Location

• Capital of the West of Ireland northeastern edge of Galway Bay
• Connemara to West and agricultural regions to East and South

Access by Road

Serviced by 3 national primary routes:

• N17 to the North (Sligo and Donegal)
• N6 to the East (Athlone and Dublin).
• N18 to the South (Shannon, Limerick and Cork)

Access by Rail

• 6 return services to Dublin per day (approx: 2.5hrs. travel time)

Access by Air

Access to Galway and the West of Ireland via Galway Airport:

• Located just 8km from Galway City centre 
• Providing over 150 scheduled weekly flights within Ireland, the UK and Europe
• 4 daily flights to/from Dublin 
• 3 daily flights to/from London Luton 
• Daily flights to/from Manchester 
• 6 weekly flights to/from Edinburgh 
• Also scheduled services to Belfast International, Cork and Waterford 

• Summer flights to Lorient in Brittany, France
  
  For full details and to book flights visit www.galwayairport.com

Access by Sea

• Passenger traffic limited to Aran Islands, all facilities available for the transport of goods (599,166 tonnes in 1998)

Telecommunications Access

• Modern digital network, speedy service provision and other facilities (Integrated Service Digital Network, Direct Dial Inward, Voicemail and many more)

Galway Profile

Population County Galway (2006):  231,670 (+10.8% on 2002 Census)

Key centres with Population over 1,000 (2006):