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An tSeanmhainistir

An tSeanmhainistir is a ruin in the town in Spiddal, County Galway, on the pier. Cill Einne, Fiordigrano Pizzeria and Síoda are within 93 m.

Kind
Ruins
From the pier
On the pier
Parking
Céibh An Spidéil on Bóthar na Céibhe, 448 m away
Bus stop
Stop (Bus Éireann), 100 m away

The map does not yet record a phone number, a website or opening hours for An tSeanmhainistir. Anyone can add them on OpenStreetMap; this page picks the change up at the next refresh.

Plan of the streets around An tSeanmhainistir, 340 metres across
The building in black is this one; drag to turn the model.Open the whole town
Plan of the surrounding 300 mPlan of the streets around An tSeanmhainistir, 340 metres across

Getting to An tSeanmhainistir

By car
Park at Céibh An Spidéil on Bóthar na Céibhe, 448 m away, 40 spaces. Spiddal is 17 km from Galway city.
By bus
The nearest stop is an unnamed stop, served by Bus Éireann, 100 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

8 places to eat and drink within 300 m: Fiordigrano Pizzeria (92 m), Supermac's (118 m), Cois Cuain (121 m) and Tigh Hughes (122 m) and more.

3 shops within 300 m, including Spar, Centra and Ceardlann - Spiddal Craft Village.

Other sites within 3 km: Máirtín Ó Cadhain (219 m), Páirc Spraoi an Spidéil (1.9 km) and Coill Sheanadh Mhóinín (2.6 km).

Tower houses, the castles of the Irish countryside

Many of the ruins mapped around Tuam are tower houses, the tall stone farm-castles of the later Middle Ages, built to be lived in with a small household and defended when it came to that, with a vaulted floor against fire, corner bartizans and a machicolation above the door.

Written from Wikipedia, "Tower house" (CC BY-SA 4.0); the words are ours.

Within a short walk

  1. Cill Einne
    Churches
    68 m
  2. 91 m
  3. Síoda
    Hairdressers
    93 m
  4. AIB
    Banks
    96 m
  5. 103 m
  6. BoyleSports
    Bookmaker
    105 m
  7. 105 m
  8. Spar
    Convenience stores
    106 m

Other ruins around Spiddal

  1. 11.5 km

All 2 ruins around Spiddal

Questions people ask

Where is An tSeanmhainistir?
In Spiddal, County Galway, on the pier; the nearest car park is 448 m away.
Are there other ruins nearby?
1 other ruin around $Spiddal; the closest is Cashel House, 11.5 km away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap way/1446594567, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.