Willie’s Airbnb was truly one of a kind. We loved the artistic design of the space and were even more pleased to learn about the deep musical history of the building and Headford city! Willie’s tavern below was incredibly fun and relaxing - we were lucky to catch live music there one of the nights! I was also thrilled they even had vegan cheese for their pizza. The tavern staff was incredibly helpful giving us all the travel tips and suggestions - as well as local recommendations for places to go or routes to take in Galway and beyond. The staff at the tavern was also hilarious and we loved chatting with them.
In the Airbnb you could lightly hear the tavern below while in the living room but it wasn’t too loud and couldn’t seem to hear it in the bedroom. The Airbnb had great amenities including an espresso machine.
Only thing about this location is I highly recommend planning to have a rental car if you stay here. Our initial plan to just use public transit to explore western Ireland swiftly changed when we learned the busses to the Airbnb location ran much less frequent routes during the day, seeming to end each night with the final bus going to Headford at 9:15pm. The fare averaged anywhere from $5-$7 euro each way depending on the bus. Luckily there was a bus stop directly on the main road by the Airbnb which made things a bit easier. We ended up renting a car which made travels to and from Galway city to our Airbnb a lot easier and time effective but if we relied on bus alone we probably could not have experienced a lot of the things we did in the city, rural Ireland, and back. There was plenty of parking at the Airbnb however.
Nonetheless we highly recommend this Airbnb if you want to be out of Galway city somewhere quiet and have the adventure of popping down to the pub for a fun night of pizza and drinks, chatting with the friendlier staff and locals, with the ease of just walking back up to your cozy room for the night!