Galway Famous People Theatre and Literature Walking Tour

Starting in Eyre Square our journey of discovery will introduce you to Galway and will situate you to where you are. It is here in Eyre Square that you will learn of the visit of JFK, the writer Pádraic Ó Conaire and Liam Mellows, the freedom fighter. Eyre Square has many connections for famous people and writers.

Come and have your picture taken with Oscar Wilde and his famous friend Eduard. Hear the story behind this giant of a man and his contribution to Irish Literature.

Hear the story of the most influential family in Galway's political history and the rescue of the child by a Barbary macaque (Ape) and the connection with the Fitzgerald's of Kildare!

Visit the Lynch Memorial Window where our visit will take a more sinister turn. Hear of the Ledged behind the meaning of Lynched, Lynching and Lynch Mob. Discover the connection with Argentina's and Cuba's most famous person - Che Guevara!

See the home of Nora Barnacle - the wife of James Joyce. Here the story of how they met on the 16th June 1904 and the origin of Blooms Day!

Founded in 1320 on the grounds of a Knight Templar Church, St. Nicholas Collegiate Church is the oldest working parish church in Galway city. Hear of its connection to Adam Byrne (Crusader); Christopher Columbus and Robert O'Hara-Burke.

Come and walk along Kirwan's Lane the home of the Kirwan Lane Theatre where Humanity Dick and Wofltone staged their plays an entertained audiences.

Founded in 1975 by Garry Hynes, Mick Lally and Siobhan McKenna; the Druid Theatre, is the only Irish theatre that has won a Tony Award. Hear about this success story of the best theatre in Ireland.

Hear of stories behind this famous pub. Located on Cross Street, Naughtons has its place in history. Originally owned by Richard Martin, the eccentric landowner, theatre owner and animal rights activist. Naughtons is a must on this journey.

Hear the story of the greatest love stroy that gave rise to the world famous Claddagh Ring and the home of the world smallest Claddagh Ring.

Discover the building that stretches back over 800 years. If the walls of this building could talk it would share stories of the execution of Charles I of England at the hands of Col. Stubbers and his aid Dean who took 'The Kings Head'.

Situated in the medieval heart of the city An Taibhdhearc is the national Irish Language Theatre for Ireland. Come and be introduced to when it was founded, its founder and Walter Macken, a local Galway writer who spent time here as a director.

Be amazed at the wonderful Charlie Byrne's bookstore which founded in the late 1980's by Charlie Byrne and has been voted as the best independent bookshop in Ireland for many years. It is a treasure trove of old and new and one can spend hours here just browsing.