Old Dock
Also known as Eyre Dock
The Long Walk, Galway, Eyre Square
About Old Dock
The National Inventory rates Old Dock Regional, one of 79 in Eyre Square. Its record dates Old Dock to 1730–1770. 12 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
The Old Dock and the adjacent quayside, standing opposite the historic Claddagh district, are integral parts of Galway's historic maritime transport and commercial heritage. The various bollards and steps add further interest.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 30319003 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 30319003↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Eyre Square · about 600 m on foot, as the crow flies
Like it: recorded walls, gates and bridges near Eyre Square
Closest of all: Nimmo's Pier, Claddagh, 200 m away. The list holds 8, all within 40 km and photographed. Kilcolgan Bridge in Kilcolgan is the farthest, at 13 km.
Questions about Old Dock
Is Old Dock on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 30319003).
Can you visit Old Dock?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Old Dock built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1730–1770.
Is Old Dock protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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