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The Universal, Galway

The Universal is a pub at 9 William Street West in Galway, County Galway, 870 m south-west of the centre. Urban Grind, Massimo and Secret Garden are within 20 m.

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Opening hours

All times are local to Ireland

Today

16:00 to 23:30

Weekly schedule

Opening hours by day
Monday16:00 to 23:30
Tuesday16:00 to 23:30
Wednesday16:00 to 23:30
Thursday16:00 to 23:30
Friday16:00 to 00:30 (next day)
Saturday16:00 to 00:30 (next day)
Sunday16:00 to 23:00

Public holiday hours have not been provided.

Source: OpenStreetMap.

Call +353 91 728 271
Kind
Pubs
Address
9 William Street West
From the centre
870 m south-west, in a straight line
Phone
+353 91 728 271
Wheelchair
Recorded as accessibleOne tag covering the whole place. It does not say whether the entrance, the inside, the toilets or the route to the door are step free, and this page will not say so either.
Parking
Claddagh Church, 320 m away
Bus stop
Fr Griffin Road, 190 m away

The map does not yet record a website for The Universal. Anyone can add it on OpenStreetMap, and this page picks the change up at the next refresh.

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Destination, access and nearby stops

The Universal is in Galway, County Galway. Routes here end at the building the map records for it. Which door is the way in is not something the map says. Claddagh Church is 320 m away and the map records it as open to the public.

It is 870 m south-west of the centre of Galway in a straight line, on William Street West. The nearest stop the map records is Fr Griffin Road, 190 m away in a straight line.
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Stops near it

The nearest scheduled stop is Fr Griffin Rd (522291), 190 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • Fr Griffin Rd 190 m
    bus 401
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Fr Griffin Av 320 m
    bus 401
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Saint Mary's Road 320 m
    bus 410
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Spanish Arch 350 m
    buses 401, 424, 525 and 809
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Lios Ealtan 460 m
    buses 401, 424 and 410
    Scheduled departures from this stop

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Events nearby

Not at The Universal. These are at other venues within a few hundred metres of it.

Within a short walk

What else the map names within four hundred metres of The Universal, on William Street West and around it.

Also on William Street West

William Street West carries 12 of the places the map names in Galway.

Everything on William Street West

Other pubs in Galway

Nearest to The Universal first, and the figure beside each one is how far it is from The Universal, in a straight line. Same point, same measure.

All 71 pubs in Galway

Questions people ask

Where is The Universal?
On William Street West in Galway, County Galway, 870 m south-west of the centre; the nearest car park is 320 m away.
How do you contact The Universal?
Contact The Universal on +353 91 728 271.
How far is The Universal from the centre of Galway?
870 m south-west of the centre, measured in a straight line. The map above can work out the walk along the footpaths from wherever you are.
Are there other pubs near The Universal?
71 in Galway altogether. The nearest are Massimo on William Street West, The Blue Note on William Street West and The Crane Bar on Sea Road.
How do you get to The Universal without a car?
The nearest stop in the national timetable is Fr Griffin Rd, 190 m away in a straight line, and bus 401 call there, run by Bus Éireann. The planner on this page works out the walk from that stop over real footways and the whole journey from wherever you are starting, for the day and time you choose.

Where this comes from

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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/9925226616, and can be corrected there.
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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.

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