By plane
Galway Airport
at Carnmore IATA: GWY is serviced by Aer Ãrann (http://www.aerarann.ie/). The schedule changes occasionally, but it may have flights to/from: Dublin, Belfast, Edinburgh, Manchester, Newcastle, Cork, Cardiff, Leeds Bradford, Bristol, London Luton, Lorient Brittany, and Waterford.The airport is about 10km east of the town, but public transportation links are poor, with only three buses per day - and their times are not co-ordinated with flight times. If you do take this route please let them know this is poor!. A taxi cost â¬15 - â¬25 depending on traffic: this high rate is because the Airport charges â¬5 to taxis serving it. You could walk to a nearby address [5mins] and call a taxi from there, saving â¬5.
Car Rentals are available.
Shannon Airport
(http://www.shannonairport.com/) is the main airport serving the west of Ireland. It is an international airport with many more flights available than Galway Airport, is served by an hourly bus to Galway, car rentals are also available. It is about 1 and 1/2 hours in the bus to Galway, but about an hour by car.Others
many people going to Galway travel via Dublin, Cork or Ireland West Knock airports. This page (http://www.galwaytranspor...) has detailed about public transport between Galway and all airports.
By car
From Dublin, there is a tolled motorway all the way to Galway. Take the M4 west and then continue along the M6. Follow the M6/N6 for the rest of the trip. Travel time is around 2 hours depending on traffic.
As in most places in Ireland, parking is expensive. However there is long term parking next to the cathedral available â¬5/day, and if you are leaving in the morning, many pay and display lots offer cheap or free overnight parking 18h-6h.