Local Attractions

Shoppingin Galway

Athenry and indeed Galway city, only 20 minutes from Raheen Woods Hotel, offers a unique and diverse shopping experience with a wide range of shops catering for the needs of both visitors and locals alike. The city caters for a very large catchment area, and is the regional capital of the West with a vast variety of goods on offer. Many of the shops are located on streets in the main shopping area in the centre of the city. These shopping areas are supplemented by a number of enclosed shopping centres. As well as a full range of mainstream shops Galway has quite a large number of specialist and tourist oriented shops, which offer unique and interesting gifts, many locally made.

Athenry has a good choice of shops from book and music shops to gift and jewellery shops and lovely boutiques catering for ladies, mens and childrens wear.

The following outlets in the town of Athenry kindly offer a 10% discount on any purchases to all of our guests:

Declan Rooney Menswear, Flowers by Breda , Just Kidz, Kiss Boutique, Lousha Boutique .

Corrib Shopping Centre
Located just off Eyre Square, the Corrib Shopping Centre is a compact shopping mall featuring a wide range of goods. The main outlet for this centre is the department store, Debenhams. Marks and Spencer have a department store here as well as a food court and there are plenty of cosmetics and accessories, menswear, ladies wear and household goods as well as a spacious café and a multi storey car park.

Eyre Square Shopping Centre
This shopping centre was built on the site of an old timber yard in an effort to breathe life back into this part of the city centre. And it was an undoubtable success. Today, with its specialist shops in fashion, food, sport, gifts, books, household goods, department stores, health shops, cafes and banks it is a bustling yet spacious centre often hosting exhibitions and events for children and adults.

Galway Shopping Centre
The Galway Shopping Centre on the Headford Road was the first centre of its kind to be established in the city. Stores here include Tesco and Penney's. An excellent range of smaller shops includes fashion outlets, book shop, shoe shops, newsagents, music shop, and health shops. Several restaurants and car parking spaces are also located here.

Westside Shopping Centre Galway
Westside Shopping Centre is situated on one of the main approach roads to Galway. The main outlet at the centre is Dunnes Stores, which comprises a foodmarket and clothes shop. There are also a number of other outlets in the centre, geared towards catering for the large local population, with plenty of car parking spaces available.

Galway Retail Park
The Galway Retail Park is located on the Headford Road opposite the Galway Shopping Centre. It is home to many big names such as Currys, Woodies DIY, Lifestyle Sports, Elvery Sports, Aldi and Chartbusters. McDonalds restaurant and Omniplex cinema make it an ideal area for a family shopping expedition.

Wellpark Retail Park
Wellpark Retail Park is located on the Dublin Road and features Atlantic Homecare, Reid Furniture, Toy City, PC World and Maplin. Eddie Rockets, Barbarista coffee shop and the Eye Cinema provide some much needed rest & relaxation.

Judy Greene Pottery
Judy Greene Pottery was established in 1982 in the heart of medieval Galway specialising in hand thrown terracotta, depicting Irish flora and landscape. Judy's signature range and best loved is her bluebell design. Judy Greene's pottery is produced using traditional skills of craft-potters. The workshop is situated in the heart of Galway - a unique craft centre housing a diversity of craft work and artists.
info@judygreenepottery.com

Spiddal Craft Centre
Drawing their inspiration from the landscape and culture of the Gaeltacht of Connemara, the crafts people who work, display and sell their products at the Spiddal Craft Centre produce a range of handcrafted quality products. Visitors can observe the crafts in the making and chat with the master crafts people in their individual studios. The variety of products include Pottery, Candle Making, Leather Working, Woodturning, Jewellery, Hand Weaving, Silk Painting and Batik. There is also an Art Gallery and Bistro.

Royal Tara Visitor Centre
Crafted in a fine old mansion, Royal Tara China is the country's leading manufacturer of fine bone china giftware, tableware and exclusive hand painted pieces. Tara Hall, the home of Royal Tara china, is a beautiful Queen Anne - Georgian style mansion and was formerly the seat of the Joyces' - one of the ancient tribes that founded Galway City. Free Guided Factory Tours are available hourly where visitors can witness, at first hand, the creation of timeless heirlooms at the fingertips of master craftspeople. Each piece of Royal Tara is handled over thirty times through ten different stages of production in order to become a much loved piece of Royal Tara fine bone china.
www.royal-tara.com

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