r/galway

Hello Galwegians! I'm looking for a pub to watch the Arsenal games this season and was wondering if anyone knows of spots to watch the soccer when the Premier League kicks off. If there's a fan club pub that'd be all the better! Recommendations for Oranmore would be preferred but spots in the city would be great too!

Hi guys! My old car no longer works (the timing belt went) so I need to get it towed and scraped - Does anyone have any recommendations of where to go to get this done, this is my first car and no one I know has a tow truck or has had to use one to scrap a car. Grateful for any help!!

Are there any deli/shops in Galway that sell sliced pastrami? I want to make NYC style deli sandwich at home.

Does anyone know of any shops in or around the city that sells gochujang or seen it in any of the Asian stores?

Anyone know if you would be waiting ages to see a doctor when visiting the VHI clinic? Or would you be seen pretty speedy?

I had to leave Galway and I didn't have enough time to find someone to take my bicycle, so it's sitting locked somewhere in the city. It's in great working condition and It was a good size for me (5'5" adult) Comes with lock and helmet. Send me a PM if you're interested and I'll text you the lock combo and where to find it!

Hey, does anyone know where you could burn music onto a cd in Galway? Thank you

Hello, I am in town for one night only with my three kids. If possible, I’d like to take them to hear live traditional music somewhere. I’ve seen a few pubs advertising live music, but I’m not sure if the kids are allowed.

Hi all!

I’m thinking of organising a super lowkey meet up where anybody that would like to swap a hard-copy book would be invited, and we could chat/hangout, whatever is the general consensus really.

Personally speaking I’m sick of reading books online and dying to read something that a) is a recommendation from a fellow reader,
b) isn’t lit up in my face all the time, and c) doesn’t digitally mimic turning pages over, urgh.

But buying books isn’t cheap at all really and as somebody that has moved three cities in the last three years, I don’t see a point in sentimentally hoarding them as I once used to anymore, not sustainable.

We could gather in the eyre square on a day when the weather isn’t too bad, details could be discussed on discord if we manage to get some numbers up.

I’ve never organised anything before no matter how lowkey, so all suggestions are welcome!

Edit: Given the traction this received, I’m definitely going to plan more on this. Until then, please feel free to join the channel here if you’d like to be involved- https://discord.gg/wrBgWMaSe
All suggestions/discussions again, are welcome x

Love eating out or skipping cooking but most of our takeaways are cheap unhealthy shite

Hey guys! First of all, I wanted to clarify I'm not Irish, I'm Argentinian but I deeply love Ireland and I need your help with this.

So, when I was 15 years old I got the amazing chance to fly to Ireland and stay in Galway for 2 weeks approx. During my time there, I was told about the Claddagh ring and it's story and I fell in love with it. Naturally, I got one from a very cute jewellery shop and I have loved it ever since (it's been like 10 years already)

Recently, I have sadly lost my claddagh, and it broke my heart. I tried finding one on Amazon, but they all were pretty ugly tbh. So, I googled the jewellery shop where I first got it from and found out they have a Shopify page. I found my original ring and, on July 31st, I placed an order for a couple of rings.

However, I have not heard about it since. According to their page, it takes 5 business days to get the order ready to be shipped, but I haven't heard any news. I tried asking via WhatsApp, Instagram, Gmail but nothing has worked.

Now, I'm honestly desperate and need your guy's advice. Did I get scammed by this (very popular) jewellery in Galway? Should I keep waiting? Or should I give my money up and try with a different Irish jewellery?

Thank you so much!