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Galway Cathedral

Galway Cathedral is a church on Gaol Road in Galway, County Galway, 556 m west of Eyre Square. Galway Gaol, Galway Library Services and Poor Clares Convent are within 99 m.

Kind
Churches
Street
Gaol Road
From Eyre Square
556 m west
Phone
+353 91 563 577
Website
galwaycathedral.ie
Dates from
1965-08-15
Wheelchair
Accessible
Parking
Cathedral Car Park, 42 m away
Bus stop
Stop, 46 m away

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Plan of the streets around Galway Cathedral, 340 metres across
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Plan of the surrounding 300 mPlan of the streets around Galway Cathedral, 340 metres across

Galway Cathedral in pictures

Galway Cathedral
Galway Cathedral
Mohd Fazlin Mohd Effendy Ooi, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Getting to Galway Cathedral

By car
Park at Cathedral Car Park, 42 m away, paid, 130 spaces.
By bus
The nearest stop is an unnamed stop, 46 m away, with a shelter.
Directions from where you are
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While you are there

18 places to eat and drink within 300 m: Papa Rich (183 m), Here for Now (249 m), Corrib House Tearooms (251 m) and Abbeygate Cafe and Bistro (253 m) and more.

10 shops within 300 m, including An Mheitheal Rothar, COPE Galway and Chime.

Gaol Road itself has 4 named places on the map, and 3 car parks along it.

Within a short walk

  1. Galway Gaol
    Monuments
    93 m
  2. 99 m
  3. 99 m
  4. Cathedral
    Bike hire
    108 m
  5. Gaol Road
    Bike hire
    120 m
  6. 121 m
  7. 170 m
  8. COPE Galway
    Charity shops
    178 m

Also on Gaol Road

  1. Galway Gaol
    Monuments
  3. Gaol Road
    Bike hire

Everything on Gaol Road

Other churches in Galway

  1. Saint Francis "The Abbey"
    Saint Francis Street
    228 m
  2. Saint Joseph's
    Presentation Road
    274 m
  3. 359 m
  4. Zen dojo
    Dominick Street Lower
    435 m
  5. 457 m
  6. 649 m
  7. 676 m
  8. Saint Mary's Priory
    Claddagh Quay
    696 m

All 41 churches in Galway

Questions people ask

Where is Galway Cathedral?
On Gaol Road in Galway, 556 m west of Eyre Square; the nearest car park is 42 m away.
How do I contact Galway Cathedral?
By phone on +353 91 563 577, or through galwaycathedral.ie.
Are there other churches nearby?
40 other churches in $Galway; the closest is Saint Francis "The Abbey", 228 m away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap way/150786580, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.