Shannon Airport 1 hr 11
Galway Atlantaquaria, National Aquarium of Ireland (9 min) Aquarium featuring native Irish sealife, popular fish feeding sessions & touch pools. Galway Cathedral (6 min) Modern and airy, green-domed, renaissance-style Catholic cathedral, with a mosaic of JF Kennedy. Spanish Arch (10 min) Added to the 16th-century walls in the 18th century, this archway provides access to Spanish Parade. Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church (13 min) Large, 14th-century Anglican Episcopal church visited by Oliver Cromwell and Christopher Columbus. Galway Walks - Galway City Walking Tours (6 min) Aran Island Ferries (8 min) Lynch's Castle (13 min) The only complete non-religious medieval building still standing in Galway features stone gargoyles. Corcomroe Abbey (55 min) Stone ruins of a stately 13th-century Cistercian monastery in the countryside with a cemetery. Menlo Castle (16 min) Well-known ruins of a riverfront castle built in the 1500s, with ivy-covered walls. Eyre Square (6 min) Popular square in the heart of the city featuring grassy areas, trees, sculptures & a playground. The Latin Quarter (11 min) Dunguaire Castle (39 min) Immaculately restored, 16th-century bay-side fortress with a literary history and evening banquets. Galway City Museum (10 min) Small displays of documents, photographs, memorabilia and medieval artefacts chronicling urban life. |