Where to park my car in Galway?

py2006

Hi all,

I hope its ok to post this here!

I am going to Galway on Saturday morning and returning on Sunday. I will be staying with a friend who lives in the city centre so no parking where she is at.

Can anybody recommend somewhere for me to leave my little car. Preferably free and safe.

Cheers

Caliden

you could park it at the greyhound track. It's 4 euro a day.
There's also free parking along the road the city centre side past the greyhound track but being free, everyone will try park there. Then it's about a 10/15 minute walk to Eyre Square

JoeA3

Try the carpark next to the garda station in Millstreet. Its only a few quid to park there for the day, and its free on sunday - so no need to get up early and move it on sunday morning! And being next to the cop shop, its pretty safe

Fey!

Beside the Garda station isn't THAT safe!!!

I would avoid the Cathedral and Dyke Road carparks overnight, as you could be unfortunate as neither are well lit at night, or have a lot of people around.

I'd park in Jurys or Merchants Road carparks and suck up the cost; after all, you're saving on the accomadation so it should still be a cheap weekend. Both carparks are quite safe.

Alternatively, you could park out at the Corrib Heights or one of the other hotels on the outskirts of the city.

JoeA3

Beside the Garda station isn't THAT safe!!!

The one beside the cop shop I use myself a lot (granted only for a few hours on a saturday night), and never have had a problem. The multi-story on merchants road is very good alright if a tad $$$ - I use this quite a bit too.

Atomic Pineapple

is there even an traffic officer in galway? i was there for 2 long weekends and just parked along the street both times, never got a ticket or had any trouble at all

JoeA3

oh yes indeed - park in the wrong place or over-stay your ticket and you'll be clamped, e.g. along the dock road.

Altreab

JoeA3 wrote:

oh yes indeed - park in the wrong place or over-stay your ticket and you'll be clamped, e.g. along the dock road.

yeah and on the dock an overstay could be as little as 1 minute!!!!

Atomic Pineapple

JoeA3 wrote:

oh yes indeed - park in the wrong place or over-stay your ticket and you'll be clamped, e.g. along the dock road.

was along the dock road one saturday all day parked, i did buy one parking ticket for the max 2 hours i think it was, but left it there all day, must have got lucky

i'd say just pay for the most secure car park you can find, it'll give you more peace of mind and you wont have to worry about it

py2006

JoeA3 wrote:

Try the carpark next to the garda station in Millstreet. Its only a few quid to park there for the day, and its free on sunday - so no need to get up early and move it on sunday morning! And being next to the cop shop, its pretty safe

Is it handy enough to find? I have never been to Galway.

Atomic Pineapple

http://optics.nuigalway.ie/images/galwaymap.gif

a map of all the car parks in galway, i assume the police station is the place with po written over it

Bogger77

PO => Post Office

Cop Shop is on Mill Street, at the Dominick Street end, marked by star

py2006

draffodx wrote:

http://optics.nuigalway.ie/images/galwaymap.gif

a map of all the car parks in galway, i assume the police station is the place with po written over it

Cool thanks! They look like pay parking though. My car needs to fend for itself from lunchtime Saturday to Sunday evening.

JoeA3

As I said, the one in millstreet is pay on saturday (till 6pm), and free thereafter for the rest of the weekend.

py2006

JoeA3 wrote:

As I said, the one in millstreet is pay on saturday (till 6pm), and free thereafter for the rest of the weekend.

Oh right, excellent! Do you know how much they charge an hour up to 6?

JoeA3

very little, something like €3 for 2-3 hours (or is it all day?!) - can't remember exactly, but not a lot anyway
The Dyke carpark on the headford road have similar pricing, but as Fey says, its a bit dodgy at night, and its further from the city centre.

Fey!

Just on the docks; that's actually private property, and the clamping is done by a private individual who tends to be quite ignorant. NUIG parking is also private, as are a few of the estates. Clamping in the city itself is pretty much gone, unless you're really extracting the urine; AFAIK, the clampers must be called by a warden or a garda.

Seth Brundle

A few years back I parked in the car park at the cinema on the Headford Rd. I got clamped because after wandering through the few crappy shops there we went into the town centre for an hour. Seemingly I was not allowed leave the centre - the signs visible when driving out said so!

Fey, whats the really tight car park - is it bridge st?

JoeA3

Fey, don't they still clamp in the aforementioned carpark beside the cop-shop and the Dyke if you overstay the ticket? I'm sure I've seen a few of the dreaded yellow clamps in those carparks recently!

py2006

JoeA3 wrote:

very little, something like €3 for 2-3 hours (or is it all day?!) - can't remember exactly, but not a lot anyway
The Dyke carpark on the headford road have similar pricing, but as Fey says, its a bit dodgy at night, and its further from the city centre.

Think I will head for mill street so. It isn't marked on this map though http://optics.nuigalway.ie/images/galwaymap.gif

Are any of the ones marked on the map expensive to park overnight. There are a couple of handy ones around Eyre Sq.

JoeA3

its not on the map alright, but its just there on mill street, before it goes onto the bendy bit on Presentation Road, right next to the police academy