Editing Galway (section)

====Road====
Four national primary roads serve the city: the [[N6 road (Ireland)|M6 motorway]] running east–west ([[Athlone]], Dublin), the [[M17 road (Ireland)|M17]] motorway running north from the M6 to Tuam, the [[N63 road (Ireland)|N63]], formerly the [[N17 road (Ireland)|N17]], connecting Galway with the Northwest ([[Tuam]], [[Sligo]], [[Donegal Town]], [[Letterkenny]] and [[Derry]]), and the [[N18 road (Ireland)|M18 motorway]] linking Galway to southern towns and cities [[Gort]], [[Ennis]], [[Shannon Town]], [[Limerick]] and [[Cork (city)|Cork]] joining up with The Wild Atlantic Way. In addition, there are plans for a semi-[[ring road]] of the city, the Galway City Ring Road,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2025/0505/1511103-galway-ring-road/|title=A decade later but still no move on Galway City Ring Road|first=Pat|last=McGrath|date=5 May 2025|website=[[RTE.ie]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cannon |first=Ciarán |author-link=Ciarán Cannon |date=2025-01-21 |title=Ciarán Cannon: We cannot consider going ahead with the Galway Ring Road |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/galway-ring-road-2-6598715-Jan2025/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=[[TheJournal.ie]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |year=2022 |title=N6 Galway City Ring Road Update |url=https://www.tii.ie/en/news/press-releases/n6-galway-update/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=[[TII.ie]]}}</ref> or Galway City Outer Bypass.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Galway City Outer Bypass – Map |url=http://www.galwaycity.ie/AllServices/Planning/Publications/FileEnglish,3522,en.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719102311/http://www.galwaycity.ie/AllServices/Planning/Publications/FileEnglish%2C3522%2Cen.pdf |archive-date=19 July 2011 |access-date=12 August 2010 |website=[[GalwayCity.ie]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Galway City Council – Galway City Outer Bypass |url=http://www.galwaycity.ie/AllServices/RoadsandTraffic/StudiesandSchemes/ProposedN6GalwayCityOuterBypass/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721125141/http://www.galwaycity.ie/AllServices/RoadsandTraffic/StudiesandSchemes/ProposedN6GalwayCityOuterBypass/ |archive-date=21 July 2010 |access-date=12 August 2010 |website=[[GalwayCity.ie]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Government commits to funding for €600m 'bypass' project |url=https://connachttribune.ie/government-commits-funding-to-city-ring-road-project-009/ |access-date=2 October 2018 |publisher=[[Connacht Tribune]] |ref=3}}</ref> There is also an ''Inner City Ring'' (''Cuar Inmheánach'') route that encircles the city centre, most of which is [[pedestrianised]].

Galway is considered the gateway to [[Connemara]] and the [[Gaeltacht]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Galway : gateway to Connemara ; tourist guide 1989 |url=https://search.library.nuigalway.ie/primo-explore/fulldisplay?vid=353GAL_VUJ&docid=353GAL_ALMA_DS21261280380003626&lang=en_US&context=L |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=[[NUIGalway.ie]] |language=en}}</ref> including [[Mám]], [[An Teach Dóite]], [[Cor na Móna]], [[Ros Muc]], [[Bearna]] and [[An Cheathrú Rua]]. The [[N59 road (Ireland)|N59]] along the western shore of [[Lough Corrib]] and the R337 along the northern shore of [[Galway Bay]] both lead to this largely rural and highly scenic region.