Shannon Airport 58 min
Galway Cathedral (11 min)
Modern and airy, green-domed, renaissance-style Catholic cathedral, with a mosaic of JF Kennedy. Aran Island Ferries (8 min) Galway Atlantaquaria, National Aquarium of Ireland (14 min)
Aquarium featuring native Irish sealife, popular fish feeding sessions & touch pools. Galway City Museum (9 min)
Small displays of documents, photographs, memorabilia and medieval artefacts chronicling urban life. Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church (11 min)
Large, 14th-century Anglican Episcopal church visited by Oliver Cromwell and Christopher Columbus. Merlin Park Woods (9 min) Lynch's Castle (11 min)
The only complete non-religious medieval building still standing in Galway features stone gargoyles. Dunguaire Castle (26 min)
Immaculately restored, 16th-century bay-side fortress with a literary history and evening banquets. Corcomroe Abbey (42 min)
Stone ruins of a stately 13th-century Cistercian monastery in the countryside with a cemetery. Spanish Arch (9 min)
Added to the 16th-century walls in the 18th century, this archway provides access to Spanish Parade. Eyre Square (11 min)
Popular square in the heart of the city featuring grassy areas, trees, sculptures & a playground. The Latin Quarter (10 min) Menlo Castle (15 min)
Well-known ruins of a riverfront castle built in the 1500s, with ivy-covered walls. | 
