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pedestrianised street · L5074 · $Galway, County Galway

Abbeygate Street Lower

Abbeygate Street Lower is the L5074, a pedestrianised street in Galway, 244 m south-west of Eyre Square. It runs 163 m from Merchants Road to William Street, about 2 minutes on foot end to end. It has 18 named places on the map: 2 cafés, bookshop, takeaway and bakery and more.

Type
Pedestrianised street (L5074)
Length
163 m of mapped road
From Eyre Square
244 m south-west
Joins
Abbeygate Street Upper, Merchants Road, Middle Street, Saint Augustine Street, Shop Street, Whitehall, William Street
Runs
from Merchants Road to William Street
Nearest bus stop
Merchants Road, 174 m away
Parking
1 car park on the street: Eyre Square Centre Car Park
Density
18 named places over 163 m, 11 per 100 m
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Plan of Abbeygate Street Lower and the streets around it, with its named places marked

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Plan of the streetPlan of Abbeygate Street Lower and the streets around it, with its named places marked

A walk along Abbeygate Street Lower

Start at the Merchants Road end and walk towards William Street: 2 cafés, a bookshop, a takeaway, a bakery, a jeweller and a convenience store and more share the 163 m. 7 of the 18 places on the street have opening hours on record, and 5 of them open on Sundays. There is parking on the street: Eyre Square Centre Car Park.

What is on Abbeygate Street Lower

2 cafés, 1 bookshops, 1 takeaways, 1 bakeries and 1 jewellers and more, each with its own page.

Restaurants · 4

  1. +353 91 707 868
  2. +353 91 539 710
  3. Pascal Coffee House
    Cafés · hours on record
  4. Venice
    Restaurants
    +353 91 530 751

Shops · 5

  2. +353 91 561 003
  3. Fresh Cuts
    Clothes shops
  4. Iré Island
    Gift shops
  5. Oxfam
    Charity shops · hours on record
    +353 91 561 491

Hairdressers and beauty · 2

  1. H&G
    Hairdressers
  2. Junior Tattoo Studio
    Tattoo studios · hours on record

Supermarkets · 1

  1. Candy Cloud
    Convenience stores

Doctors · 1

  1. Whitehall Medical Centre
    Clinics · hours on record
    +353 91 564 241

Other places · 5

  1. BakeBox
    Bakeries
  3. Mishnóc
    Leather
  4. Romero Games
    Companies

Streets it joins

  1. Abbeygate Street Upperpedestrianised street · 27 places
  2. Merchants Roadregional road · 19 places
  3. Middle Streetminor road · 25 places
  4. Saint Augustine Streetminor road · 12 places
  5. Shop Streetpedestrianised street · 26 places
  6. Whitehallresidential street · 6 places
  7. William Streetpedestrianised street · 20 places

Questions people ask

Where is Abbeygate Street Lower?
In Galway, County Galway, 244 m south-west of Eyre Square, joining Abbeygate Street Upper, Merchants Road and Middle Street.
How long is Abbeygate Street Lower?
163 m, measured along the mapped centre line; about 2 minutes on foot end to end.
What is on Abbeygate Street Lower?
18 named places: Aisling Family Bookshop, Aryan Pizzeria, BakeBox, Blacoe Jewellers, Candy Cloud and Fresh Cuts and others listed above.
Is there a bus stop on Abbeygate Street Lower?
Not on the street itself; the nearest on the map is Merchants Road on Merchants Road, 174 m from the middle of the street.
Where can I park near Abbeygate Street Lower?
On the street: Eyre Square Centre Car Park.

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Geometry, names and places from OpenStreetMap, read on 2026-09-18. Length is the sum of the mapped segments carrying this name; distances are straight lines from the street's midpoint.