Shannon Airport 49 min
Lynch's Castle (20 min)
The only complete non-religious medieval building still standing in Galway features stone gargoyles. Corcomroe Abbey (33 min)
Stone ruins of a stately 13th-century Cistercian monastery in the countryside with a cemetery. Coole Park (21 min)
1000-acre parkland nature reserve with walking trails in woods immortalised by Irish poet W B Yeats. Menlo Castle (22 min)
Well-known ruins of a riverfront castle built in the 1500s, with ivy-covered walls. Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church (20 min)
Large, 14th-century Anglican Episcopal church visited by Oliver Cromwell and Christopher Columbus. Galway Atlantaquaria, National Aquarium of Ireland (22 min)
Aquarium featuring native Irish sealife, popular fish feeding sessions & touch pools. Aran Island Ferries (17 min) Galway Cathedral (20 min)
Modern and airy, green-domed, renaissance-style Catholic cathedral, with a mosaic of JF Kennedy. Dunguaire Castle (16 min)
Immaculately restored, 16th-century bay-side fortress with a literary history and evening banquets. Rinville Park (7 min) The Latin Quarter (19 min) Eyre Square (20 min)
Popular square in the heart of the city featuring grassy areas, trees, sculptures & a playground. Spanish Arch (18 min)
Added to the 16th-century walls in the 18th century, this archway provides access to Spanish Parade. Galway City Museum (18 min)
Small displays of documents, photographs, memorabilia and medieval artefacts chronicling urban life. | 
