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We’ll follow the Claddagh ring’s story back to its roots, and link it to the places and people that shaped Galway. Soak up the city’s vibrant artistic spirit, pause for a tea or coffee like a local, and you’ll head home with your own Claddagh ring — with real meaning attached.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Itinerary
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1Galway City Museum
Galway’s free, modern local-history museum right beside the Spanish Arch, where you can get a quick, well-curated “this is Galway” crash course—archaeology, medieval city life, sea science, and stories of the people who shaped the city.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2Galway's Latin Quarter
The Latin Quarter is Galway’s historic heart — a lively weave of cobbled lanes, music, and old stone by the Spanish Arch, where the city feels most itself. This is where we’ll pause for a tea or coffee, and where you’ll receive your Claddagh ring — with the story behind it fresh in your mind.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
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The Claddagh: This is where Galway feels most “edge-of-the-Atlantic”—river water tightening and quickening as it runs into the bay, low quays and open sky, and a softer, more residential calm just a few steps from the buzz of the Latin Quarter.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4Quay Street
Medieval lane filled with pubs, cafés, buskers and independent shops, where the city’s trading past and artsy present meet.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
5Lynch's Castle
Lynch’s Castle is one of Ireland’s best-preserved medieval townhouses — a 16th-century fortified house/tower house at the corner of Shop Street and Abbeygate Street, famous for its carved stonework (including coats of arms and gargoyle-like figures) and still in everyday use as a bank. Located on Shop Street, which is Galway’s main pedestrian spine: busy, bright, full of buskers and shopfronts,
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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