Pub details
- Address
- 18 WILLIAM STREET, GALWAY
- County
- Galway
- Eircode
- H91 RX54
- Licence reference
- GAP100
Amenities
- Wheelchair accessible
GARAVANS
18 WILLIAM STREET, GALWAY
From the record · Verified background
What the archives say
Independent reporting and heritage records on this pub, drawn from a curated list of Irish news outlets, Revenue Commissioners, NIAH, and the Dictionary of Irish Architects. Every claim links to its primary source.
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Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref GAP100 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for GARAVANS at 18 WILLIAM STREET, GALWAY in CO. GALWAY with GARAVANS LIMITED as licensee.[1]
Garavan's own history page says Charles Garavan Snr established the business in 1937 as a spirit grocery, combining public house and grocery trade, and describes the Garavans as one of the few Galway families still trading on the city's main thoroughfare.[2]
TheJournal.ie profiled Garavan's in 2018 as a Galway fixture since 1937, with a building dating back to the seventeenth century and three generations of the Garavan family involved in the business.[3]
The Irish Times listed Garavan's on William Street among Galway whiskey-trail stops, noting the 1937-era snug and bar counter and the pub's collection of old whiskey bottles.[4]
Sources (4)
- Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
- Garavan's Bar · Our Story · 2026-05-22
- TheJournal.ie · "The Galway pub where the barman knew Samuel Beckett" · 2018-02
- Irish Times · "An Irishwoman's Diary on Galway's Whiskey Trail" · source date not available in local dossier
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