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The Excavation

The Excavation is a visitor information on Druid Lane in Galway, County Galway, 494 m south-west of Eyre Square. The 1651 Map, Hall of the Red Earl and Halla an Íarla Rua are within 10 m.

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Visitor information
Street
Druid Lane
From Eyre Square
494 m south-west
Parking
Spanish Arch Car Park on Kirwan's Lane, 55 m away
Bus stop
Jury's Hotel (Bus Éireann), 50 m away

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Plan of the streets around The Excavation, 340 metres across
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Plan of the surrounding 300 mPlan of the streets around The Excavation, 340 metres across

Getting to The Excavation

By car
Park at Spanish Arch Car Park on Kirwan's Lane, 55 m away, paid.
By bus
The nearest stop is Jury's Hotel, served by Bus Éireann, 50 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

103 places to eat and drink within 300 m: The Lane Cafe (24 m), The Quays (26 m), Freddy’s (27 m) and Kombu Ramen and Bao Bar (29 m) and more.

81 shops within 300 m, including Number 10, Heart In Hands and Cobwebs.

Druid Lane itself has 8 named places on the map, and 1 car park along it.

Other sites within 3 km: Hall of the Red Earl (10 m), Claddagh Ring Museum (45 m), Pat Bracken 1951-2010 (52 m), Richard Martin M.P. 1754-1834 (53 m) and Blake's Castle (61 m).

Within a short walk

  1. The 1651 Map
    Visitor information
    5 m
  2. 9 m
  3. Halla an Íarla Rua
    Visitor information
    10 m
  4. The Hall of the Red Earl
    Visitor information
    13 m
  5. Druid
    Theatre
    17 m
  6. 24 m
  7. 26 m
  8. Freddy’s
    Restaurants
    27 m

Also on Druid Lane

  1. Druid
    Theatre
  3. Halla an Íarla Rua
    Visitor information
  5. The 1651 Map
    Visitor information
  6. The Hall of the Red Earl
    Visitor information

Everything on Druid Lane

Other visitor information around Galway

  1. The 1651 Map
    Druid Lane
    5 m
  2. 10 m
  3. 13 m
  4. 138 m
  5. Aran Island Ferries
    Victoria Place
    417 m
  6. Browne Doorway
    Eyre Square
    501 m
  7. Aran Island Ferries
    Forster Street
    690 m
  8. North Campus
    Corrib Village
    2.2 km

All 11 visitor information around Galway

Questions people ask

Where is The Excavation?
On Druid Lane in Galway, 494 m south-west of Eyre Square; the nearest car park is 55 m away.
Are there other visitor information nearby?
10 other visitor information around $Galway; the closest is The 1651 Map, 5 m away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap node/12603620434, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.