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Where is Newtownsmith?

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  • 01-03-2015 5:43pm
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    Pumpkinseeds
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    As it says in the title really. I'll be on foot and just wondered how to get there from the city centre. Thanks in advance.:)


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    ger vallely
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    Do you now where the shop Born is? That is in Newtownsmith. Sallylongs pub?


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    Pumpkinseeds
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    ger vallely wrote: »
    Do you now where the shop Born is? That is in Newtownsmith. Sallylongs pub?

    No, I'm not local and when I'm in Galway I usually stick to the city centre.


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    ger vallely
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    Ok so, you are on Shop Street, heading down the street from Eyre Square towards Eason. The first right turn on the street is at the corner of the Apple shop and the AIB bank. Go down there, straight on, pass Sallylongs pub, it will be in your left. Just past Sally's is the Tattoo/piercing shop. That area is Newtownsmith. There is Born, a school, Tattooist etc. it is just before the turn left towards the cathedral.


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    Pumpkinseeds
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    ger vallely wrote: »
    Ok so, you are on Shop Street, heading down the street from Eyre Square towards Eason. The first right turn on the street is at the corner of the Apple shop and the AIB bank. Go down there, straight on, pass Sallylongs pub, it will be in your left. Just past Sally's is the Tattoo/piercing shop. That area is Newtownsmith. There is Born, a school, Tattooist etc. it is just before the turn left towards the cathedral.

    Thanks, thats great, it's always easier to find a place by shops than by streets:)


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    ger vallely
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    I ought to point out that I have shocking directional skills, if you end up in Belfast City I apologise!


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    dubhthach
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    https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.2747393,-9.0548347,296m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

    It's the general area between medieval city and Woodquay.


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    Mrs OBumble
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    Oh - and it's a whole street, not just one place.

    No idea why it's just called Newtownsmith and not Newtownsmith St.


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    dubhthach
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    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    Oh - and it's a whole street, not just one place.

    No idea why it's just called Newtownsmith and not Newtownsmith St.

    Well because it was developed by the Governors of the Erasmus Smith Estate, it's more then just one street, it's whole area around it, thence it been a "New Town"

    http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/68765/newtownsmith-c1870


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    jkforde
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    dubhthach wrote: »
    Well because it was developed by the Governors of the Erasmus Smith Estate, it's more then just one street, it's whole area around it, thence it been a "New Town"
    http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/68765/newtownsmith-c1870

    that wall made up of all those different carved stones is fantastic, pity it's not there now...

    btw, Chetham's collection of photographs of Galway are here on Flickr:
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/chethams_library/sets/72157634116272937/

    🌦️ 6.7kwp, 45°, SSW, mid-Galway 🌦️



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    Pumpkinseeds
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    Thank you all for the directions. I found it this morning and with the weather being so bitterly cold I was glad to be able to find it straight away. :)


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