Filming locations near Galway

25 places within 100 km of the city centre where films and television series were shot — every one on the interactive map, with photographs, distances and what was filmed there. The closest is Oranmore, 8 km east; the most filmed is Ashford Castle, County Mayo with 2 recorded productions.

Everything recorded against Galway itself — rather than at a named spot near it — is on its own page.

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Within 100 km · 25 15 towns & cities · 5 landscapes, coasts & wilderness · 3 landmarks, buildings & interiors · 2 castles, palaces & great houses Closest · Oranmore · 8 km Most famous · Ireland

Within 25 km of Galway

1. 🏙 Oranmore · 8 km east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — The Mackintosh Man. Town in County Galway, Ireland

2. 🏛 Ballyglunin railway station · 24 km north-east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production — The Quiet Man. Former railway station in County Galway, Ireland

3. 🏙 Oughterard · 25 km north-west · Towns & cities

   1 production — The Quiet Man. Small town in County Galway

Day trips: 25 to 60 km

1. 🏰 Thoor Ballylee · 26 km south-east · Castles & palaces

   1 production — The Quiet Man. Building in County Galway, Ireland

2. 🏙 Tuam · 30 km north-east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — The Quiet Man. Town in County Galway, Ireland

3. 🏙 Kilfenora · 33 km south · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Father Ted. Village in County Clare, Ireland

4. 🏰 Ashford Castle, County Mayo · 33 km north-west · Castles & palaces

   2 productions — The Quiet Man, Reign. Fortification

5. 🏙 Kilnaboy · 34 km south · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Father Ted. Place in Munster, Ireland

6. 🏙 Cong · 34 km north-west · Towns & cities

   1 production — The Quiet Man. Village in County Galway and County Mayo, Ireland

7. 🏙 Corofin · 36 km south · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Father Ted. Human settlement

8. 🏙 Corr na Móna · 38 km north-west · Towns & cities

   1 production — Foscadh. Village in Connacht, Ireland

9. 🏛 MV Plassy · 39 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Father Ted. Ship built in 1941

10. 🏙 Inis Oírr · 40 km south-west · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Father Ted. Island on the west coast of Ireland

11. 🏙 Ennistymon · 40 km south-west · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Father Ted. Town in County Clare, Ireland

12. 🏞 Aran Islands · 47 km west · Landscapes & nature

    2 productions — Leap Year, The MatchMaker. Group of three islands on the west coast of Ireland

+ 5 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.

Further out: 60 to 100 km

1. 🏞 Croagh Patrick · 68 km north-west · Landscapes & nature

   1 production, per Wikipedia — The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser. Mountain in County Mayo, Ireland

2. 🏙 Clifden · 69 km west · Towns & cities

   1 production — The Quiet Man. Town in County Galway, Ireland

3. 🏙 Limerick · 73 km south-east · Towns & cities

   1 production — The Pope's Exorcist. City in Ireland in the province of Munster

4. 🏞 Ireland · 75 km east · Landscapes & nature

   1 production — Dementia 13. Island in the North Atlantic Ocean

5. 🏙 Tubbercurry · 89 km north · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Normal People. Town in County Sligo, Ireland

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