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Spiddal, County Galway

Things to do in Spiddal

The pier and strand, Cill Éinde, the craft village, the Ó Cadhain memorial, Cnoc Suain.

Plan of Spiddal with the main sights labelled

The sights as pins on the model; tap one for its page and directions.

6 things to see

  1. 01

    The pier and beach

    The harbour the Board of Works improved in the Famine, and the strand beside it.

  2. 02

    Cill Éinde

    Bóthar Na Seanchéibhe · 27 m east of the pier

    The church of St Enda, built in 1904, with the chapel ruin of 1776 nearby.

  3. 03

    An tSeanmhainistir

    82 m south-east of the pier

    The old monastery ruin in the village.

  4. 04

    Máirtín Ó Cadhain

    Cois Trá · 256 m east of the pier

    The memorial to the author of Cré na Cille, the modernist novel in Irish, who came from here.

  5. 05

    An Ceardlann

    The craft village east of the centre, where the work is made and sold.

  6. 06

    Cnoc Suain

    5.7 km north-east of the pier

    The restored hill village of cottages in the bog 6 km inland.

Things to do

Irish

Coláiste Chonnacht and Coláiste Lurgan take in teenagers for three-week courses each summer, and American students come in autumn for the literature.

Music

Live traditional music in the pubs; Mary Bergin and Ronan Browne are Spiddal musicians.

Football, hurling and sailing

CLG An Spidéal plays both codes, and there is a sailing club on the bay.

Shore fishing

The Boluisce comes down from its lake into the bay at the village; Bus Éireann's 424 runs in from Galway.

Castles, abbeys and old churches nearby

  1. 82 m
  2. 256 m
  3. An Fearban
    Monuments
    6.9 km
  4. 11.4 km
  5. Tobar Éanna
    Monuments
    11.7 km
Ringforts and sites1Beaches4Viewpoints1

Parks, beaches, lakes and views

  1. 1.9 km
  2. 2.5 km
  3. 3.0 km
  4. 3.7 km
  5. 3.8 km
  6. 4.8 km
  7. 5.5 km
  8. Cnoc Suain
    Attractions
    5.7 km
  9. 5.8 km
  10. 6.1 km

Sport and leisure

  1. 45 m
  2. 1.9 km

The descriptions summarise Wikipedia, "Spiddal" (CC BY-SA 4.0, read 2026-09-19); positions and the lists are OpenStreetMap. Opening times and admission are not on record here; check before a visit.