Places to visit in County Galway

The Discover Alone map has 16,733 places, people and events in County Galway, Ireland. Most of the places are free to visit. Choose a kind of place, or open the map to see what is near you.

Kinds of place in County Galway

• Archaeology and monuments (9,465)
• Historic places (4,784)
• Memorials and graveyards (465)
• Castles and forts (439)
• Things to do (417)
• Islands (390)
• Mountains and hills (144)
• Caves (142)
• Woods, forests and old trees (103)
• Waterfalls, wells and springs (60)
• Viewpoints and information (55)
• Beaches and strands (41)
• Cliffs, bays and coast (41)
• Walking routes (18)
• Wrecks and historic events (14)

Some of the best-recorded places in County Galway

• Yellow WellHoly wellYellow Well is an unenclosed natural spring in low Galway grassland, traditionally named Tobar Buidhe because visiting…
• Yeats CollegeschoolFreestanding H-plan five-bay three-storey school with basement, built 1815, having slightly advanced gable-fronted end…
• Woodville Housecountry houseDetached three-bay three-storey country house with basement, built c.1760. Hipped artificial slate roof with paired…
• WoodleyhouseDetached three-bay two-storey house, built 1929, with full-height canted end bays to front (south-west) elevation and…
• WoodlawnCountry houseThe Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic…
• Wooden CrossCross — Market crossWooden Cross marked a busy market in North Galway, though no stone or wood remains visible today. The name survived on…
• Woodbed RathFairy fort / earthen ringfortWoodbed Rath is a broken thirty-eight metre circle on a Galway ridge, watching the Flaskagh River through grass that…
• Windmill StumpWindmillOne chamber still stands on the Galway ridge, its mouth open to the west and its floor scattered with broken stone. The…
• Willyrogue IslandIsletWillyrogue Island is a small islet in County Galway, Ireland. The name suggests a place where ordinary rules become…
• Wherune IslandIsletWherune Island is a small islet in County Galway, recorded only as a place name and location. It may have been a marker…
• Walter Macken HouseMemorialWalter Macken House stands as a memorial in County Galway, marking the life and work of a man whose name still echoes…
• Varley's islandIsletVarley's island is a small islet in County Galway, listed without further detail in the open map record. The name…