Playground & play centre
103 places
Abbeyknockmoy
Ahascragh
An Sean Baile Playground No 1
An Sean Baile Playground No 2
Annaghdown
Ardrahan/Labane
Athenry - Court Lane
Aughrim
Ballinfoile Park Playground
Playground & Multi Use Games Area
Ballyconneely
Ballygaddy Road / Belair Drive Playground
Ballygar
Ballymoe
Barna
Barnaderg
Belclare
Caltra
Camus
Cappagh Park
Local neighbourhood park with the following facilities: Community Centre; Car Parking; Playing Pitches; Playground; Woodland Paths; Picnic…
Cappagh Park Playground
Cappataggle
Carraroe
Cashel
Castleblakeney Playground
Cill Chiaráin
Claddagh Playground
Clarinbridge
Cleggan
Clifden
Clonberne
Club Vitae Oranmore
Colemanstown Playground
Coral Leisure Ballinasloe
Other facilities on-site include: Gym, Spa/Sauna, Dance/exercise studio, Children's playground.
Cornamona
Corofin
Corrandulla
Craughwell
Doughiska Park
Local Neighbourhood Park with the following facilities: Adventure & toddler playgrounds; Playing pitches; Tennis courts; Pedestrian…
Dublin Road Playground
Dunmore
Fohenagh/Killure/Kilgerril
Fr Burke Park
Local neighbourhood park with the following facilities: Playground, Pedestrian Walkway, Seating Area, Planting areas with flowers, shrubs…
Fr Burke Park Playground
Fáná Bhúi Playground
Gleann Bhan Playground
Glenamaddy
Gort
Gort Road, Loughrea
Headford - Moyne Villa Pitch
Henry Street Playground
Hymany Park Playground
Inis Óirr
Inishbofin
Inverin
Kilconly
Kilgarve Playground
Killimor
Killimordaly
Kilronan, Inishmore
Kiltormer
Lakeshore Drive Playground
Lawrencetown
Leisure Centre Playground, Ballinasloe
Lettermullen
Lough Atalia Playground
Maam
McGrath's Field
Local neighbourhood park with the following facilities: Playing Pitch; Tennis Courts; Playground; Pedestrian Pathways; Planting areas with…
Meadowbrook Playground
Merlin Park Adventure Playground
Adventure playground including toddler playground & sandpit play area
Merlin Woods Park Playground
Mervue Public Park Playground
Millennium Childrens Park
City Park with the following facilities: Green Flag Award; Playgrounds, Pedestrian Walkways, Picnic Area, Skate Boarding Park, Seating…
Milltown
Monivea
Mountbellew - beside GAA Grounds
Moycullen Pitch
Moycullen Tar Isteach
Moylough
Mullagh
Na Blátha Craige Playground
New Inn
O'Sullivan Park
Local neighbourhood park with the following facilities: Green Flag Award; Pedestrian Walkways; Seating; Picnic areas; Playground; Playing…
Oranmore - near Schools in Village
Oranmore Lodge Hotel
Other facilities on-site include: Gym, Childrens Indoor Play Area, Meeting Rooms Hire.
Palace Grounds Playground
Parkmore Playround
Portumna Outdoor Gym
Recess Sraith Salach
Roscam Park Playground
Rosmuc
Roundstone Playground
Shantalla Sliding Rock Playground
Playground & Multi Use Games Area
Skehana Playground
Sliding Rock
Local neighbourhood park with the following facilities: Playground; Passive Recreational Walkways; Planting areas with flowers, shrubs and…
Slí Burca Playground
South Park
Local neighbourhood park with the following facilities: Pedestrian Walkway, Playing Pitches, Playground, Claddagh Basin, Nimos Pier, Swans…
Spiddal
St. Grellan's Playground
Turloughmore/Lackagh - Community Centre
Westside Park
Local Neighbourhood Park with the following facilities: Adventure & toddler playgrounds; Playing pitches; Tennis courts; Basketball courts…
Westside Park Adventure Playground
Adventure Playground including toddler playground
Williamstown - beside GAA grounds
Woodford
Beach & coast
43 places
Aillebrack/Silverhill Beach
Aillebrack/Silverhill is a beautiful sandy beach located on the Ballyconneely Peninsula in County Galway.
An Trá Mhór, An Cnoc, Indreabhán
An Trá Mór, Coill Rua, Indreabhán
An Trá Mór is a sandy beach located along the Connemara coastline.
An Trá Mór, Gorumna Island
An Trá Mór is a small sheltered sandy beach facing east.
Ballyloughane Beach
Free beach near Galway known for seashore life — at low tide, explore sandy, rocky and tidal areas safely with the family.
Ballyloughane, Renmore
Bathing Place at Portumna
Portumna bathing water is a pleasant well maintained facility used throughout the year.
Boat To The Aran Islands
The Aran Islands or The Arans, are a group of three islands at the mouth of Galway Bay, off the west coast of Ireland, with a combined area…
Bunowen Pier
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Bóthar an Spidéil, An Spidéal
Cill Mhuirbhigh, Inis Mór
Cill Mhuirbhigh beach is a sheltered sandy shore bounded by rocky shore to the west and east.
Clifden Beach
Clifden Beach is a small sheltered sandy beach located close to Clifden Town, 78kms to the west of Galway City on the shores of Clifden Bay.
Cloch na Rón
Céibh an Spidéil
Céibh an Spidéil is a long sandy cove facing east.
Céibh an Spidéil, An Spidéal
Dog's Bay, Roundstone
Dog's Bay is located close to Roundstone village , Co Galway and has a horseshoe shape with more than a mile long stretch of white sandy…
Dumhach
Dumhach Beach is a long sandy beach located on the south eastern shore of Inishbofin Island.
East End Inisbofin
East End Bay is located on the island of Inishbofin which is situated off the North West coast off Connemara. the bathing water is a gentle…
Esker, Banagher
Esker is a man made bathing water area on the western bank of the river Shannon in Banagher on the Galway side.
Glassilaun, Killary
Glassilaun is a long white sandy beach situated between Killary (Little) and Renvyle bays.
Goirtín, Cloch na Rón
Goirtín, Cloch na Rón bathing water is on the shores of Gurteen Bay.
Grattan Beach
Grattan Beach is a sandy beach located just before Salthill.
Grattan Road Beach
Grattan Road Beach is a shallow, sandy beach facing directly out to Galway Bay and boasts breath-taking views stretching for miles across…
Inis Oírr
Ladies beach
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Loughrea Lake
Loughrea Lake Bathing area is pleasantly situated in a shallow relatively sandy area of the lake between a man made pier on the west and a…
Mannin Bay, Ballyconneely
Mannin Bay located to the southwest of Clifden has a small roadside beach which you enter from the small car park.
Omey Island Strand
Omey is a sheltered island located 600m approx. off shore.
Petersburg Outdoor Education and Training Centre
Petersburg Outdoor Education Centre History and Development Petersburg House was the ancestral home of a branch of the Lynch family of…
Renvyle
Renvyle (White Strand/Trá Bán) in Co Galway is a long white sandy beach facing to the north.
Rinville
Rinville Park is created around an ancient castle, a stately home and a fine estate demesne which dates from the 16th century, near the…

Salthill
Grattan Beach is a sandy beach located just before Salthill.
Silverstrand Beach
Silverstrand Beach is a popular shallow, sandy beach bounded on one side by a cliff and the other by rocks.
Traught Beach
Located in the sheltered Galway Bay, this gently sloping sandy beach is an ideal spot for families.
Trá an Dóilín, An Ceathrú Rua
Trá an Dóilín is an unusual beach formed from a plethora of dead fragments of "maerl", a twig-like calcareous seaweed.
Trá Chaladh Fínis, Carna
Trá Chaladh Fínis is a scenic, sandy and rural beach overlooking Finish Island.
Trá Inis Oírr (Main Beach)
Inis Oírr is situated 17km off the Galway coast and 9km off the Clare coast.
Trá na bhForbacha, Na Forbacha
Trá na bhForbacha is a sandy beach and can be subject to very strong wave action and currents.
Trá na mBan, An Spidéal
Trá na mBan is a popular bathing area consisting of a mixture of rocky foreshore and sandy areas which are covered at high tide.
Trá na Reilige, An Cheathrú Rua
Trá na Reilige is located approximately two kilometers from the village of An Cheathrú Rua.
Trá Poll na gCaorach Inis Oirr
It is a scenic quiet small sandy beach on the north eastern shore of the island of Inis Oirr in outer Galway Bay.
Trá Saorphort (Bóithrín Mags), Bearna
Trá Saorphort/Freeport (Mags Boreen) Beach is situated close to Bearna village centre, which is located circa 7kms west of Galway City.
Trácht, Cinn Mhara
Woods, parks & walks
39 places
Ardnageeha Forest
Aughrane Forest Trail
Outdoor Walking / Recreation
Barna Woods
Woodland park with the following facilities: Wood Lands; Pedestrian Walkways; Picnic Area; Car Parking; Planting areas with flowers, shrubs…
Bothar Sheanadh Mhaca
Outdoor Walking / Recreation
Canon Oliver Hughes Park Walkway
Outdoor Walking / Recreation
Carrabane Forest Muddy Walks
Outdoor Walking / Recreation
Clonbur Walking and Bicycle Trails
Outdoor Walking / Recreation

Connemara National Park
Connemara National Park is one of eight national parks in Ireland, managed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Coole Park
Coole Park is a nature reserve of approximately 1,000 acres (4 km²) located a few miles west of Gort, County Galway, Ireland.
Corrib Park
Local neighbourhood park with the following facilities: Passive Recreational Walkways; All Weather playing pitch; Multi Use Games Area…
Corribdale Park Fitstick Trail
FitStick Activator Pole Trail
Derroura Forest
Derrygimlagh Bog Walk

Eyre Square
Eyre Square is a city public park in Galway, Ireland.
FitStick Trail Tuam Palace Grounds
FitStick Activator Pole Trail
Glenamaddy Frass Walking Trails
Outdoor Walking / Recreation
Gort Riverwalk
Outdoor Walking / Recreation
Kilcornan Trail
Outdoor Walking / Recreation
Kilcornan Woods Fitstick Trail
FitStick Activator Pole Trail
Killarainy Woods Trail
Outdoor Walking / Recreation
Knockdoemore - Lackagh Walking Trail
Outdoor Walking / Recreation
Lackavrea Forest
Lismany Kylemore Trail
Outdoor Walking / Recreation
Lough Rusheen Woods
Woodland park with the following facilities: Woodlands; Pedestrian Walkways; Car & bus parking; Picnic areas; Planting areas with flowers…
Mam Ean Trail
Outdoor Walking / Recreation
Merlin Park Woods
Woodland park with the following facilities: Wood Lands; Pedestrian Walkways; Planting areas with flowers, shrubs and trees.
Monivea Woods Walking Trail
Outdoor Walking / Recreation
Mountbellew Forest
Portumna Blueway
Outdoor Walking / Recreation
Quinncentennial Park
Local neighbourhood park with the following facilities: Green Flag Award; Pedestrian Walkways; Seating; The Circle of Life Commemorative…
Renville Park
Rosshill Park Woods
Woodland park with the following facilities: Wood Lands; Pedestrian Walkways; Car Parking; Planting areas with flowers, shrubs and trees.
Sandybanks Lane Walkway
Outdoor Walking / Recreation
Sliabh Aughty Walking Trails
Outdoor Walking / Recreation
Sonnock / Gortnamannagh Forest
Terryland Forest Park
Woodland park with the following facilities: Wood Lands; Pedestrian Walkways; Picnic areas; Seating; Planting areas with flowers, shrubs…
The Walks, Loughrea
Outdoor Walking / Recreation
Woodford Millenium Oak Forest
Outdoor Walking / Recreation
Woodquay Park
Local neighbourhood park with the following facilities: Pedestrian Walkway; Seating Area; Planting areas with flowers, shrubs and trees
Castle & heritage
6 places
Athenry Castle & Heritage Centre

Aughnanure Castle, Oughterard
Aughnanure Castle is a tower house near Oughterard on the N59, in County Galway, in the west of Ireland.

Galway City Museum

Kylemore Abbey
Kylemore Abbey is a Benedictine Monastery founded in 1920 on the grounds of Kylemore Castle, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland.
Portumna Castle & Wood
Roundstone Music & Crafts
A craft centre and free folk museum inside a former Franciscan monastery in Roundstone village, where craftsman Malachy Kearns hand-makes…
Farm & animals
5 places
Adventure & activity
2 places
Gardens
1 place
Water park & swimming
1 place
More family days out
2 places
Rainy-day ideas in Co. Galway
Indoor places first, then places with both indoor and outdoor areas.
Coral Leisure Tuam
The Tuam Leisure Centre is made up of three main elements, the pool area, the upstairs gymnasium, and the aerobics studio.

Galway City Museum
Roundstone Music & Crafts
A craft centre and free folk museum inside a former Franciscan monastery in Roundstone village, where craftsman Malachy Kearns hand-makes…
The Aquarium
Athenry Castle & Heritage Centre

Aughnanure Castle, Oughterard
Aughnanure Castle is a tower house near Oughterard on the N59, in County Galway, in the west of Ireland.
Club Vitae Oranmore
Coral Leisure Ballinasloe
Other facilities on-site include: Gym, Spa/Sauna, Dance/exercise studio, Children's playground.

Kylemore Abbey
Kylemore Abbey is a Benedictine Monastery founded in 1920 on the grounds of Kylemore Castle, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland.
Oranmore Lodge Hotel
Other facilities on-site include: Gym, Childrens Indoor Play Area, Meeting Rooms Hire.