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Mechanics Institute

Mechanics Institute is a monument on Middle Street in Galway, County Galway, 275 m south-west of Eyre Square. Fat Tony's Barber Shop, Sweaty Betty and Meltd are within 18 m.

Kind
Monuments
Street
Middle Street
From Eyre Square
275 m south-west
Parking
Eyre Square Centre Car Park on Whitehall, 106 m away
Bus stop
Merchants Road (Bus Éireann), 210 m away

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Plan of the streets around Mechanics Institute, 340 metres across
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Plan of the surrounding 300 mPlan of the streets around Mechanics Institute, 340 metres across

Getting to Mechanics Institute

By car
Park at Eyre Square Centre Car Park on Whitehall, 106 m away, paid, 450 spaces.
By bus
The nearest stop is Merchants Road, served by Bus Éireann, 210 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

135 places to eat and drink within 300 m: Meltd (18 m), The Dough Bros (18 m), Gourmet Tart Co. (38 m) and 56 Central (42 m) and more.

143 shops within 300 m, including Sweaty Betty, River Deep, Mountain High and Aisling Family Bookshop.

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

Other sites within 3 km: Lynch's Castle (71 m), Legend of the Claddagh Ring (103 m), City Walls (134 m), Lynch Memorial Window (142 m) and Pat Bracken 1951-2010 (185 m).

Within a short walk

  1. 14 m
  2. Sweaty Betty
    Clothes shops
    14 m
  3. Meltd
    Takeaways
    18 m
  4. The Dough Bros
    Restaurants
    18 m
  5. 19 m
  6. 21 m
  7. 26 m
  8. Foot Solutions
    Podiatrist
    27 m

Also on Middle Street

  2. Bee Green
    Dry cleaners
  3. Cava Bodega
    Restaurants
  6. Foot Solutions
    Podiatrist
  7. Galway Social Space
    Social centre

Everything on Middle Street (25 places)

Other monuments around Galway

  1. Lynch's Castle
    Abbeygate Street Upper
    71 m
  2. 142 m
  3. 185 m
  4. 192 m
  5. 212 m
  6. Martin Theatre
    Kirwan's Lane
    236 m
  7. 263 m
  8. Blake's Castle
    Quay Street
    274 m

All 24 monuments around Galway

Questions people ask

Where is Mechanics Institute?
On Middle Street in Galway, 275 m south-west of Eyre Square; the nearest car park is 106 m away.
Are there other monuments nearby?
23 other monuments around $Galway; the closest is Lynch's Castle, 71 m away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap node/12603637256, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.