Listings
Airport/flight enquiries tel 091/755569 Bike rental Europa Bicycles, Earls Island (tel 091/563355) opposite the cathedral; GBP4/?5.08 a day, GBP6/?7.62 for 24 hours, GBP30/?38.10 deposit. Bookshops Charlie Byrne's, The Cornstore, Middle St (tel 091/561766), is a good second-hand bookshop; Eason's, Shop St, is a huge general bookshop with foreign newspapers; Hawkins House, Churchyard Lane, includes comprehensive feminist and Irish-language sections; Hughes and Hughes, Galway Shopping Centre (tel 091/536904) is a relaxed bookstore with a wide-ranging stock and pleasant coffee shop; Kenny's Bookshop, on High St (tel 091/562739), is regarded by many as one of the best antiquarian bookshops in the country and has a small art gallery attached; and Sub City, Corbett Court Centre (tel 091/565994) has a good range of comics, videos and posters. Buses Bus Eireann (tel 091/562000) runs 5-8 buses to Dublin daily, from as little as GBP9/?11.43 single, GBP11/?13.97 return - check in advance for special deals. Bikes are carried subject to space - GBP5/?3.81 extra each journey. CityLink (tel 091/564163 or 564164) also runs a Galway to Dublin service from GBP10/?12.70 return. Feda O'Donnell Coaches (tel 091/761656 or 075/48114) operates services to Sligo, Donegal and Letterkenny. Nestor Travel (tel 091/797144 or 01/832 0094) runs services to Dublin and Dublin Airport from GBP10/?12.70 return (bikes GBP3/?3.81). Camping equipment Great Outdoors, Eglinton St (tel 091/562869); Radar Stores, 15 Mainguard St (tel 091/568810). Gay and lesbian line (tel 091/566134); gay men Tues & Thurs 8-10pm; lesbians Wed 8-10pm (tel 091/564611). Horse riding Clonboo Riding School, Clonboo Cross, Corrundulla, near Annaghdown (tel 091/791362). Internet Celtel E-centre, Merchants Rd, Eyre Square (tel 091/566620, www.celtel.ie ), a bright modern place with fast access at GBP1/?1.27 for 15 minutes. Hospital University College Hospital, Newcastle Rd (casualty tel 091/544338). For emergencies call 999. Laundry The Launderette, Sea Rd (Mon-Sat 9am-6pm); Old Malte Laundrette, Old Malte Arcade, High St (Mon-Sat 8.30am-6pm), does service wash only. Left luggage Quay St House Hostel , 10 Quay St, 50p/?0.63 per bag, or at the train station for GBP1/?1.27. Library Galway County Library, Hynes Building, St Augustine St. Market For more than just fruit and vegetables, try the Saturday market around St Nicholas's Church; stalls sell everything from handmade cheeses to sculptured bog oak. There's also a junk and antiques market beneath the medieval walls inside the Eyre Square Centre (Fri & Sat), and a daily oriental food market beside Da Tang Noodle House on Middle Street. Music Mulligan, 5 Middle St (tel 091/564961), for traditional, world music, reggae, country, folk and blues on tape, vinyl and CD; Gimik Records, Lower Fairhill Rd specializes in dance music on vinyl. Parking Free in front of the cathedral; elsewhere, buy a disc from a newsagent at 20p/?0.25 per hr. Police Mill St (tel 091/563161). Sailing Galway Sailing Club, Rinville, Oranmore, five miles from the city (tel 091/794527). Taxi Corrib Taxis (tel 091/56444); Galway Taxi Coop (tel 091/561111); MGM (tel 091/757888); and taxi ranks at Eyre Square and Victoria Place. Train enquiries tel 091/561444 or 564222. Travel agents USIT, at the New Science Building on the university campus (tel 091/524601), is the best agent for youth and student travel; Corrib Travel, in the centre of town in Cathedral Building, Lower Abbeygate St (tel 091/563879 or 568318), deals with student flights and youth fares. Wind-surfing At Rusheen Bay (tel 087/605702).
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