City Museum (28 min.)
Small displays of documents photographs memorabilia and medieval artefacts chronicling urban life. | 
