Galway Guide

Galway landmarks in true 3D — and how to reach each by public transport (lines, nearest stops, a planner from your location).

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Leap Card and the TFI 90-minute fareHow to pay on buses, trams and trains in Ireland: the Leap Card, tapping on and off, and the 90-minute fare that lets you change vehicles in Dublin.Read the guide Dublin Airport to the city by busThere is no train or tram to Dublin Airport — the choice is between Dublin Bus routes 16 and 41 with a Leap Card, or the Aircoach and Dublin Express coaches.Read the guide Luas and DART: the basicsDublin's two rail systems in short: the Luas tram with its Red and Green lines, and the DART electric train along the coast — where they go, how to pay and how they connect with buses.Read the guide Night buses in Ireland: Nitelink and 24-hour routesGetting home after midnight: Dublin's Nitelink network on Friday and Saturday nights, the 24-hour bus routes, and what runs at night in the other cities.Read the guide Bus Éireann city buses in Cork, Galway, Limerick and WaterfordOutside Dublin the city buses are run by Bus Éireann under the TFI brand: how the route numbers work, where the buses stop in each city centre and how to pay.Read the guide

Landmarks · 8

3D SquareEyre SquareGalway's central square and meeting point, officially John F. Kennedy Memorial Park, between the railway station and the pedestrian streets of the old town.Open guide

3D HistorySpanish ArchThe surviving fragment of Galway's sixteenth-century city walls at the mouth of the Corrib, where the whole town gathers on the grass on a sunny evening.Open guide

3D Church & monasteryGalway CathedralThe huge green-domed cathedral of 1965 on Nun's Island, built of local limestone on the site of the old city gaol, and the last great stone cathedral in Europe.Open guide

3D BeachSalthill PromenadeA two-kilometre seafront walk along Galway Bay with beaches, the Blackrock diving tower and the tradition of kicking the wall at the end.Open guide

3D MuseumGalway City MuseumA free modern museum behind the Spanish Arch covering the city's medieval past, the Claddagh fishing community and Galway's role in the revolutionary years.Open guide

3D HistoryLynch's CastleA sixteenth-century fortified town house on Shop Street, the finest surviving medieval building in Galway and today, improbably, a bank.Open guide

3D Church & monasterySt Nicholas' Collegiate ChurchIreland's largest medieval parish church still in use, founded in 1320 and dedicated to the patron saint of sailors; Columbus is said to have prayed here in 1477.Open guide

Quay Street & the Latin Quarter — Galway

3D LandmarkQuay Street & the Latin QuarterThe colourful pedestrian heart of Galway, where Shop Street, High Street and Quay Street run downhill from Eyre Square to the river past pubs, buskers and shopfronts.Open guide

Frequently asked questions

How do I reach Galway’s landmarks by public transport?

Open any landmark from the guide — its page shows the nearest stops and a planner that finds a route from your location to it, with lines, transfers and departure times based on the timetable.

Which landmarks does the guide cover?

Galway’s best-known landmarks — Eyre Square, Spanish Arch, Galway Cathedral, Salthill Promenade, Galway City Museum — each with a 3D view of the location and directions on how to get there by public transport.

What is the 3D view of a landmark?

An interactive 3D model of the location (buildings and surroundings from OpenStreetMap data) that rotates and tilts. It is not a photo but a graphical view of the place, so you can recognise the area before you set off.

How do I plan a tour of several landmarks?

Use the Journey Planner for a public transport route to each landmark; every landmark page also lists the nearest stops with arrival estimates, so you can easily chain several points into one tour.