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Poor Clares Convent

Poor Clares Convent is a monastery on Nun's Island in Galway, County Galway, 599 m west of Eyre Square. Galway Library Services, Gaol Road and Galway Gaol are within 85 m.

Kind
Monastery
Street
Nun's Island
From Eyre Square
599 m west
Parking
Free Parking on Gaol Road, 47 m away
Bus stop
Stop, 83 m away

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Plan of the streets around Poor Clares Convent, 340 metres across
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Plan of the surrounding 300 mPlan of the streets around Poor Clares Convent, 340 metres across

Getting to Poor Clares Convent

By car
Park at Free Parking on Gaol Road, 47 m away.
By bus
The nearest stop is an unnamed stop, 83 m away, with a shelter.
Directions from where you are
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While you are there

5 places to eat and drink within 300 m: Papa Rich (224 m), Here for Now (278 m), Abbeygate Cafe and Bistro (288 m) and Pasta Factory (295 m) and more.

6 shops within 300 m, including COPE Galway, Don't Call Me Dear Boutique and An Mheitheal Rothar.

Nun's Island itself has 6 named places on the map, and 2 car parks along it.

Within a short walk

  1. 40 m
  2. Gaol Road
    Bike hire
    74 m
  3. Galway Gaol
    Monuments
    85 m
  4. 99 m
  5. Kilduff's
    Garages
    124 m
  6. 147 m
  7. Samaritans
    Social services
    158 m
  8. 167 m

Also on Nun's Island

  1. Kilduff's
    Garages
  4. Samaritans
    Social services

Everything on Nun's Island

Other monastery in Galway

  1. 170 m
  2. 1.5 km
  3. 2.7 km

All 4 monastery in Galway

Questions people ask

Where is Poor Clares Convent?
On Nun's Island in Galway, 599 m west of Eyre Square; the nearest car park is 47 m away.
Are there other monastery nearby?
3 other monastery in $Galway; the closest is Presentation Convent, 170 m away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap way/1075170682, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.