
Ireland - County Galway (PDF Chapter)
This is the County Galway chapter from Lonely Planet’s Ireland guidebook.
Galway’s exuberant city is a swirl of colourful shop-lined streets with buskers, trad pubs and fine cuisine. Iconic, rugged scenery lies outside Galway, along the breathtaking Connemara Peninsula and Aran Islands – desolate and windswept, steeped in history and tradition.
- catch high-spirited trad sessions in atmospheric pubs in Galway city
- maps
- ponder the ruins of prehistoric fort Dun Aengus on Inishmore
- transport
- visit ancient holy sites and springs, plus a famous shipwreck, on the Arans’ smallest island Inisheer
- restaurants & accommodation
Coverage includes: Galway City, Aran Islands, Inishmore, Inishmaan, Inisheer, Connemara, Oughterard, Lough Inagh Valley, Roundstone, Clifden, Cleggan, Inishbofin, Letterfrack, Leenane, Killary Harbour, Kinvara, Athenry, Gort.

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