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Charlie Byrne's Bookshop

Charlie Byrne's Bookshop is a bookshop on Middle Street in Galway, County Galway, 407 m south-west of Eyre Square. Thomas Woodberrys Wines, Umbrella Asian Tapas and Milano are within 21 m.

Kind
Bookshops
Street
Middle Street
From Eyre Square
407 m south-west
Website
www.charliebyrne.com
Read more
Charlie Byrne's Bookshop on Wikipedia
Wheelchair
Accessible
Parking
Spanish Arch Car Park on Kirwan's Lane, 130 m away
Bus stop
Jury's Hotel (Bus Éireann), 138 m away

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Plan of the streets around Charlie Byrne's Bookshop, 340 metres across
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Plan of the surrounding 300 mPlan of the streets around Charlie Byrne's Bookshop, 340 metres across

Getting to Charlie Byrne's Bookshop

By car
Park at Spanish Arch Car Park on Kirwan's Lane, 130 m away, paid.
By bus
The nearest stop is Jury's Hotel, served by Bus Éireann, 138 m away.
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

109 places to eat and drink within 300 m: Umbrella Asian Tapas (19 m), Milano (21 m), Cava Bodega (24 m) and The Dáil Bar (36 m) and more.

114 shops within 300 m, including Thomas Woodberrys Wines, Kindf_olk and The Cornstore.

Middle Street itself has 25 named places on the map, and 1 car park along it.

It is open on Sundays (12:00-18:00), which not every place in the town is.

Opening hours

Mon
09:00-18:00
Tue
09:00-18:00
Wed
09:00-18:00
Thu
09:00-20:00
Fri
09:00-20:00
Sat
09:00-18:00
Sun
12:00-18:00

As recorded on OpenStreetMap on 2026-09-18; bank holidays may differ.

Within a short walk

  1. 17 m
  2. 19 m
  3. Milano
    Restaurants
    21 m
  4. Wave Makers Volunteer Hub
    Community centres
    21 m
  5. Cava Bodega
    Restaurants
    24 m
  6. Kindf_olk
    Clothes shops
    28 m
  7. The Cornstore
    Shopping centres
    28 m
  8. Cut Throat Barbers
    Hairdressers
    35 m

Also on Middle Street

  2. Bee Green
    Dry cleaners
  3. Cava Bodega
    Restaurants
  5. Foot Solutions
    Podiatrist
  6. Galway Social Space
    Social centre
  8. Kindf_olk
    Clothes shops

Everything on Middle Street (25 places)

Other bookshops in Galway

  1. Eason
    Shop Street
    125 m
  2. Dubray Books
    Shop Street
    156 m
  3. Aisling Family Bookshop
    Abbeygate Street Lower
    159 m
  4. 543 m
  5. Eason
    Headford Road
    1.0 km
  6. 1.9 km

All 7 bookshops in Galway

Questions people ask

Where is Charlie Byrne's Bookshop?
On Middle Street in Galway, 407 m south-west of Eyre Square; the nearest car park is 130 m away.
When is Charlie Byrne's Bookshop open?
The map records Mo-We 09:00-18:00; Th-Fr 09:00-20:00; Sa 09:00-18:00; Su 12:00-18:00. The table above shows it day by day, and the badge at the top says whether it is open at this moment.
Are there other bookshops nearby?
6 other bookshops in $Galway; the closest is Eason, 125 m away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap node/1865563954, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.