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Galway City Museum
Attractions in Salthill

Places to visit in Salthill, led by Circle of Life National Organ Donor Commemorative Garden

Visitor numbers at Galway City Museum reached 162K in 2011. The neighbourhood itself has 2 places on our list; 23 others are within 5 km of its edge. They include 8 museums, 5 art galleries and 3 castles. 3 of them are within 1 km of the middle of town. Drive 29 km to reach Burren National Park.

Photo: Galway City Museum, 瑞丽江的河水 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
In Salthill
2
inside the neighbourhood
Within 5 km
23
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
13
in or near town
Castles & historic places
7
in or near town
Best known

Most famous in Salthill

Then come a theme park, a museum and a cathedral, behind Circle of Life National Organ Donor Commemorative Garden.

GardenGardenCircle of Life National Organ Donor Commemorative Gardenin townTheme parkTheme parkCurry's Fun Parkin townMuseumGalway City Museum800 m outside town, to the northeast · 162K visitors a year (2011)CathedralGalway Cathedral900 m outside town, to the northeastGardenEyre Square1.3 km outside town, to the northeastZooGalway Atlantaquaria100 m outside town, to the southeast

Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.

The map

The places, mapped

To the northeast is where most of the 23 nearby are.

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The dashed line is Salthill’s neighbourhood; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline

By kind

Kind by kind

The two biggest groups: museums or galleries (13) and castles or historic places (7).

Museums & galleries 8 museums · 5 art galleries0 in town · 13 nearby
Castles & historic places 3 castles · 2 historic houses · 1 cathedral · 1 church0 in town · 7 nearby
Gardens & estates 2 gardens1 in town · 1 nearby
Zoos, theme parks & days out 1 theme park · 1 zoo1 in town · 1 nearby
Other attractions 1 attraction0 in town · 1 nearby

Green: inside Salthill. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

Every place

All the places to visit

25 places in all: 2 in town and 23 within 5 km of its edge.

The 2 inside Salthill come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.

Monuments and historic buildings in Salthill → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Salthill →

Big names nearby

Day trips

Top of the 12 day trips: Burren National Park, at 29 km.

National parkBurren National Park29 km southCastleDunguaire Castle17 km southeastCastleAughnanure Castle22 km northwestAttractionAillwee Cave20 km southCastleOranmore Castle9.6 km eastCastleAthenry Castle23 km eastAbbey or prioryCorcomroe Cistercian Abbey15 km southCathedralCathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary32 km northeastAttractionPol an Ionain30 km southwestCastleGleninagh Castle16 km southwestAbbey or priory · Office of Public WorksKilmacduagh monastery27 km southeastCastleDoonagore Castle36 km southwest

Places well known beyond Salthill (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Office of Public Works or National Parks and Wildlife Service property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.

Seeing Salthill: questions

What are the main attractions in Salthill?

The best known inside Salthill’s neighbourhood are Circle of Life National Organ Donor Commemorative Garden and Curry's Fun Park. In all, 2 places to visit are mapped inside the town, and 23 more within 5 km.

Does Salthill have a museum?

13 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Salthill: Galway City Museum, James Mitchell Museum, Computing and Communications Museum of Ireland and Hall of the Red Earl.

Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Salthill?

None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Kilmacduagh monastery (Office of Public Works), 27 km southeast.

What are the best-known days out near Salthill?

Within 40 km: Burren National Park (29 km), Dunguaire Castle (17 km), Aughnanure Castle (22 km), Aillwee Cave (20 km).

How is this list made?

From Fáilte Ireland’s open data on attractions (museums, castles, historic houses, abbeys, gardens, national parks, landscapes, islands, zoos and visitor farms: restaurants, pubs, shops and tour operators are left out), OpenStreetMap (places open to visitors; a ruined castle on farmland needs a sign it can be visited) and Wikidata (what each place is, who looks after it, its Wikipedia articles), merged into one list and placed in the town’s CSO 2022 outline or within 5 km of its edge.

Places to visit: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in each town’s CSO 2022 outline. Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (21)

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).