🌐 If The Past Could Talk

Loughrea Heritage Walk

📍 Galway🚶 7 stops🚶️ 2.35km⌛ ~50 min

A cathedral filled with Irish Arts and Crafts stained glass by Sarah Purser, Michael Healy and their contemporaries, a Carmelite monastery on a medieval friary site, and a former railway station — 7 stops through Loughrea. Looking for things to do in Loughrea? Start here — no car, no ticket, no booking.

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🌐 Walk This Trail

Opens the free interactive app — point your phone at each stop and hear it speak, in 12 languages.

Stops on This Trail

  1. Loughrea Courthouse
  2. Loughrea Library
  3. Saint Brendan's Cathedral
  4. Saint Joseph's Carmelite Monastery
  5. Saint Joseph's Convent
  6. Loughrea Railway Station
  7. Convent of Mercy

For Schools

This trail is also available as a free printable classroom worksheet or full trail booklet — no site visit required. See how Classroom Prep Mode works →