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Blue Note
This jazzy pub-cum-dance-bar has a great summer beer garden and usually no cover charge.
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Central Park
With seven bars and a capacity of 1000 people, CPs is a Galway institution, especially among the professional crowd.
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Cooke's Thatch Bar
Warm, welcoming and not even remotely touristy, this 18th-centuy thatched-roofed local has fantastic Guinness, a heated internal courtyard and live music at least once a week.
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Crane Bar
An atmospheric old pub west of the Corrib, the Crane is the best spot in Galway to catch an informal céilidh (session of traditional music and dancing) most nights. It also hosts a structured line-up of talented bands in its rowdy, good-natured upstairs bar.
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cuba
Chances are you'll spot this place by the crowds milling out front. House-spinning DJs and live acts fill the dance floor.
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Druid Theatre
This long-established theatre is famed for showing experimental works by young Irish playwrights.
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Front Door
Heated balconies and cosy timber booths make this a popular spot for a pint.
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GPO
GPO cranks out '80s and '90s tunes on Wednesday, and house, R&B, indie and hip-hop the rest of the week. It's a favourite with students, who get free admission most nights.
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Karma
Part of the Skeffington Arms Hotel, Karama draws a sophisticated crowd who dress to impress.
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King's Head
Mainstream, commercial superpub within a 17th-century stone house, hosting rock bands most nights and a popular jazz session on Sunday 'morning' (usually noon to ).
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Living Room
Glam red-and-orange décor, original '50s and '60s retro furniture, DJs, and modish bar food until see hipsters making the Living Room their home from home.
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Monroe's Tavern
A reliable spot for traditional music and ballads, Monroe's remains the only pub in the city for regular Irish dancing (on Tuesday). You can take pizzas through to the bar from Galway's best pizza joint, the attached Monroe's Pizza Cabin.
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Quays
Enormous tavern with endless timber-panelled rooms and passageways, and great vantage points from which to watch live music (ranging from traditional to pop) most nights.
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Róisín Dubh
Despite being schmicked up in recent years and becoming somewhat more like a superpub (complete with a vast rooftop terrace), Róisín Dubh is still the place to see emerging alternative and rock acts before they hit the big time.
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Séhán Ua Neáchtain
Painted a bright cornflower blue, this 19th century pub, known simply as Neáchtain's ( nock -tans), has Galway Hooker on tap and a truly fabulous atmosphere.
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Sheridans on the Docks
This waterfront bar is a chic yet relaxed spot for cheese platters from the family's cheese shop, Sheridans Cheesemongers, as well as wines by the glass and boutique beers.
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Taaffe's Bar
Stripped of some of its original period detail but still well loved for its nightly Irish music sessions beginning at .
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Tig Cóilí
Two live céilidhs a day draw the crowds to this authentic fire-engine-red pub. Inside, black-and-white photos take you back into Galway's past.
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Town Hall Theatre
The Town Hall Theatre features Broadway and West End shows, and visiting singers.
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