Galway Trails features the Galway walkabout, a guided walk through the winding medieval streets of Galway City. Your guide Jim will reveal a story and history around every turn. Alternatively, explore the local sites and stories connected with the 1916 Easter Rising in Galway, in which Jim's late grandfather was a volunteer. As a fluent speaker of Irish, Jim welcomes those interested in the language.
Galway Trails experienced tour guide, Jim Ward, offers tour guiding services for the following:
• Walking Tour of Galway City - Meet in Galway City centre, 1.5 hours
• Galway 1916 Tour - Meet where you are staying or Galway City centre, (Hybrid - bus and walk) Full Day
• Galway to the Burren & Cliffs of Moher - Meet where you are staying or Galway City centre, (Hybrid - bus and walk) Full Day
• Galway to Connemara - Meet where you are staying or Galway City centre, (Hybrid - bus and walk) Full Day
• Galway to Aran Islands - Meet at Aran Island Ferries office in Galway City centre, (Hybrid - ferry, bus and walk) Full Day
• Galway Whiskey Trail (discover the 'rare ould stuff' in the company of expert Jim Ward) - Meet where you are staying or in Galway City centre, (walking) 3 hours
• Galway James Joyce Tour (James Joyce Tour covers a general literary tour of Galway with focus on Joyce whose wife, Nora Barnacle came from Galway City) - Meet in Galway City centre, (walking) 1.5 hours
• Revolutionary Galway Tour (Revolutionary Galway Tour explores events in Galway City during the fight for independence and Civil War distinct from Jim's Galway 1916 Tour which involves a bus tour in the county) - Meet in Galway City centre, (walking) 1.5 - 2 hours
• Irish language tour of Galway (a bilingual tour in English and as Gaeilge of the history, importance and places of interest of the Irish language in Galway City) - Meet in Galway City centre, (walking tour) 1.5 - 2 hours
Jim Ward is a member of ATGI (Approved Tour Guides of Ireland). He is fluent in Irish and speaks some French and Spanish.
