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Blake's Castle

Blake's Castle is a monument on Quay Street in Galway, County Galway, 548 m south-west of Eyre Square. Claddagh and Celtic Jewellery, Weavers of Ireland and The Burgerstory are within 16 m.

Kind
Monuments
Street
Quay Street
From Eyre Square
548 m south-west
Parking
Spanish Arch Car Park on Kirwan's Lane, 17 m away
Bus stop
Spanish Arch (Bus Éireann), 41 m away

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Plan of the streets around Blake's Castle, 340 metres across
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Plan of the surrounding 300 mPlan of the streets around Blake's Castle, 340 metres across

Getting to Blake's Castle

By car
Park at Spanish Arch Car Park on Kirwan's Lane, 17 m away, paid.
By bus
The nearest stop is Spanish Arch, served by Bus Éireann, 41 m away, with a shelter.
Directions from where you are
Open the model above, tap the pin and choose “Directions here”; the route is drawn from your own position.

While you are there

105 places to eat and drink within 300 m: The Burgerstory (16 m), Starbucks (24 m), Mc Donagh's (26 m) and Martine's (30 m) and more.

72 shops within 300 m, including Claddagh and Celtic Jewellery, Weavers of Ireland and Aran Sweater Market.

Quay Street itself has 26 named places on the map, and 1 car park along it.

Other sites within 3 km: Christopher Columbus Monument (57 m), Martin Theatre (66 m), Hall of the Red Earl (70 m), Richard Martin M.P. 1754-1834 (85 m) and Claddagh Ring Museum (87 m).

Within a short walk

  1. 11 m
  2. Weavers of Ireland
    Clothes shops
    12 m
  3. 16 m
  4. Aran Sweater Market
    Clothes shops
    17 m
  5. Starbucks
    Cafés
    24 m
  6. Mc Donagh's
    Takeaways
    26 m
  7. Martine's
    Restaurants
    30 m
  8. 34 m

Also on Quay Street

  1. Aran Sweater Market
    Clothes shops
  4. Freddy’s
    Restaurants

Everything on Quay Street (26 places)

Other monuments around Galway

  1. Christopher Columbus Monument
    Wolf Tone Pedestrian Bridge II
    57 m
  2. Martin Theatre
    Kirwan's Lane
    66 m
  3. 70 m
  4. 85 m
  5. 90 m
  6. Fr Burke Statue
    Father Griffin Road
    205 m
  7. 259 m
  8. Mechanics Institute
    Middle Street
    274 m

All 24 monuments around Galway

Questions people ask

Where is Blake's Castle?
On Quay Street in Galway, 548 m south-west of Eyre Square; the nearest car park is 17 m away.
Are there other monuments nearby?
23 other monuments around $Galway; the closest is Christopher Columbus Monument, 57 m away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap node/12601241465, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.