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The King’s Head

The King’s Head is a pub on High Street in Galway, County Galway, 379 m south-west of Eyre Square. Alddin's Cave, Aran Islands Knitwear and Tom Nally's Barber Shop are within 9 m.

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Pubs
Street
15 High Street
From Eyre Square
379 m south-west
Website
thekingshead.ie
Wheelchair
Accessible
Parking
Spanish Arch Car Park on Kirwan's Lane, 162 m away
Bus stop
Jury's Hotel (Bus Éireann), 185 m away

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Plan of the streets around The King’s Head, 340 metres across
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Plan of the surrounding 300 mPlan of the streets around The King’s Head, 340 metres across

Getting to The King’s Head

By car
Park at Spanish Arch Car Park on Kirwan's Lane, 162 m away, paid.
By bus
The nearest stop is Jury's Hotel, served by Bus Éireann, 185 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

124 places to eat and drink within 300 m: Álainn (17 m), The King's Head Bistro (17 m), Murphy’s (27 m) and Taaffe’s (28 m) and more.

137 shops within 300 m, including Alddin's Cave, Aran Islands Knitwear and Heart of Galway.

High Street itself has 32 named places on the map, and 1 car park along it.

Within a short walk

  1. Alddin's Cave
    Gift shops
    5 m
  2. 8 m
  3. 9 m
  4. Heart of Galway
    Gift shops
    14 m
  5. 14 m
  6. Healy
    Hairdressers
    16 m
  7. Álainn
    Cafés
    17 m
  8. 17 m

Also on High Street

  1. Álainn
    Cafés
  2. Alddin's Cave
    Gift shops
  4. Auntie Nellies
    Confectionery
  6. Cloon Keen
    Perfumery

Everything on High Street (32 places)

Other pubs in Galway

  1. Murphy’s
    High Street
    27 m
  2. Taaffe’s
    Shop Street
    28 m
  3. Tig Coilí
    Mainguard Street
    31 m
  4. Sonny Molloy’s
    High Street
    66 m
  5. 72 m
  6. The Dew Drop Inn
    Mainguard Street
    74 m
  7. The Front Door
    Cross Street Upper
    75 m
  8. T. J. Clarke
    Cross Street Upper
    77 m

All 75 pubs in Galway

Questions people ask

Where is The King’s Head?
On High Street in Galway, 379 m south-west of Eyre Square; the nearest car park is 162 m away.
Are there other pubs nearby?
74 other pubs in $Galway; the closest is Murphy’s, 27 m away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap node/9925153359, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.