På gång i Galway, Ireland under året

Mycket folk — Christmas break i Ireland, skollov i 7 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Atlantic winter storms (1 dec – 28 feb (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — February mid-term break i Ireland, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Atlantic winter storms (1 dec – 28 feb (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — St Patrick's Day parade, Easter break i Ireland

• Festival

  St Patrick's Day parade

  14–17 marNationell helgdagTrångtBoka tidigt

  A long weekend of trad sessions and family events ends with the parade on the 17th, from University Road over the Salmon Weir Bridge to Eyre Square. Pubs in the Latin Quarter are packed by midday. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Easter break i Ireland, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Cuirt literature festival

  21–26 aprKulturfestivalBoka tidigt

  One of Ireland's oldest literary festivals brings Irish and international writers to the Town Hall Theatre and smaller venues for readings, talks and workshops. Popular events sell out. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

• Festival

  Galway Early Music Festival

  22–24 maj

  Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music in churches and halls, with street performances, dance and costumed re-enactment around the city centre over a long weekend. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Ireland, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Galway Early Music Festival (22–24 maj)

Mest folk — Galway International Arts Festival, Galway Races

• Festival

  Galway Film Fleadh

  6–14 jul · vanligtvisFilmfestival

  Ireland's main film festival runs for six days in early July, with premieres at the Town Hall Theatre and a market alongside it. It lands the week before the arts festival, so July gets busy early. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Galway International Arts Festival

  13–27 jul · vanligtvisTrångtBoka tidigt

  Two weeks of theatre, big-tent gigs and street spectacle that turn the whole city into the venue. Accommodation is gone months ahead and the campsites out at Salthill fill with it. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Galway Races

  25 jul – 4 aug · vanligtvisSportevenemangTrångtBoka tidigt

  Seven days at Ballybrit from the last Monday of July, and the city runs on it: shuttle buses, hats, and hotel rates that treble. Ladies' Day on the Thursday is the one that fills the trains. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Galway Races, Summer holidays i Ireland

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Galway Races (25 jul – 4 aug (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Festival

  Galway Oyster Festival

  24–30 sep · vanligtvisPlocksäsongBoka tidigt

  The last weekend of September, the first weekend of the native oyster season, and a shucking championship on the Claddagh. Running since 1954, and it still empties the bars of the Latin Quarter into a marquee. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Macnas Halloween parade, October mid-term break i Ireland

• Festival

  Macnas Halloween parade

  25 okt – 1 nov · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångt

  Giant puppets and drums through the dark streets on the Halloween weekend, drawing crowds in the tens of thousands. It is free, it is one night, and the route is packed an hour beforehand. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Macnas Halloween parade, Galway Christmas Market

• Öppning

  Galway Christmas Market

  14 nov – 22 dec · vanligtvisJul & nyårTrångt

  Eyre Square is boarded over with chalets and a big wheel from mid-November until just before Christmas. It is the busiest the city gets outside July, and it is dark by half four. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Macnas Halloween parade (25 okt – 1 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Galway Christmas Market, Christmas break i Ireland

• Risk

  Atlantic winter storms

  1 dec – 28 feb · vanligtvisVinterstormar & kuling

  Most named storms reach Ireland in winter, and Galway takes them head on: gales close the Salthill promenade, cancel Aran Islands ferries and flights, and can push the sea into Spanish Arch and the Claddagh. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Galway Christmas Market (14 nov – 22 dec (vanligtvis))