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The Lighthouse Cafe

The Lighthouse Cafe is a café on Abbeygate Street Upper in Galway, County Galway, 251 m south-west of Eyre Square. Tuco’s Taqueria, Elisabeth C and Fairhill Coffee Design Studio are within 14 m.

Kind
Cafés
Street
8 Abbeygate Street Upper
From Eyre Square
251 m south-west
Phone
+353 91 568 706
Website
lighthousecafe.ie
Wheelchair
Accessible
Parking
Market Street Car Park on Bowling Green, 92 m away
Bus stop
Franciscan Friary (Bus Éireann;City Direct), 179 m away
Plan of the streets around The Lighthouse Cafe, 340 metres across
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Plan of the surrounding 300 mPlan of the streets around The Lighthouse Cafe, 340 metres across

Getting to The Lighthouse Cafe

By car
Park at Market Street Car Park on Bowling Green, 92 m away, paid, 83 spaces.
By bus
The nearest stop is Franciscan Friary, served by Bus Éireann;City Direct, 179 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

133 places to eat and drink within 300 m: Tuco’s Taqueria (5 m), Fairhill Coffee Design Studio (14 m), Finnegan’s (26 m) and Garavan’s (41 m) and more.

150 shops within 300 m, including Lally Menswear, Phonez N Fix and ór.

Abbeygate Street Upper itself has 27 named places on the map, and 2 car parks along it.

It is open on Sundays (11:00-16:00), which not every place in the town is.

Opening hours

Mon
10:00-17:00
Tue
10:00-17:00
Wed
10:00-17:00
Thu
10:00-17:00
Fri
10:00-17:00, 18:00-20:30
Sat
10:00-17:00
Sun
11:00-16:00

As recorded on OpenStreetMap on 2026-09-18; bank holidays may differ.

Within a short walk

  1. 5 m
  2. 12 m
  3. 14 m
  4. 16 m
  5. Lally Menswear
    Clothes shops
    23 m
  6. Finnegan’s
    Restaurants
    26 m
  7. Electric
    Nightclubs
    32 m
  8. 32 m

Also on Abbeygate Street Upper

  1. AlterEva
    Tailor
  2. Asiatic Manila
    Convenience stores
  5. Electric
    Nightclubs

Everything on Abbeygate Street Upper (27 places)

Other cafés in Galway

  1. Fairhill Coffee Design Studio
    Abbeygate Street Upper
    14 m
  2. Fixx
    William Street
    44 m
  3. Java's
    Abbeygate Street Upper
    46 m
  4. 47 m
  5. Little Collins CBD Dispensary
    Abbeygate Street Upper
    65 m
  6. Caprice
    Church Lane
    77 m
  7. Gourmet Tart Co.
    Abbeygate Street Lower
    94 m
  8. Cafe Express
    Shop Street
    119 m

All 106 cafés in Galway

Questions people ask

Where is The Lighthouse Cafe?
On Abbeygate Street Upper in Galway, 251 m south-west of Eyre Square; the nearest car park is 92 m away.
When is The Lighthouse Cafe open?
The map records Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00; Fr 10:00-17:00,18:00-20:30; Su 11:00-16:00. The table above shows it day by day, and the badge at the top says whether it is open at this moment.
How do I contact The Lighthouse Cafe?
By phone on +353 91 568 706, or through lighthousecafe.ie.
Are there other cafés nearby?
105 other cafés in $Galway; the closest is Fairhill Coffee Design Studio, 14 m away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap node/7018067183, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.