Galway City Hostel has classic backpacker accommodation with built-in craic: there's a pumping bar on the premises that serves some of the cheapest beer in town.

Galway city guide: where to stay, eat, drink and see art in Ireland’s capital of culture. This west-coast charmer is walkable, foodie-friendly, and loves a festival, says Shilpa Ganatra.

Dearbhaill Standún and her husband own and operate a restored 17th-century “hill village,” Cnoc Suain, just a short drive from Galway city on Ireland’s west coast. Though the Gaelic speaker ...

7. ­Local Brews, 2:30 p.m. Galway’s craft beer game is exceptional, even in a country where Guinness has in many pubs been displaced by microbrews. Stroll back into the city center by way of t ...