Private tour in Galway Jim W
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Tour Guide for Galway and the West of Ireland. Published writer & poet, Artist, Irish speaker, Storyteller. I am an experienced, qualified Fáilte Ireland - Irish Tourist Board, Regional Tour Guide. I also served on the Committee of Galway Tour Guides Association as its Social Media Officer. In April, 2021, during the Covid lockdown I gave the online tour of Galway City for Flockeo, the French eco-tourism company offering online city tours globally. This tour is available on YouTube. In May, 2022, I offered two successful FREE Walking Tours of Galway City to groups of Ukrainian refugees, to orientate them to their new surrounds. I am published in Irish and English for poetry and stories, and I'm an award-winning playwright, published cartoonist and visual artist. I'm a native of Salthill (The Village), just west of Galway. I have an intimate knowledge of Galway through family, personal involvement and a keen interest in history and culture. I am fluent in Irish and speak some French and Spanish. My motto for my tours is the same as the BBC's for broadcasting - 'to inform, to educate, to entertain. ' 2019, Fáilte Ireland/Irish Tourist Board Badge in Regional Tour Guiding (Accredited Tour Guide). 2019, Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), Certificate in Regional Tour Guiding (Distinction achieved). Galway Tour Guides' Association Committee Member (Social Media Officer). Member of the Approved Tour Guides of Ireland (ATGI). I am not a driver. I can accompany you in your vehicle or I can arrange for a separate car/bus and driver.
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A day trip out to Connemara along the way of the movie 'The Quiet Man', taking in Oughterard and Maam Cross. Visit Connemara National Park and perhaps a visit to Kylemore Abbey, a Victorian Mansion and Gothic Church with walled gardens. Travel along the Sky Road. Return through picturesque south Connemara, Irish-speaking area along the lovely coast road via An Spidéal to Galway.
Depart Galway city, Oughterard, Maam Cross, Kylemore Abbey - Connemara National Park Return via An Spidéal and coast road
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Eyre Square, Galway, County Galway, H91 NFD2, Ireland
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