Galway Memorial Walk for Galway Hospice

What to Expect

The Galway Memorial Walk leaves Claddagh Hall at 12 noon on Sunday 13 September 2026 and follows Salthill Prom out to Blackrock before turning and coming back. It is Galway Hospice’s remembrance walk, done in memory of people who have died, and the tone is set accordingly: it is a walk rather than a race, and families come with buggies, dogs and photographs.

The route is the most familiar stretch of pavement in Galway, flat the whole way, roughly 3km out and 3km back along the water with Galway Bay on one side and the Salthill houses on the other. Tradition has walkers kick the wall at Blackrock before heading back. Galway Hospice asks everyone taking part to register in advance, including people who have walked in previous years, which lets them plan numbers and keeps the sponsorship tracking clean. Registration is either through the form on the hospice website or by phone to the fundraising office. The walk sits in a busy September for the hospice, which also runs Sunflower Days that month and the Bewley’s Big Coffee Morning later in the autumn.

Good to Know

• Date: Sunday 13 September 2026. Walk starts at 12 noon.
• Start point: Claddagh Hall, The Claddagh, Galway.
• Route: Salthill Prom to Blackrock and back. Flat, paved, buggy-friendly.
• All participants must register, including returning walkers.
• Register online at galwayhospice.ie/events/memorial-walk or by phone to Fundraising on 091 770868.
• A registration fee was not published on the listing at the time of writing.
• Organiser: Galway Hospice Foundation.

Getting There

Claddagh Hall is at the Claddagh, across the Wolfe Tone Bridge from the Spanish Arch, at the city end of the Salthill promenade and about ten minutes’ walk from Shop Street. Parking near the start is limited on a Sunday with an event on, so the sensible approach is to park in the city centre and walk over the bridge, or to park along Salthill and walk back in against the route. City bus services run along the Salthill road from Eyre Square. Drivers arrive on the M6 and N6 from the east, the N17 from Tuam, the N18 from Ennis and the N59 from Connemara.