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minor road · L5130 · $Galway, County Galway

Nun's Island

Nun's Island is the L5130, a minor road in Galway, 585 m west of Eyre Square. It runs 304 m from Mill Street to Gaol Road, about 4 minutes on foot end to end. It has 6 named places on the map: garage, theatre, monastery and school and more.

Type
Minor road (L5130)
Length
304 m of mapped road
From Eyre Square
585 m west
Joins
Gaol Road, Mill Street
Runs
from Mill Street to Gaol Road
Nearest bus stop
Stop, 157 m away
Parking
2 car parks on the street: Free Parking and Cathedral
Density
6 named places over 304 m, 2 per 100 m
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Plan of Nun's Island and the streets around it, with its named places marked

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Plan of the streetPlan of Nun's Island and the streets around it, with its named places marked

A walk along Nun's Island

Start at the Mill Street end and walk towards Gaol Road: a garage, a theatre, a monastery, a school, a social service and a guest house share the 304 m. There is parking on the street: Free Parking and Cathedral.

What is on Nun's Island

1 garages, 1 theatre, 1 monastery, 1 schools and 1 social services and more, each with its own page.

Doctors · 1

  1. Samaritans
    Social services

Schools · 1

Petrol · 1

  1. Kilduff's
    Garages

Gyms and sport · 1

Hotels · 1

Other places · 1

Streets it joins

  1. Gaol Roadminor road · 4 places
  2. Mill Streetlink road · 3 places

Questions people ask

Where is Nun's Island?
In Galway, County Galway, 585 m west of Eyre Square, joining Gaol Road and Mill Street.
How long is Nun's Island?
304 m, measured along the mapped centre line; about 4 minutes on foot end to end.
What is on Nun's Island?
6 named places: Kilduff's, Nun's Island Theatre, Poor Clares Convent, Saint Joseph's Patrician College, Samaritans and St. Martin's Bed and Breakfast.
Is there a bus stop on Nun's Island?
Not on the street itself; the nearest on the map is an unnamed stop on Presentation Road, 157 m from the middle of the street.
Where can I park near Nun's Island?
On the street: Free Parking and Cathedral.

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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.