Galway, County Galway


We passed Ennis on the highway and drove into Galway. After looping the inner city once, we found a multi-story car park and ditched our Micra. Galway is a medieval city with narrow streets, very old buildings and shops, and a few cobblestone drives. One of the main streets reminded me of Amsterdam, especially the Leidseplein area near where we stayed.

Since we were there so early, most of the shops were closed or just opening up. Diane took a picture of a cool building on the corner of one of the streets. Without realizing it, we would return later that day to eat at that pub. We sat outside, just between the two doorways shown on the picture. When we later got to Ennis that afternoon, I looked up the pub in my Lonely Planet guide book and the pub turned out to be one of the highly recommended ones. It was called the Seáan Ua Neáhtain. Diane had a ham and cheddar sandwich and I had a BLT with that lusciously thick Irish bacon. I had my first Guinness at this pub!

After lunch, we walked around the city, passing the Spanish arch from 1584. This arch was an entry way into a market place, which was fed goods from the adjacent River Corrib. From there, we walked along a canal and up to the Galway Cathedral.

Seáan Ua Neáhtain pub:




Spanish Arch:




Footpath and canal:



Galway Cathedral:

Posted: Thu - September 4, 2003 at 01:06 AM          

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