Betsy's Guidebook to The Old Knitting Factory
Sightseeing
Definitely take the opportunity to visit Coral Beach / Trá an Dóilín while you're here. In the summer, it's best to go in the morning to avoid crowds. Find a mobile sauna there some weekends!
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Coral Strand
Definitely take the opportunity to visit Coral Beach / Trá an Dóilín while you're here. In the summer, it's best to go in the morning to avoid crowds. Find a mobile sauna there some weekends!
My kid and I love this small aquarium and get great use out of our family pass. The coffee at Ground & Co. next door is great too.
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Galway Atlantaquaria, Inkwenkwezi Yamanzi Yase-Ireland
Seapoint PromenadeMy kid and I love this small aquarium and get great use out of our family pass. The coffee at Ground & Co. next door is great too.
Worth the drive for one of the most astounding views in Ireland, and Clifden is a great artsy seaside town -- drive through Leenane and Kylemore Abbey and make a day of it.
Sky Rd, Castle Demesne, Co. Galway, Ireland
Worth the drive for one of the most astounding views in Ireland, and Clifden is a great artsy seaside town -- drive through Leenane and Kylemore Abbey and make a day of it.
One of the most beautiful places in Ireland; I teach weekend writing retreats here a few times a year through UND Kylemore Abbey's Global Centre.
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Kylemore Abbey & Victorian Walled Garden
Kylemore AbbeyOne of the most beautiful places in Ireland; I teach weekend writing retreats here a few times a year through UND Kylemore Abbey's Global Centre.
Arts & Crafts
The artists' village in Spiddal is a fantastic place to find souvenirs -- my favorite shop is the Andrea Rossi studio.
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Spiddal Craft and Design Studios
The artists' village in Spiddal is a fantastic place to find souvenirs -- my favorite shop is the Andrea Rossi studio.
A wonderful florist (we get Christmas wreaths from them every year) with a good selection of toys and craft kits for kids, as well as general gifts.
Mitchell Flowers
A wonderful florist (we get Christmas wreaths from them every year) with a good selection of toys and craft kits for kids, as well as general gifts.
Food scene
The best pizza I've had in Ireland -- a tiny cash-only place with great value for money.
Fiordigrano Pizza
Main StreetThe best pizza I've had in Ireland -- a tiny cash-only place with great value for money.
POTA
An excellent café with a focus on local food producers. Tell Diarmuid I sent you!
Royal Garden Chinese Carraroe
Take-out or sit in restaurant that we order from every month!
Pizza, chips, etc -- and they do delivery, a great luxury out here!
Pizza Max Carraroe - Galway, Ireland
Pizza, chips, etc -- and they do delivery, a great luxury out here!
A cash-only cafe with great sandwiches and coffee where you can practice your Irish.
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Bia Blasta
A cash-only cafe with great sandwiches and coffee where you can practice your Irish.
A great little cafe with a drive-through window that helped us survive during lockdowns and the friendliest staff. Great fish and chips when you can get them!
The Courthouse Cafe
Furnace RoadA great little cafe with a drive-through window that helped us survive during lockdowns and the friendliest staff. Great fish and chips when you can get them!
The Dutch hut
Really good sandwiches and burgers, great daily specials.
It is always a treat when I get to grab lunch at this Brazilian place, and I have planned whole days around getting to come here.
Chef Laura Rosso Café & Restaurant
It is always a treat when I get to grab lunch at this Brazilian place, and I have planned whole days around getting to come here.
Shopping
A wonderful little independent bookstore and coffee shop near Kylemore Abbey.
Books At One Letterfrack
A wonderful little independent bookstore and coffee shop near Kylemore Abbey.
Possibly my favorite bookstore in the world.
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Charlie Byrne's Bookshop
Middle StreetPossibly my favorite bookstore in the world.
Brilliant selection of gifts, clothing, and souvenirs from Ireland; I'm fond of their clearance section.
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Standun
Brilliant selection of gifts, clothing, and souvenirs from Ireland; I'm fond of their clearance section.