Galway Gaol
Galway Gaol is a monument near Gaol Road in Galway, County Galway, 520 m west of the centre.
The map records a monument here and gives it the name Galway Gaol, 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.
Getting to Galway Gaol
About these directions
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How journey planning worksDestination, access and nearby stops
Galway Gaol 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. Cathedral is 10 m away and the map records it as open to the public.
The nearest scheduled stop is Galway Cathdrl (13086), 110 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.
- Galway Cathdrl 110 m
bus 433Scheduled departures from this stop
- Galway Cathedral 120 m
buses 438, 439 and GM13Scheduled departures from this stop
- St Francis Street 240 m
buses 405, 404, 407, 402, 419 and 411 among othersScheduled departures from this stop
- University South 390 m
buses 405, 404, 402, 419, 411 and 412 among othersScheduled departures from this stop
- Woodquay 400 m
bus 407Scheduled departures from this stop
Getting to Galway covers the journeys into the town itself.
Events nearby
Not at Galway Gaol. These are at other venues within a few hundred metres of it.
- 24 September 2026TicketedThe Luminosa String Orchestra: DRAÍOCHT II - The Alchemy of MusicSaint Nicholas' Collegiate Church
- 14 to 26 September 2026TicketedA Moon for the MisbegottenTown Hall Theatre
- 12 July to 27 September 2026Free entry'Deviations', exhibition as part of Galway International Arts Festival 2026Galway Arts Centre
- 20 April to 30 November 2026TicketedGalway Céilí Club - Beginners ClassKennedy's Bar
Within a short walk
What else the map names within four hundred metres of Galway Gaol, on Gaol Road and around it.
- Gaol Road40 mBike hire
- Galway Library Services50 mLibrary
- Poor Clares Convent90 mMonastery
- Galway Cathedral90 mChurches
Also on Gaol Road
Gaol Road carries 4 of the places the map names in Galway.
Other monuments in Galway
Nearest to Galway Gaol first, and the figure beside each one is how far it is from Galway Gaol, in a straight line. Same point, same measure.
- Lynch Memorial Window230 mMarket Street
- Lynch's Castle320 mAbbeygate Street Upper
- Martin Theatre340 mKirwan's Lane
- Richard Martin M.P. 1754-1834360 mQuay Street
- Pat Bracken 1951-2010360 mQuay Street
- Mechanics Institute370 mMiddle Street
- Blake's Castle400 mQuay Street
- Hall of the Red Earl410 mDruid Lane
- Christopher Columbus Monument440 mSpanish Parade
- The Browne Doorway480 mEyre Square
- Padraic O'Conaire Statue500 mEyre Square
- Walter Macken House500 mSmall Crane
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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/1865574475, 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.