Eyre Square
Eyre Square is a city public park in Galway, Ireland. The park is within the city centre, adjoining the nearby shopping area of William Street and Shop Street. Galway railway station is adjacent to Eyre Square.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Eoin Gardiner, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: public park in Galway, Ireland
- Also known as: “An Fhaiche Mhor”, “An Fhaiche Mhór”, and “John F. Kennedy Memorial Park”
- Address: Galway
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest
Highlights include Galway Ceannt and Pádraic Ó Conaire statue.
Galway Ceannt
Railway station
Photo: calflier001, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Galway railway station is a railway station which serves the city of Galway in County Galway. The station itself is located in the centre of the city in Eyre Square.
Galway Hooker Monument
Work of art
Photo: 64butterflies, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Galway Hooker Monument is a work of art.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Claddagh and Salthill.
Claddagh
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Claddagh is an area close to the centre of Galway, Ireland, where the River Corrib meets Galway Bay. It was formerly a fishing village, just outside the old city walls.
Salthill
Suburb
Photo: Arnold Unterholzner, CC BY 2.0.
Salthill is a seaside area to the southwest of Galway city centre in the west of Ireland. The area is home to a number of tourist amenities and there is a 2 km long promenade, locally known as "the Prom", which overlooks Galway Bay.
Menlo
Village
Photo: Sharonlflynn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mionlach, commonly known by the anglicised name Menlo or Menlough, is a village and townland in one of the Gaeltacht areas of County Galway, Ireland. It is located about 3 km north of the Galway city centre, near where Lough Corrib outflows into the River Corrib. Menlo is situated 3½ km northwest of Eyre Square.
Eyre Square
- Categories: square, urban park, and recreation area
- Location: Galway, Connacht, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.27435° or 53° 16′ 28″ northLongitude
-9.04924° or 9° 2′ 57″ westElevation
13 metres (43 feet)Operator
Galway City CouncilOpen location code
9C5G7XF2+P8OpenStreetMap ID
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leisure=parkOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Eyre Square” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Eyre Square”
- Chinese: “艾爾廣場”
- Dutch: “Eyre Square”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان اير”
- German: “Eyre Square”
- Irish: “An Fhaiche Mhór”
- Spanish: “Plaza Eyre”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Eyre Square”. Photo: Eoin Gardiner, CC BY 2.0.