County Galway

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Table of contents

1 Regions 2 Cities 3 Other destinations 4 Understand 5 Talk 6 Get in 7 Get around 8 Do 9 External links

Regions

• Connemara is covered in green mountains. When low-lying cloud rolls in, which is most of the time, the region looks like something right out of a fairy tale.

Cities

• Galway City

Other destinations

• Clifden
• The Aran Islands lie just off the coast of Connemara.

Understand

Talk

Both English and Irish Gaelic are widely spoken in County Galway. As with the rest of Ireland, most Gaelic speakers are found in smaller and more isolated villages, while the cities are dominantly English speaking.

Get in

Frequent buses (http://www.citylink.ie) and trains (http://www.irishrail.ie) arrive from Dublin into Galway City. Local buses (http://www.buseireann.ie) into smaller communities also arrive from neighbouring counties.

Get around

• Bus Éireann (http://www.buseireann.ie) operates the only public transportation link between smaller towns. Their network radiates outward from Galway City
• Aran Island Ferries (http://www.aranislandferries.com/) and Inis Mór Ferries (http://www.queenofaran2.com/) operate ferries to the Aran Islands

Do

• Hike through the Twelve Bens in Connemara.
• Bike around the Sky Road near Clifden.

External links

(Europe | Republic of Ireland | Connacht | County Galway)