Get to know
Ballygar.
Béal Átha Ghártha
A new place to stop. A different way to explore. Find your way around Ballygar, with local places and the journey there on one map.
10 mapped places to explore.
3 bus and train lines in the published timetable.
Explore Ballygar
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Ballygar is a village in County Galway. The map names 10 places inside it, from shops and cafés to schools and churches, and 2 streets. 3 bus and train lines call at 2 stops here in the published timetable.
Your guide to Ballygar.
Plan the journey, find a place to stop and get to know the streets along the way.
- The journey here
Getting to Ballygar
3 scheduled lines from Bus Éireann and Bus4u. Choose your starting point, travel date and time to find a connection.
- Mapped stops
- 2
- Mapped car parks
- 0
- 4 stops on foot
Ballygar in an afternoon
Explore Ballygar with a suggested walking itinerary. See the stops along 5.9 km of walking and choose where to spend your time.
- See and do
Things to see
60 places to explore within 12 km, plus 0 places to eat and 0 places to stay on the map.
- Castles and their stories
Castle days around Loughrea
Choose a castle to explore, with its history, photographs, a map and practical visiting details.
- Street by street
Every street
2 named streets to browse. Start with Main Street, with 4 mapped places.
- The local picture
About Ballygar
Get your bearings with the location, landscape and local facts, including population figures where available.
Getting to Ballygar
3 lines call at 2 stops in Ballygar, run by Bus Éireann and Bus4u. That list does not change with the date. What does change is which of them runs on the day you are going, and that, with the walk at each end, is worked out when you ask for it.
- 65
- 425
- 433
Plan a journey to Ballygar from anywhere, on any date the timetable covers.
Explore Ballygar by category
Find somewhere to eat, a place to visit or an everyday service. Search or choose a theme to explore places in and around Ballygar.
15 of 15 categories to explore
Things to see
A lake to linger beside, a castle to explore or a museum for a rainy afternoon. Find places for a day out.
- Abbeys, 1 mapped place in and around Ballygar
- Hills, 2 mapped places in and around Ballygar
- Historic churches, 6 mapped places in and around Ballygar
- Historic houses, 2 mapped places in and around Ballygar
- Holy wells, 7 mapped places in and around Ballygar
- Lakes, 11 mapped places in and around Ballygar
- Monuments, 1 mapped place in and around Ballygar
- Picnic sites, 1 mapped place in and around Ballygar
- Ringforts and sites, 27 mapped places in and around Ballygar
- Ruins, 2 mapped places in and around Ballygar
Shops
Everyday essentials, independent shops and places for a haircut. See what is mapped in your town.
Community
The places that bring a town together, including schools, libraries, places of worship and community facilities.
Services
Local services for everyday jobs, from banking and post to professional advice.
Motoring
Find fuel, repairs and other motoring services before your next journey.
Things to see
A starting point for exploring Ballygar and its surroundings, with the closest places to the centre first. Distances are straight lines, not walking routes.
- Site of Ballygar Castle760 mRingforts and sites
- 1.4 km
- Lisnafarnoga Fort1.8 kmRingforts and sites
- Cloonruff Holy Well2.1 kmHoly wells
- Mount Talbot House2.8 kmHistoric houses
- Lisdoo2.8 kmRingforts and sites
- Taghboy Lough3.9 kmLakes
- Ballinlass Lough4.1 kmLakes
- Toberhop4.2 kmHoly wells
- Abbey Grey Fort4.2 kmRingforts and sites
- Yellow Well4.3 kmHoly wells
- St Brendan's Well4.6 kmHoly wells
The busiest streets
Of the 2 named streets the map records, these carry the most.
- Main Street4 placesN63