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The House Hotel Galway has 40 luxurious bedrooms, including 4 Suites, 15 Deluxe and 21 superior rooms with stunning view over looking Galway Harbour. Modern and contemporary in style with classic furnishings. We provide the lavish comfort and practicalities you need when travelling for business or pleasure. The Parlour Bar & Grill serves fresh, modern Irish food, with leather and cane seating. Room service is available. The House Hotel is a 10-minute walk from Galway Cathedral and the National University of Ireland. You can walk to Salthill and its promenade in 15 minutes.

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Take to the stunning hills of Connemara and find out what man and machine can do! With the aid of your instructor, you will be tackling the varying terrains and obstacles that the Wild West of Ireland has to offer. With the Twelve Pins Mountains as our backdrop we will be bumping and ploughing our way over mud bog and rock. Winches will be used along the way with all appropriate safety gear which is provided along with full training. A lunch is also included in the day’s activities. All training is provided in accordance with Australian Adventure Activity Standards and PUWER Regulations 1998. Tea, coffee and a breakfast roll will start the day. A lunch is also included in the days activities. After the induction & safety briefing it’s out to the driving areas and on with the fun.

Located near Ballyvaughan, Aillwee Cave is still one of the few caves which has the features of Clare underground - great caverns, stalactites, subterranean rivers, and is easily accessible to the general public. The Cave is open daily from 9:30am throughout the year (December by appointment).

Both a museum and a jewellery shop, this establishment is dedicated to the history of this Galway made ring. Named after an old fishing area in the county, the rings were worn to indicate marriage but now they are just a token of friendship and are worn by Irish and Irish descendents the world over.

Tedfest is the world's first Father Ted Festival. The now week long spectacular takes place every year in February on the picturesque Islands of Inis Mor (Inishmore) and Inis Oírr (Inishere) off the west coast of Ireland, with some events also taking place on the mainland in Galway.

Set on the Connemara coast four miles south of Clifden, Errislannan Manor is a stately old manor estate with gardens, woodlands, a trout lake and equestrian centre that breeds Connemara ponies and guides tours by horseback through the estate and into Connemara's moors and mountains. Sheltered by a surrounding wood the Manor overlooks the trout lake and houses the Errislannan Manor Connemara pony stud and riding centre. Erisslannan Manor provides the rare opportunity for riding and trekking on the famous Connemara ponies. Since 1960 Errislannan has also bred Connemara ponies, using the same female bloodlines. Also on the Errislannan Estate is an impressive garden that has earned membership into the Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland Irish gardens for charity scheme. Pony trekking takes place each morning from Mon to Friday each morning and rates are charged by the hour. Generally 1-2 hours provides plenty of time in the saddle. Private treks can be arranged.

Between Recess and Letterfrack and nestled at the base of Duchruach Mountain it is regarded as one of Ireland's most romantic buildings. The Abbey is the monastic home of the Irish Benedictine Nuns and a renowned international girls' boarding school. One of Ireland's most popular attractions.

HipKidz is an interactive sports and activities arena, which, through its scientific technology, has the ability to measure kids' performances across a wide section of sports, activities and motor skills. Through the high-tech audio response system, the HipKidz facility replicates the sounds of a natural stadium and kids respond dramatically and in a positive fashion.

Instructors bring the groups through the three distinctly different athletics and ball sports zones and there is complete structure, safety and a 'fun-like' discipline to the HipKidz concept and experience. From a mini athletics stadium and ball target impact panels to indoor Gaelic games, rugby, basketball and soccer, HipKidz offers loads of great sports and fun, fitness activities. This club is like an activity version of a giant Playstation, with kids increasing their fitness and athletic ability while having fun across all sporting disciplines.

All activities, sports and athletic disciplines are fitted with laser beams/breakbeams, timers, push buttons and sensor padding, allowing all performances, including sprint, accuracy, high jump, long jump and ball skills/targets to be measured.

The HipKidz ethos is to motivate children through a specially designed TARA Programme, revolving around targets, achievement, rewards and assessment. This high-tempo workout concludes with a healthy meal, from the club's delicious Wild Nettle Restaurant.

The Galway Early Music Festival is an exciting international event that celebrates the culture of Europe from the 12th to the 18th centuries through authentic music, dance, costume and colour set in the medieval city of Galway. Held annually over a weekend in mid-May weekend, the festival's goal is to entertain and inform an ever-increasing audience in the music and dance of the medieval, renaissance and baroque periods of history through a series of concerts, workshops and masterclasses. Interaction is encouraged between professional and amateur musicians in order to produce historically accurate performances, as well as introducing early music and dance to primary and secondary school children as part of their heritage. Highlights of the festival include a walking tour of medieval Galway, costumed parades, a treasure hunt, oral storytelling and mime, minstrel singing and Ceili dancing. Events are held in the cathedral, various city centre churches, the city library and Galway Rowing Club in Woodquay.