Making friends in the city

armadillo86 · 04-01-2015 10:32pm

Hi Paddy, I moved to galway a few months ago with my bf and in my experience it's been very hard to make connections here, especially as a couple. Maybe if you were to join a gym or club together that'd be an avenue for meeting people. Still haven't gotten around to joining anything myself as the bf isn't really into exercise. Can you meet people through work maybe? It's a really nice city but it does get kind of lonely when you don't know anyone but each other. Best of luck!

stampydmonkey · 04-01-2015 10:52pm

Oranmore...if u are sporty.. i cannot recommend the badminton club highly enough for meeting both older locals and more recent "blow ins". They are extremely welcoming and cater for all levels. the gym in the maldron has a great social side to it and the local soccer team would always be looking for players if u were interested.

biko · 04-01-2015 11:35pm

Merged with the ongoing social/friends thread.

TomJoe Wallace · 05-01-2015 10:53am

Anyone up for doing something this week? In hope of making new friends!

22 Year Old here living close enough to the city if anyone want to plan something

biko · 05-01-2015 6:36pm

I know some people that do the language exchange
www.facebook.com/GalwayLingo
It's really more a social club than actual language teaching, and could be something worth checking out.

we start again at 8.00 pm, every monday in Monroe's Tavern

niamhg49 · 06-01-2015 4:57pm

Of course!

TomJoe Wallace · 06-01-2015 5:00pm

I'm lost in this thread now :P

niamhg49 · 06-01-2015 5:01pm

Ohh well there is a meet up happening soon (in January maybe) :L

biko · 06-01-2015 8:24pm

niamhg49 wrote: »

Of course!

niamhg49, just to clarify. The post you responded to was from a troll account and has now been deleted.

TomJoe Wallace · 07-01-2015 11:54am

niamhg49 wrote: »

Ohh well there is a meet up happening soon (in January maybe) :L

We should just make it this week

niamhg49 · 07-01-2015 12:10pm

Could we do it next week, I'm not back until Monday.

TomJoe Wallace · 07-01-2015 12:15pm

niamhg49 wrote: »

Could we do it next week, I'm not back until Monday.

Can do

I'll be free all evenings anyway (Working Monday - Fridays 9-5:30)

Galway K9 · 09-01-2015 7:58pm

Dont know if any interest to anyone in here but on Meet ups theres a Dog Walks in Galway started, bunch of owners meeting up and walking their dogs, socializing etc.

TomJoe Wallace · 12-01-2015 4:12pm

I'm horridly allergic so I think I'll give that one a miss :P

mary90 · 12-01-2015 5:27pm

Just wondering does anyone here know anything about the MACRA in Galway city? I love the idea of it but finding it hard to get solid info on it, where do they meet up and when etc? Can anyone here shed any light on it or where could I find out?

CountingClocks · 13-01-2015 1:46am

mary90 wrote: »

Just wondering does anyone here know anything about the MACRA in Galway city? I love the idea of it but finding it hard to get solid info on it, where do they meet up and when etc? Can anyone here shed any light on it or where could I find out?

Their FB page has the details, look for Galway City Macra.

TomJoe Wallace · 14-01-2015 5:46pm

Not looking too good on the progress on this thread so I'ma get the ball rolling today.

Any one up for an adventure of such tonight?
Anything really. I'm happy out.

Weather is getting quite bad so preferably something inside.
My mate is up from Sligo so we're looking for something to do if anyone wants to join?

Mad4road · 24-04-2015 1:45pm

Hi, recently moved to Galway City from Spain and looking to make some new friends in the city. Any suggestions at all or advice would be appreciated ! Thanks guys !

Mrs OBumble · 24-04-2015 2:51pm

You tell us what you are interested in.

We will tell you where to find a group of people who do that interests.

You join the club, and make friends there.

24-04-2015 3:01pm

Is that huge thread that we had a while back still around? Someone that isn't as lazy as i am should look for it.

JohnDee · 24-04-2015 4:03pm

The old reliable - Meetup.com - is your friend. There are 2 very active social groups plus groups for many other interests.

jkforde · 25-04-2015 5:28am

Mad4road wrote: »

Hi, recently moved to Galway City from Spain and looking to make some new friends in the city. Any suggestions at all or advice would be appreciated ! Thanks guys !

you could join in in some wildflower planting in Terryland Forest Park this morning at 10am, meeting in Liosbaun Industrial Estate adjacent to the park: http://goo.gl/maps/dWBtr

kissmequick · 28-04-2015 6:31pm

Any peeps up for some Bowling 1 of the evenings / over the weekend / next week.....?! If interested please mention when free......

calling galway · 21-05-2015 7:27pm

I'd love to meet some more people who are interested in writing, reading (book clubs?) and being outdoors.

TomJoe Wallace · 25-05-2015 10:54am

kissmequick wrote: »

Any peeps up for some Bowling 1 of the evenings / over the weekend / next week.....?! If interested please mention when free......

I'd be up for bowling. I'm shocking bad at it though :P

biko · 26-05-2015 10:06am

I'd be up for it too, in like 10 days or so.

TomJoe Wallace · 26-05-2015 10:51am

biko wrote: »

I'd be up for it too, in like 10 days or so.

Or we could go Go-Karting if its any good. I'm heading today so I'll let ye know what it's like! Never been

Robert1782_ · 20-08-2015 7:43pm

Hi anyone who might read this. I'm a 33 year old guy looking for a badminton partner/partners in Galway city. I'm currently pretty unfit so ideally I'm looking for someone over 25 who is in the same boat fitness wise. Also , might as well kill two birds with one stone , I'm looking for people interested in table quizzes and who'd like to get a regular team together. Cheers, hope to hear from anyone interested.

Vrinda · 21-08-2015 2:19pm

JohnDee wrote: »

The old reliable - Meetup.com - is your friend. There are 2 very active social groups plus groups for many other interests.

For some reason it takes ages to load the meetup page, I nearly gave up, also took a long time to set up my profile and logins, it just doesn't load easily.

tmalmb · 24-08-2015 8:29am

this is another good place to organise meet ups http://www.meetup.com/cities/ie/galway/

Making friends in the city

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