Irish music: Galway is home to many pubs and restaurants, where guests can enjoy traditional Irish music with a pint of Guinness and some fresh local seafood. The pub’s influence in Irish culture is significant and particularly so in the west of Ireland.

With the city’s many traditional, as well as the more modern, pubs found throughout the centre and in Salthill, there’s bound to be a place to suit every taste. Some of the recommended pubs for live music include the Roisin Dubh on Dominick street, featuring modern music; the Quays on Quay street, featuring a variety of music styles; and The Crane Bar, also on Dominick street, offering up traditional Irish music.

Golf: there’s tremendous variety here in excellent links and parkland courses, equalling those anywhere in the world and at very reasonable fees. Just under five miles east of the city is the 18-hole, par-72 Galway Bay Golf and Country Club championship course.

Go fishing: fishing is a popular option with many visitors to Galway, from spectators just watching the action on the famous Salmon Weir Bridge to Coarse fishing, river angling on the Corrib and sea angling on the Atlantic ocean. Both Galway city and nearby Connemara are popular fishing centres for salmon and sea trout.

You’ll find ancient Christian churches, primitive stone forts and medieval castles here, amid the scenic beauty that has attracted the attention of artists and writers, and also film-makers and ordinary tourists over the years.