Galway City MuseumThree floors on the city's history beside the Spanish Arch, with a Galway hooker sailing boat standing inside it.
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The Spanish Arch
Galway city, County Galway
What is left of the old city wall where the Corrib meets the sea, with the museum beside it.
The Spanish Arch was built in 1584 and is located on the banks of the river Corrib, on the site more commonly known as Ceann na Bhalla (The Head of the Wall).
- Where
- Galway city, County Galway
- Address
- 2 The Long Walk
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
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Galway City MuseumThree floors on the city's history beside the Spanish Arch, with a Galway hooker sailing boat standing inside it.
The CladdaghThe old fishing village across the river from the city, now a quay walk with the boats moored along it.
Galway CathedralA dome stands on the island in the river, built on the site of the old city jail.
Salthill PromenadeThe seafront walk runs along Galway Bay, with the Burren across the water and the diving tower at the end.
Flaggy ShoreLow limestone shoreline at New Quay on the north Burren coast, walked as a road loop past Lough Murree.
Poulnabrone Portal TombThe capstone is propped on two upright slabs, sitting on bare limestone beside the R480, and it has been there since the neolithic.On nearby
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