museums galway

The last surviving cornmill in the Tuam area closed as a working mill in 1964. Visitors can see the milling process which was employed as all the old machinery is still in place.

This mill played a vital part in the life of the local community and a voluntary committee opened it as a museum in 1974. It also serves as a seasonal tourist information office. No admission charge. Donations gratefully accepted....

Aran Island Ferries operate a daily service to the three Aran Islands in Galway Bay. The Aran Islands are steeped in history and are spectacularly beautiful. The ferry service operates from Rossaveal, a port 37 kilometres west of Galway city. This is the shortest crossing point to the islands. A coach service is provided from Galway city to Rossaveal....

Artifacts to do with island life; churn, dressers with jugs, cradle, settlebed, dress of islanders, baskets for carrying nets, patterns for making curraghs, part of curraghs; old stone from medieval castle; old photographs and manuscripts....

On the left hand side of the bridge as you walk down Shop Street in Tuam is an old corn mill which has now become Tuam's Mill Museum. This undershot mill traces its origin to the 17th century.

Today the mill wheel still turns and the machinery in the mill itself is operational. Inside the miller's house one can see miniature examples of four types of mill in operation. The tour of the mill includes a slide show on the history of Tuam and its surrounding areas. The tourist office is also...

Just a few steps from Shop Street, by St. Nicholas Collegiate Church, nestles the smallest museum in Ireland, a perfect setting in which to take you back through the romantic mists of time. This tiny turn of the century house was the home of Nora Barnacle, companion wife and life-long inspiration of James Joyce, Ireland's greatest writer.

It was here in 1909, sitting at the kitchen table that Joyce first met his darling's mother. Letters, photographs and other exhibits of the lives of...

Material associated with the history of Galway City and County Galway folk material....