Blake's Castle, Galway
Blake's Castle is a monument near Quay Street in Galway, County Galway, 550 m south-west of the centre.
The map records a monument here and gives it the name Blake's Castle, and nothing else: no inscription, no date and no link to an entry anywhere that says what it commemorates. This site has not been able to identify it, and will not guess.
- Kind
- Monuments
- Nearest road
- Quay StreetThe closest named road, measured here. The map records no address for this place, so this is not a statement about where its door is.
- From the centre
- 550 m south-west, in a straight line
- Parking
- Spanish Arch Car Park, 20 m away
- Bus stop
- Spanish Arch, 40 m away
Getting to Blake's Castle
About these directions
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How journey planning worksDestination, access and nearby stops
Blake's Castle is in Galway, County Galway. Routes here end at the point the map records for this place. No entrance has been verified, so the last few metres are for you to judge. Spanish Arch Car Park is 20 m away and the map records it as open to the public.
The nearest scheduled stop is Spanish Arch (13448), 40 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.
- Spanish Arch 40 m
bus 525Scheduled departures from this stop
- Merchants Rd 270 m
bus 844Scheduled departures from this stop
- Fr Griffin Rd 340 m
bus 401Scheduled departures from this stop
- Victoria Place 470 m
buses 401 and 424Scheduled departures from this stop
- St Francis Street 490 m
buses 405, 404, 407, 402, 419 and 411 among othersScheduled departures from this stop
Getting to Galway covers the journeys into the town itself.
Events nearby
Not at Blake's Castle. These are at other venues within a few hundred metres of it.
- 12 July to 27 September 2026Free entry'Deviations', exhibition as part of Galway International Arts Festival 2026Galway Arts Centre
- 24 September 2026TicketedThe Luminosa String Orchestra: DRAÍOCHT II - The Alchemy of MusicSaint Nicholas' Collegiate Church
- 25 September 2026TicketedForgotten Peoples | Chamber Choir Ireland and Gabriel CrouchSaint Nicholas' Collegiate Church
- 25 to 27 September 2026Free entryGalway International Oyster and Seafood FestivalGalway City Centre
Within a short walk
What else the map names within four hundred metres of Blake's Castle, on Quay Street and around it.
- Claddagh and Celtic Jewellery10 mJewellers
- Weavers of Ireland10 mClothes shops
- The Burgerstory20 mTakeaways
- Aran Sweater Market20 mClothes shops
- Starbucks20 mCafés
- Mc Donagh's30 mTakeaways
Also on Quay Street
Quay Street carries 26 of the places the map names in Galway.
- ithe SmashburgersRestaurants
- The Snug TownhouseHotels
- Claddagh Ring MuseumMuseums
- Freddy’sRestaurants
- StarbucksCafés
- Martine'sRestaurants
- Number 10Newsagents
- The Charcoal GrillRestaurants
- Trattoria MagnettiRestaurants
- Heart In HandsJewellers
- Wooden HeartToys
- Mc Donagh'sTakeaways
- Xi'an Street FoodTakeaways
- Coffeewerk + PressCafés
- Aran Sweater MarketClothes shops
- Weavers of IrelandClothes shops
- M. Fitzgerald’sBars
- Residence HotelHotels
Other monuments in Galway
Nearest to Blake's Castle first, and the figure beside each one is how far it is from Blake's Castle, in a straight line. Same point, same measure.
- Christopher Columbus Monument60 mSpanish Parade
- Martin Theatre70 mKirwan's Lane
- Hall of the Red Earl70 mDruid Lane
- Richard Martin M.P. 1754-183480 mQuay Street
- Pat Bracken 1951-201090 mQuay Street
- Fr Burke Statue210 mFather Griffin Road
- Lynch Memorial Window260 mMarket Street
- Mechanics Institute270 mMiddle Street
- Lynch's Castle320 mAbbeygate Street Upper
- Galway Gaol400 mGaol Road
- Walter Macken House430 mSmall Crane
- Padraic O'Conaire Statue540 mEyre Square
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Where this comes from
- From the map
- The name, the kind of place, the address where the record carries one, and any website, phone or opening hours shown as recorded on the map are tags on OpenStreetMap node/12601241465, and can be corrected there.
- Worked out here
- Every distance, the nearest road where the record has no address, which car park and which stop are nearest, and the order of the lists are this site’s own calculations from those records. Distances are straight lines between two points, not walks along the footpaths, and the map will route the real walk on request. A mistake in any of this is a mistake here rather than on the map.