Family days out in Co. Galway

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

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

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

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…

Burren Nature Sanctuary

Killary Sheep Farm

Lough Well Pet Farm

The Aquarium

Turoe Pet Farm

Killary Adventure Centre

Wildlands

Brigit’s Garden

Brigit's Garden is a garden in County Galway, Ireland, located to the west of Lough Corrib.

Coral Leisure Tuam

The Tuam Leisure Centre is made up of three main elements, the pool area, the upstairs gymnasium, and the aerobics studio.

Get In A Festival

Kinvara