Activities for 5–8 Year Olds in Galway

Stuntworx Elite Gymnastics and Cheerleading

Stuntworx Elite in Galway offers gymnastics and cheerleading for children aged 4 to 15, catering for both recreational and competitive levels, alongside a recreational ninja warrior class on Fridays. Gymnastics and cheerleading sessions...

Loughrea Parent Baby & Toddler Group

Run by Loughrea Family Resource Centre, this parent, baby and toddler group meets every Wednesday from 10 to 11.30am at the centre on Pigott's Street, Loughrea, County Galway, suitable for all babies and children under five. Mums, dads,...

Galway Bay Sailing Club - Junior Courses

Galway Bay Sailing Club at Renville, Oranmore is an Irish Sailing training centre running junior courses each summer. Start Sailing is a one-week Level 1 course for ages 8 to 17, run Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 17:00 with a supervised...

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StageSchool Ireland - Galway

StageSchool Ireland's Galway centre runs Saturday drama, singing and dance classes at Galway Educate Together National School on Thomas Hynes Road. Junior Stage is for ages 4 to 6 in 90-minute sessions, and Senior Stage is for ages 6 to...

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GMA Stage School (Galway Music Academy)

GMA Stage School runs musical theatre, performing arts and voice classes for children on Saturday mornings at Coláiste Bhaile Chláir in Claregalway. There are three age groups: Little Dreamers for ages 4 to 6, Lights, Camera, Action for...

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Galway Music Academy

Galway Music Academy has taught music in Galway since 2012 and welcomes children from age 4, as well as teenagers and adults. Younger children (4 to 6) usually start in group or pre-instrumental programmes, while one-to-one weekly...

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Moycullen Basketball Club

Moycullen Basketball Club (CC Mhaigh Cuilinn) is a Galway club that runs underage boys' and girls' teams from U10 to U18, along with Na Rogairi Oga, a programme for the youngest players born 2018 to 2020 that trains on Saturdays at...

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Galway Art Academy

Galway Art Academy is a children's art school in Galway city run by teaching artist Dee Deegan, who holds an MA in Creative Practice, a Higher Diploma in Art and Design Teacher Education and a first-class honours degree in Fine Art. It...

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Ultraflex Dance Academy (Oranmore)

Dance academy running classes and summer sessions for children aged 8-12 in Athenry, Loughrea and Oranmore.

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Ultraflex Dance Academy (Loughrea)

Dance academy running classes and summer sessions for children aged 8-12 in Athenry, Loughrea and Oranmore.

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Senshin Sports (Briarhill)

At Unit 18 Briarhill Business Park in Galway city, Senshin Sports runs the same range of Judo and gymnastics classes for children, teens and adults as the club's Athenry headquarters. Little Ninjas, the judo class for ages 4 to 6, and...

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Loughwell Farm Park

Loughwell Farm Park sits in the Moycullen countryside about 15 minutes from Galway city, between Moycullen and Spiddal, and leans more towards a full play centre than a traditional petting farm. Its 12,000-square-foot indoor Playbarn...

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Turoe Pet Farm & Leisure Park

Turoe Pet Farm & Leisure Park has been run by the Corcoran family near Loughrea, County Galway since 1993, and is built to work in any weather thanks to a mix of large indoor and outdoor play facilities. Indoors, Inflatable City is an...

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Galway Atlantaquaria - National Aquarium of Ireland

Overlooking Galway Bay in Salthill, this is Ireland's largest aquarium dedicated to native Irish species, drawing on more than 25 years of experience introducing families to life in Irish rivers, lakes and seas. Two floors of tanks lead...

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Rugbytots - Claregalway

Rugbytots runs weekly rugby play sessions for toddlers at Coláiste Bhaile Chláir in Claregalway, Co. Galway, held on Sunday mornings. The class covers the Rugbytots West area and is open to children aged two to five, with the youngest...

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Rugbytots - Scoil Einde Boys N.S, Salthill, Galway

Scoil Einde Boys NS in Salthill, Galway hosts a Saturday Rugbytots class run by Rugbytots West, bringing the franchise's rugby play programme to local toddlers. Two age groups run at Scoil Einde Boys NS: two to three and a half year...

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Toddler Sense Galway

Toddler Sense Galway runs its parent-and-toddler classes at Leisureland in Salthill, for children aged 13 months to 5 years. It is the toddler-focused sister programme to Baby Sensory, built around adventure play and structured activity...

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Little Kickers County Galway

Little Kickers County Galway holds its Connemara classes at Ballyconneely Community Hall on Sunday mornings, with Little Kicks and Junior Kickers sharing one slot and Mighty Kickers and Mega Kickers sharing another, between them...

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Little Kickers County Galway

Little Kickers County Galway also runs Sunday classes at St Fursa's Parish Hall on Church Road, Headford, offering the same preschool football programme focused on confidence, coordination and social skills in a non-competitive setting....

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Little Kickers County Galway

Little Kickers County Galway runs preschool football classes on Saturday mornings at The District Gym on Bothar Thuama, Athenry, part of the nationwide franchise designed to build confidence, coordination and social skills in a fun,...

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Galway Community Circus - Youth Circus Tuam

Galway Community Circus runs weekly youth circus classes in Tuam from The Family Centre Sports Hall on the Dublin Road. The Flea Circus class, for children aged 5 to 7, introduces circus games and activities that build teamwork and...

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Dramatastic Tuam

Dramatastic runs weekly drama and musical theatre classes for children in Tuam, Co. Galway, split into three age groups: Theatre Tots for four- to six-year-olds, Dramatastic Dynamos for six- to eight-year-olds, and Starlight Performers...

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Little Kickers - Oranmore (Maree Community Centre)

Little Kickers holds its Oranmore classes at Maree Community Centre on Saturday mornings, one of several County Galway venues for the preschool football programme that builds confidence, coordination and social skills in a relaxed,...

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Busy Bees - Children's Activity Centre (Oranmore)

Indoor activity centre for children 6 months-10 years with bouncing castles, play structures, and runs kids classes/sessions (e.g. Friday 10:30am class, €15).

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Baby Sensory & Toddler Sense Galway (Oranmore classes)

Baby Sensory & Toddler Sense Galway runs a weekly class in Oranmore as part of its wider Galway programme, which also covers Salthill and Athenry. The Oranmore session sits alongside Baby Sensory, for babies from birth to around 13...

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Ultraflex Dance Academy (Athenry)

Dance academy running classes and summer sessions for children aged 8-12 in Athenry, Loughrea and Oranmore.

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Senshin Sports (Athenry)

Senshin Sports runs its Athenry academy, the club's headquarters on Caheroyn Road, offering Judo and gymnastics classes for children, teens and adults. Younger children can join Little Ninjas, a judo class pitched at ages 4 to 6, while...

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4M Dance Centre - Oranmore Hip Hop

4M Dance Centre runs a hip hop class for children aged 7 to 11 on Monday evenings at Keane's Bar in Oranmore. Hip hop classes give kids an energetic, music-driven way to build rhythm, coordination and confidence through choreography. At...

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Rugbytots - Oranmore

Rugbytots' Oranmore sessions run on Saturdays at Calasanctius College in Co. Galway, for children aged 2 to 3.5 years. At this age, classes centre on basic movement, listening skills and following instructions through playful,...

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Club Vitae Oranmore - Summer Camps

Club Vitae Oranmore runs a range of summer camps for children and teens aged 4 to 15, spread across different weeks of the school holidays. The Swim Camp focuses on pool-based skills, while the Kids Activity Camp offers a broader mix of...

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Loughrea Gymnastics

Loughrea Gymnastics offers classes for children from age 4 right through to the teenage years, giving a long-term pathway for kids who want to continue developing their gymnastics skills as they grow. Regular classes build strength,...

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Little Kickers County Galway - Loughrea

Little Kickers County Galway also runs football classes for young children in Loughrea. As with other Little Kickers locations, sessions are built around fun, non-competitive games rather than formal training, introducing preschool and...

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Aloha Kids Yoga and Mindfulness - Ballinasloe

Aloha Kids Yoga and Mindfulness runs yoga-based classes for children aged 4 to 12 at Crofty's Yard on Main Street, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, meeting on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Classes are split into a Juniors group for ages 4 to 7 and a...

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Dance Concepts - Moylough, Ballinasloe

Dance Concepts runs classes for children and teens aged 3 to 18 at the Moylough Community Resource Cultural and Heritage Centre near Ballinasloe, Co. Galway. The youngest dancers can join Tots & Tutus, a gentle introduction to movement...

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Rugbytots - Ballinasloe

Rugbytots holds Saturday sessions at Ballinasloe Ardscoil Mhuire in Co. Galway, for children aged 2 to 3.5 years. At this youngest age group, classes focus on basic movement, listening and following simple instructions through playful,...

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Little Kickers County Galway - Ballinasloe

Little Kickers County Galway runs football classes for young children at McNevin Avenue in Ballinasloe. The Little Kickers approach favours fun, non-competitive games over formal drills, introducing preschool and early primary-age...

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Ballinasloe GAA - Easter Camp

Ballinasloe GAA runs a 3-day Easter camp for children aged 5 to 13, covering both hurling and football over the Easter break. The camp is hosted with the involvement of Galway hurlers, giving young players a chance to learn from and be...

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Sara Falvey Yoga - Kids Yoga

Sara Falvey Yoga offers kids' yoga classes for children aged 6 and up at Yoga Darsana, based at the old driving range in Salthill, Galway. Yoga classes for this age group typically use simple poses, breathing exercises and games to...

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Water Babies - Dunlo

Water Babies runs swimming classes in Dunlo, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, for children from young babies up to around 5 years old. Classes are kept small — 30 minutes long, with a maximum of 10 children and one carer per child — so each...

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Phonics with Robot Reg Galway

In Mountbellew, County Galway, Phonics with Robot Reg runs early literacy classes for children aged three months to five years, using a curriculum developed by a primary school teacher and speech therapist. Sessions are split by age -...

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Little Kickers Galway

Little Kickers Galway runs classes at a venue in Galway (H91 PN50), for children from around 18 months to 7 years old, priced at €59. Football is used as the framework for developing fundamental movement skills — balance, agility and...

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Little Kickers Galway

Little Kickers runs preschool football sessions in Moylough More, Co. Galway, for children aged approximately 18 months to 7 years, at €59. The classes are play-orientated, using football to develop fundamental movement skills,...

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Little Kickers Galway

Little Kickers Galway holds classes at Newtown (Darcy), Co. Galway, for children aged around 18 months to 7 years, priced at €59. The sessions use football as a fun, play-based way to build core movement skills — balance, agility,...

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Little Kickers Galway

In Ballycuirke West, Co. Galway, Little Kickers runs its preschool football programme for children aged roughly 18 months to 7 years, costing €59. Classes build fundamental movement (balance, agility, coordination), gross motor skills...

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Little Kickers Galway

Little Kickers Galway offers its preschool football classes at a venue in Galway city (H91 E622), for children aged approximately 18 months to 7 years, at a cost of €59. Football is used as a vehicle for developing fundamental movement...

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Kangoo Jumps Galway

Based at Unit 7B, Oranmore Business Park, Kangoo Jumps Galway runs rebound-boot fitness classes for children aged 6 and up together with parents and other adults. The main family session, Bonding Families, is for kids 6+ accompanied by...

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Gort Parent & Toddler Group

The Gort Breastfeeding Support Group meets at the Gort Resource Centre on Church Street, Ballyhugh, on the first Thursday of every month from 10.30am to 1pm — free to attend, open to pregnant, breastfeeding, pumping or weaning mothers,...

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Gort Parent & Toddler Group

Gort Buggy Buddies meets every Thursday at 10am outside the Coole Park tearooms gate, County Galway — a free, informal walk-and-chat meetup for parents with babies and toddlers, moving inside the café if the weather turns. A WhatsApp...

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Galway Community Circus

Shantalla is the main hub for Galway Community Circus, offering the widest range of classes: Toddler Circus for ages 1–4 with an adult on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, Family Circus on Saturdays for ages 4+ with siblings (adults...

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ARD Little Swimmers

ARD Little Swimmers takes place on Thursday mornings, 10am–12pm during term time, at the Clayton Hotel on the Monivea Road in Ballybrit, Galway — a baby and toddler swimming session run by ARD Family Resource Centre for €10 per child...

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ARD Family Resource Centre (Briar Hill)

ARD Family Resource Centre's Tuesday Parent & Toddlers Group meets at Kids Space in Briar Hill Shopping Centre, Galway, from 10am to 12pm during term time, at a cost of €5 per child — a chance for babies and toddlers to play while...

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Water Babies - Maldron Hotel Oranmore

At Carrowmoneash in County Galway, Water Babies offers swimming classes for children from newborn to five years old, using the sessions for both developmental benefit and close bonding time between parent and child in the water. Classes...

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Woodford/Surrounding Areas Parent Baby & Toddler Group

Woodford Parent, Baby & Toddler Group is a voluntary, parent-run group open to families in Woodford and the surrounding parts of Co. Galway. It meets at Woodford Youth Club Hall every Friday from 10am to 12pm during the school term,...

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Westside Library - Toddler Story Group

Westside Library on Seamus Quirke Road, Galway runs a free weekly Storytime for children up to school age every Friday at 3.30pm. Parents and childminders are welcome to bring little ones along to help the librarian choose a selection...

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Universal Rhythmic Gymnastics Club -Salthill

Universal Rhythmic Gymnastics Club in Salthill, Galway teaches rhythmic gymnastics to children aged 4 to 14 in small groups at Salthill-Knocknacarra GAA Club on Doctor Mannix Road. Classes run for an hour and cover the core apparatus of...

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Tots Football Fun - Salthill

Tots Football Fun in Salthill offers a weekly introduction to football for children from 18 months to 5 years old, run inside an inflatable pitch at Salthill Knocknacarra GAA Club on Dr Mannix Road, Galway. Each session opens with free...

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Renmore Parent Baby & Toddler Group

Renmore Parent, Baby & Toddler Group meets every Tuesday from 10 to 11.30am during the school term at Renmore Community Centre on Renmore Avenue, Galway. It's a pop-in session for parents, childminders and grandparents with children...

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Portumna Library - Toddler (up to 5) Storytime / Lego Group

Portumna Library on Castle Ave in Portumna Demesne, Co. Galway runs two free weekly sessions for younger children back to back on Fridays. Storytime at 3pm is a relaxed listen-along session for children up to school age, with parents...

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Phonics with Robot Reg Galway

Phonics with Robot Reg Galway runs early literacy classes at Oranmore Community Centre for children from three months to five years old, developed by a primary school teacher in collaboration with a speech therapist. Classes are split...

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Down to Earth Forest School

Run by Down to Earth Forest School at Brigit's Garden in Pollagh, Rosscahil, Co. Galway, this outdoor programme gets children outside in all seasons rather than in a classroom. Little Twigs is the parent-and-toddler strand, for babies...

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Oughterard / Clann / Corrib Parent, Baby & Toddler Group

The Oughterard branch of the Clann/Corrib Parent, Baby & Toddler Group meets at the back of Oughterard Community Centre on Main Street, Co. Galway, with easy parking right up to the door for unloading buggies and little ones. It's a...

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Oranmore Library - Story time for toddlers to under 5s

Oranmore Library, on tSráid Mhór in Órán Mór, County Galway, runs a free weekly Storytime session for parents, childminders and children up to school age, held every Friday at midday - a relaxed midweek outing built around stories and...

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Maree Parent Baby & Toddler Group

Also known as the Little Waves Playgroup, Maree Parent Baby & Toddler Group meets every Thursday from 10 to 11.30am at Maree Community Centre in Garraun Upper, County Galway, welcoming mammies, daddies and all carers with children from...

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Little Kickers Galway

Little Kickers Galway runs its preschool football programme at venues in Garraun Upper and Glennagloghaun South, Co. Galway, for children aged roughly 18 months to 7 years, priced at €59. Classes use football to build movement skills —...

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Kinvara Parent Baby & Toddler Group

Kinvara Parent Baby & Toddler Group meets every Wednesday from 10am to noon at Kinvara Community Centre on Glebe Road, County Galway, welcoming mums, dads and carers with children from birth to five for a morning of play and...

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Kangoo Jumps Galway

Kangoo Jumps Galway offers a high-energy, low-impact rebound-boot workout suitable for children aged 6 and up, alongside parents and other adults. The Bonding Families class - for kids 6+ with a parent, guardian or grandparent - runs on...

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Headford/ Cloughanover Parent Baby & Toddler Group

Headford/Cloughanover Parent Baby & Toddler Group meets every Wednesday from 10am to noon at Cloughanover Community Hall on Headford Road, Galway, open to mums, dads, grandparents and carers with children from birth to five. There's a...

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Gort Parent & Toddler Group

Gort Parent, Baby and Toddler Group meets at the ICA Hall on Bolands Lane, Gort, every Friday from 10 to 11.30am during the school term, and is free to attend. There's no social media page for this particular group, so it's best to...

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Garrafrauns Parent Baby & Toddler Group

Also known as Playful Pals, Garrafrauns Parent Baby & Toddler Group meets every Wednesday from 10am to noon at Garrafrauns Community Centre, County Galway, welcoming mums, dads, grandparents and carers with children from birth to five....

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Galway Community Circus

Galway Community Circus runs a circus arts programme for ages 1 to 17 (and adults) at its Renmore venue on the city's Eastside. The philosophy is 'circus for all' — non-competitive, creative sessions that build confidence, resilience...

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Galway City Library - Baby & Toddler Group

Galway City Library, based at Hynes Buildings on St Augustine Street, runs a free Rhyme Time session every Friday at 11.30am for babies and toddlers, mixing songs, rhymes, stories and music into a lively half hour that little ones are...

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Football Fun & Development - Renmore

In Renmore, Galway, Football Fun & Development runs weekly sessions on Wednesdays for children aged 5 to 12, open to boys and girls of any ability. Rather than focusing purely on football technique, sessions use the game as a vehicle...

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Football Fun & Development - Ballinfoile

Football Fun & Development runs weekly sessions in Ballinfoile, Galway, for children aged 5 to 12, with a free three-week trial for new families to see if it's the right fit. Sessions welcome boys and girls of any ability and use...

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Craughwell Baby & Toddler Group

Craughwell Parent, Baby and Toddler Group meets every Tuesday from 10am to noon at St Michael's Community Centre in Craughwell, County Galway, with plenty of toys and floor mats set up for babies alongside space for toddlers and...

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Corofin Parent, Baby & Toddler Group

Corofin Parent, Baby & Toddler Group meets every Wednesday from 9.15 to 11.45am at Dr Duggan Hall in Ballybanagher, County Galway (with an occasional Saturday session too), on a drop-in basis for children from birth to five. There's a...

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Claregalway Parent, Baby & Toddler Group

Claregalway Parent, Baby & Toddler Group meets every Tuesday from 10am to noon at Claregalway Community Centre in Lakeview, County Galway, welcoming mums, dads, carers and grandparents with children from birth to five. There's a good...

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Ballygar Parent, Baby & Toddler Group

Ballygar Parent, Baby & Toddler Group meets every Tuesday from 11am to 1pm at the Old School Building on Market Square, Ballygar, County Galway. It's a drop-in session, so there's no obligation to attend every week - parents can pop in...

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Ballinasloe/Killalaghton Parent Baby & Toddler Group

Ballinasloe/Killalaghton Parent, Baby and Toddler Group has traditionally met every Thursday from 10am to noon at Killalaghton Hall in Killoran, near Ballinasloe, County Galway, offering mums with babies and preschool-age children a...

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Ballinasloe Library - Story time for toddlers to under 5s

Ballinasloe Library on Society Street, Townparks, County Galway, runs a free weekly Storytime session for parents, childminders and children up to school age, held every Friday at 2.15pm - a relaxed, no-cost way to build a reading habit...

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ARD Family Resource Centre (Doughiska)

ARD Family Resource Centre runs parent-and-baby groups from its base at the CUMASÚ Centre on Doughiska Road, Galway (H91 DKF7), serving families in Ardaun, Roscam and Doughiska. The Wednesday drop-in (10am–12pm, term time, €3 per child)...

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Athenry Parent, Baby & Toddler Group

Athenry Parent, Baby & Toddler Group meets every Monday from 10 to 11.30am at Athenry Community Hall on Cross Street (near the credit union), County Galway, giving newborns through to preschoolers a dedicated space to play - a baby...

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Art Room 109

Art Room 109 runs child-led art sessions for parents and walking toddlers aged 1 to 5, built around open-ended play rather than formal instruction. Each 60-minute class offers up to six sensory and creative stations, using homemade,...

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