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The Connacht Hotel

Renmore Dublin Road, Galway, Ireland, H91 K5DD
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About us

The Connacht Hotel is the ideal location for meetings and conferences due to its prime location on the main access route into Galway. It is easily reached from the M17,N17, M6 & M18. The hotel offers excellent facilities and wonderful service at a price that will suit every company’s budget. The hotel has 8 meeting & conference rooms that can cater for the smallest 1:1 meetings and interviews to larger events or seminars, accommodating up to 180 delegates. All meeting rooms are equipped with drop down screens, projectors, flip charts, filtered water and enjoy great natural day light, air conditioning and Wifi. A selection of rooms have double doors allowing direct access to the hotel exterior and so are ideal for stock rooms or meetings who require direct outside delivery access. The Ryan Room is a spacious private dining facility, which is ideal for breakfast meetings, luncheons and event dinners as it boasts a bar facility and its own private entrance with direct access from the hotels exterior. This room can sit up to 180 people and is ideal for informal dining events and awards such as company service awards, social, fundraising events and Christmas parties. Informal meeting areas can also be held throughout the lobby & bar areas of the hotel, where visitors can avail of the free car parking and Wifi and tea/coffee & scones and bar food are available throughout the day. As the hotel has 349 bedrooms it is possible to accommodate all delegates at a conference which is a unique selling point of the hotel. Great value corporate rates ensure that this is a popular hotel with business customers. The bedroom offering is extensive with 1&2 bed apartments, spacious suites, newly refurbished superior rooms, classic family rooms, interconnecting rooms, classic double and twin rooms, there is a room category to suit everyone. Located within easy access of Galway’s largest business parks and hospitals it makes the hotel an ideal location. The hotel benefits from a taxi rank within the hotel grounds and there is a bus stop close by the entrance of the hotel with a regular bus service in to Galway City. As part on our ongoing commitment to the environment, guests who have an electric car can charge their vehicle here at the Connacht Hotel. We have two Electric Vehicle Chargers located in our carpark. Guests wishing to avail can download the app ‘Easygo’ to use & pay for the charger. Charged at 24c per Kilo Watt Hour. Estimate of cost: 4 hours to charge a Nissan Leaf to 80% would cost approx. €10. ACTIVE 24 FITNESS & LEISURE Our gym was the first in Galway to open 24 hours. So whether you are a night owl or an early bird join us for a quick workout, a swim in our 20m pool or relax in our Jacuzzi, sauna or steam room. Our latest initiative is that we will offset the impact of any corporate guests overnight stay or meeting room booking. We have calculated that an overnight corporate guest generates 2.66KG of CO2, a fully grown tree would offset 21KG per annum. Based on the customer journey we are estimating that the average meeting delegate would generate approx. 1.1KG of CO2. This is with a light lunch and use of the meeting rooms) The cost of planting a tree with “Hometree” is €4.00 so each overnight corporate guest we are going to allocate .50c from the sales and marketing budget to the end of the year, 21c for each conference delegate and each overnight conference delegate we will take .71c. ) We are partnering with environmental charity “Hometree” a registered charity that plants native Irish trees and who’s aim it is to conserve permanent native woodland in Ireland, encouraging land regeneration and biodiversity through afforestation, restoration, and education who will plant trees to offset this impact.

Venue Details

ChainIndependent / Other
BrandIndependent
Built1969
Renovated2024
Total meeting space6,738 sq. ft.
Guest Rooms96
Venue typeHotel

Industry Ratings

Discover Ireland

Amenities

Room features and guest services
  • Internet access
  • Laundry service
  • Luggage storage
  • Room service
  • View (urban)
Facilities
  • Extended stay
  • Onsite catering
  • Onsite restaurant
  • Space (private)
  • Wheelchair accessible
Business services
  • AV capabilities
  • Video conference
Recreational activities
  • Health club
  • Indoor pool
  • Whirlpool

Sustainability

This venue holds verified sustainability certifications, based on certification data provided by BeCause in collaboration with Cvent.

Certifications (1)

Sustainability Certifications
Green Hospitality Certified

Certification body: Green Hospitality Awards

Issued: 2/5/2023 Expires: 2/5/2026

Meeting rooms

Total meeting space
6,738 sq. ft.
Largest room
1 sq. ft.
Space (private)
Available
Meeting rooms
5
Second largest room
1 sq. ft.
Exhibit space
5,000 sq. ft.
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Meeting space

Name
Room size
Ceiling height
Maximum capacity
U-Shape
Banquet rounds
Cocktail rounds
Theater
Classroom
Boardroom
Crescent rounds (Cabaret)
Inis Moir
1 sq. ft.
-
-
100
50
80
-
100
80
--
Galvia
1 sq. ft.
-
-
120
50
--
120
100
--
Arann
1 sq. ft.
-
-
12
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12
-
Oranmore
1 sq. ft.
-
-
36
21
--
36
18
15
-
Renmore
1 sq. ft.
-
-
36
21
--
36
18
15
-
Claddagh
1 sq. ft.
-
-
36
21
--
36
18
15
-
Connacht
1 sq. ft.
-
-
36
21
--
36
18
15
-
Ryan Room
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2,647.9 sq. ft.
-
9.8 ft.
180
40
180
200
180
80
30
100

Guest rooms

Total guest rooms
96
Tax rate
13.5%

Location

Getting Here

Distance from airport 54.18 mi
Parking in the area
Complimentary parking
Bus parking

Local Attractions

Atlantic Technological University
University
1 km
University Of Galway
University
4 kms
Connacht Rugby
Recreation
2 kms
With Connacht Rugby's home ground "The Sportsground" just a few minutes walk from the hotel, Connacht Rugby plays a vital role in the sports community in Galway. We are delighted to be proud hospitality sponsor of Connacht Rugby.
College Road
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Shannon International Airport
Airport
86 kms
Shannon Airport is aprox 86 km and will take a little over 1 hour driving time
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Ireland West Airport Knock
Airport
86 kms
Ireland West Airport, Knock is aprox 86km from Galway City and 1 hour 15 minutes driving time.
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Wild Atlantic Way
Recreation
0 mins
The Wild Atlantic Way is a sprawling tourist trail on the west coast of Ireland. The 2500km route passes through nine counties and three provinces, from Donegal’s Inishowen Peninsula to Kinsale in Cork. Along the route there are 157 discovery points, 1000 attractions and more than 2500 activities. The Atlantic Ocean is the backdrop to one of the world's most scenic drives. Right in the heart of the Wild Atlantic Way is the jewel in the crown of the west coast; Galway city. And the only city on the route, Galway is ideally located as a stop off on this magnificent tour. Internationally regarded as one of the world’s friendliest cities, Galway is renowned for its wonderful atmosphere and abundance of festivals.
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Sustainable Practices

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Diversity and Inclusion

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Health and Safety

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