The first ‘Let’s Talk Water’ event at Galway Atlantaquaria took place on March 27th 2025 in our AV room, beautifully redecorated by artist Mairead Brennan last year, and it was an absolute blast! ‘We have decided to start this new series of evening events, taking place every third or fourth Thursday of the month between
Announcement by Galway Atlantaquaria. RESCUE Story part 1 RESCUE STORY Part 1 Galway Atlantaquaria and the Padden Family would like to officially announce the rescue of ‘Columbus’ the Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Caretta caretta. We are in the process of rehabilitating Columbus with the intention of returning it to warm waters. Galway Atlantaquaria would like to
Inishbofin Summer School – Explore the Magical Island of the White Cow with a team of great educators. Established in 1984, the Inishbofin Summer School is Ireland’s longest-running environmental school. The school, which Galway Atlantaquaria runs, continues to work with the multi-disciplined team of experts/ Inishbofin Ethos The Summer School is designed to rejuvenate the
Explore Your Shore, March 2025 LET’S EXPLORE YOUR SHORE-2025 How did we get on in March? March 2025 Explore Your Shore Brochure Our March Explore Your Shore (15th March) was quite exciting, we learned about adhesives and also discovered a beautiful community of Sea Hares (Aplysia punctata). The last record of this species on Grattan
Let’s Explore Your Shore, Galway Style If you are interested in championing Biodiversity, then becoming an Explore Your Shore Champion is a great opportunity to challenge yourself and do something great for science! There is no better exercise than walking along the canals, rivers, forests, and beaches searching for biodiversity and marine Bio-indicators. After a
Introduction For over 25 years Galway Atlantaquaria has been delivering a host of unique marine education workshops by the beautiful ‘Outdoor Classroom’ we call the seashore. Working with groups of all ages and abilities, we have delivered workshops on Marine Litter and fun and engaging activities like Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. We depend
Thinking of visiting Ireland in 2025, have a look at what’s on in Galway? Let’s Visit Galway Galway is Great, Let’s Go Visit Galway is a vibrant city, famous for music, the arts, and festivals. Time after time people will always comment on the welcome and friendliness of the locals. In this series of blogs, we
Thinking of visiting Ireland in 2025? Galway Atlantaquaria, Ireland’s largest native species aquarium If you plan a 2025 trip to Ireland and wish to discover the marine life and stories of Ireland’s connection to water, allow us to present Galway Atlantaquaria. Galway is known as the Marine Capital of Ireland and is well known for
Recording The Biodiversity found along our shores The Best of Rockpool Biodiversity In 2024, Galway Aquarium visited the Rockpools of Grattan Beach every month to record the wonderful biodiversityfound amongst the rocks and seaweeds. All this work is a HUGE part of Citizen Science, and all the species were recorded to The National Biodiversity Data
Galway Atlantaquaria, Ireland’s largest native species aquarium, is located in Salthill overlooking Galway Bay along the Wild Atlantic Way. We are caretakers of hundreds of native animals from our rivers, lakes, canals and oceans. We could not do this work without the support of our Directors Liam & Maureen Twomey, our Visitors, Volunteers, Aquarium Members,