Hitchhiking from Galway

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Recent reviews mentioning Galway

53.24101, -9.43193

yup west galway
loads of space, fair amount of traffic going into galway

rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min 🪧, ride: 29 km →

BI, Sat 21 Jun 2025, 10:19

53.26011, -9.11827

west galway is filled with angels. only good rides going out connemara. got a lift even late in the day directly where we wanted to go.

rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min 🪧, ride: 25 km ←

BI, Fri 20 Jun 2025, 10:14

53.56192, -7.76336

good for rides to athlone, got lucky w a lift to galway but lots of south going local drivers. tried thumbing first but got a lift soon after we made a sign for athlone

rating: 4/5, wait: 20 min 🪧, ride: 114 km ←

BI, Fri 20 Jun 2025, 10:12

53.44964, -7.12384

drivers going to galway rarely pull into kinnegad rest stop so dont bother asking there or at this roundabout for lifts - if u end up here otw to galway better to find a ride on the m4 to mullingar or edgeworthstown and then go to athlone, see more of the nice countryside and usually fast getting a ride to galway from athlone

rating: 1/5, wait: 120 min 💬+🪧, ride: 15 km ↙

Leslie, May 2025

53.35865, -6.47661

if trying to get a ride to galway probably better to start closer to m50, near liffey valley sc, but for what this spot is worth good visibility and room to pull over etc, just not a lot of cars going long distance.

rating: 3/5, wait: 20 min 🪧, ride: 55 km ←

Leslie, May 2025

53.26431, -8.6108

hitched from here a good few times, never waiting more than 20 minutes for a ride to Galway or Clare. can ask for rides from the rest stop but can easily just thumb a ride from the on slip.

rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min 👍, ride: 35 km ←

Leslie, Sat 03 May 2025, 19:48

53.6758, -8.00167

space to pull over & good traffic on a saturday evening in summer! good for traffic into roscommon town and from there easy hitch to galway or tuam, i got lucky with a hitch straight to lough rae though

rating: 3/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 76 km ↙

Leslie, May 2025

53.46201, -9.79891

Super sweet old couple picked us up on their way to Galway on Sunday morning around 11am

rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min, ride: 67 km ↘

Julianne, November 2023

53.46635, -9.75343

Easy to hitch to Clifden. Maybe a little bit harder for the way to Galway but lots of space for traffic to stop. Plenty of traffic as well for a rural area.

―Anonymous, September 2018

52.67457, -8.67633

A bit long to go there from the city center. But I really think this is the best place to Galway.


Scry, July 2016

53.5545, -10.10422

Good spot to reach Clifden and Galway. It's a good idea to wait tourists getting out from Inishbofin's ferry, more chances to get a lift ! Waiting time : 20min

―Anonymous, June 2016

53.35718, -6.40463

Just before the bus stop, good way to catch cars from the exit. To the west (Galway, Athlone, Longford, Westport ...) Waiting time : 15min & 1h45

Point de stop correct, juste avant un arrt de bus, moyen d'attraper les vhicules sortants du centre commercial qui n'ont pas encore acclr. Temps d'attente : 15min & 1h45

―Anonymous, June 2016

53.36185, -6.5919

The motorway junction was super busy one afternoon so I decided to walk up to here. Got a lift all the way to Galway pretty quickly!
No hard shoulder, but I stood in front of a wide entrance...

―Anonymous, June 2016

53.46635, -9.75343

Got a ride all the way to Galway from here! Visibility is not great as there is a hill in the way, but cars are going slowly as they turn left from the R344 (most cars will go in the Galway direction).

―Anonymous, June 2016

53.56422, -9.83183

Busy at the time (Bank Holiday afternoon). Got lift within 20m. This is the road most people in Letterfrack take for getting to Galway.

―Anonymous, June 2016

53.402, -6.69174

Towards Galway/Sligo/Mayo. Stood by sliplane. Took a while, but might have been bad luck. Maybe better to walk up R407 a little...

―Anonymous, June 2016

51.9162, -8.47401

A busy petrol station. Very good to ask for to Ennis, Limerick or Galway


―Anonymous, May 2016

52.56451, -8.7897

Great place to go to either Limerick city, M18 Ennis/Galway or M7 Dublin. A sign might help because drivers might be going in any one of the 3 directions. Its almost the last stop before the motorway starts.

Darach, September 2015

52.86903, -8.97609

Eventually got a lift to Galway. but after a long time.

Herpait, September 2014

52.36607, -8.68281

A 10 min walk out from town but it is worth it, hard shoulder for cars to stop. Toward Limerick, Galway.

―Anonymous, September 2014

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