r/galway

I've been trying to plan some walks using AllTrails and Google Maps across the county. I'm trying to justify visiting some less than stellar walking/forest trails by adding on some local historical sites to visit. There are castles, ruins, great old houses and walls littered across the county but it appears the vast majority are on idle, private land totally inaccessible to the public.

I've visited England in the past and have been struck by the amount of public land and right of way walking trails that exist. Absolute travesty for tourism and locals alike how much is inaccessible. The big storm seems to have only made things worse with the amount of walking trails now not worth visiting.

Came across this video on YouTube of someone walking around Galway in 1994. Thought some of ye might enjoy it!

Woke up late as my alarm didn’t go off/ phone dead, found the house without electricity and can hear all the house alarms going off around me as well. Anyone know what could have caused it?

Maybe this has been going on a while but I just noticed recently and it’s absolutely lethal.

I was literally almost ran off the road yesterday by a 70 something year old granny driving a massive luxury 4x4 and nearly every day this week when popping into a parking lot I have noticed very short moms/grannys/granddads holding up isles of traffic because they physically do not know how to park their car because it is far too fucking big for the parking space.

At first I thought it was funny, seeing a 4ft nothing mom trying to put a literally truck into a tiny parking space but now I’m getting concerned as I am seeing it practically daily and there are a lot of close calls happening.

Why tf are people buying vehicles that are way out of their ability to drive. It seems like the status symbol has gone from luxury sports cars to massive jeeps nobody is actually capable of wielding safely.

Has anyone else noticed this?

Hello everyone, I've never run a roleplaying game before, but I'm writing a custom game for a pub crawl around Galway. (By DM, I just mean I'm running the game and keeping score!).

The idea is we hit a few pubs to face mini-bosses based on local characters. So far, I have an Eyre Square preacher who gives buffs, a hurler sidekick you can summon, college students, and a final boss who heals when he drinks whiskey—so my friends have to knock the pints away from him to win.

Since I'm not a local, I'm posting because you guys know the city's real legends and characters way better than me. What iconic Galway figures should I turn into bosses or encounters? Cheers!

Go to bed ye little scallywags