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Church of Saint Nicholas

Church of Saint Nicholas is a church on Lombard Street in Galway, County Galway, 367 m south-west of Eyre Square. Galway Yoga Centre, Legend of the Claddagh Ring and Tig Coilí are within 20 m.

Kind
Churches
Street
Lombard Street
From Eyre Square
367 m south-west
Website
stnicholas.ie
Dates from
1320
Read more
Church of Saint Nicholas on Wikipedia
Wheelchair
Accessible
Parking
Market Street Car Park on Bowling Green, 114 m away
Bus stop
Jury's Hotel (Bus Éireann), 226 m away

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Plan of the streets around Church of Saint Nicholas, 340 metres across
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Plan of the surrounding 300 mPlan of the streets around Church of Saint Nicholas, 340 metres across

Church of Saint Nicholas in pictures

Church of Saint Nicholas
Church of Saint Nicholas
Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Getting to Church of Saint Nicholas

By car
Park at Market Street Car Park on Bowling Green, 114 m away, paid, 83 spaces.
By bus
The nearest stop is Jury's Hotel, served by Bus Éireann, 226 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

139 places to eat and drink within 300 m: Tig Coilí (20 m), Prátaí (21 m), Cafe Express (25 m) and Taaffe’s (37 m) and more.

139 shops within 300 m, including Claddagh Jewellers, Anthony Ryans and Heart of Galway.

Lombard Street itself has 5 named places on the map, and 1 car park along it.

Opening hours

As recorded on the map: Mo,Tu,Th-Sa 10:00-17:30,We 11:00-17:30,Su 13:00-17:30

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

Within a short walk

  1. 13 m
  2. 20 m
  3. 20 m
  4. Prátaí
    Takeaways
    21 m
  5. 23 m
  6. 25 m
  7. 25 m
  8. 35 m

Also on Lombard Street

  1. Anthony Ryans Homestore
    Department stores
  2. Geraghty's
    Clothes shops

Everything on Lombard Street

Other churches in Galway

  1. 102 m
  2. Saint Francis "The Abbey"
    Saint Francis Street
    294 m
  3. Zen dojo
    Dominick Street Lower
    300 m
  4. 359 m
  5. 391 m
  6. Saint Mary's Priory
    Claddagh Quay
    458 m
  7. Saint Joseph's
    Presentation Road
    490 m
  8. Saint Patrick's Church
    Bóthar Bhreandán Ui Eithir
    593 m

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Questions people ask

Where is Church of Saint Nicholas?
On Lombard Street in Galway, 367 m south-west of Eyre Square; the nearest car park is 114 m away.
When is Church of Saint Nicholas open?
The map records Mo,Tu,Th-Sa 10:00-17:30,We 11:00-17:30,Su 13:00-17:30. The table above shows it day by day.
Are there other churches nearby?
40 other churches in $Galway; the closest is Saint Augustine Church, 102 m away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap way/128910161, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.