Activities for Babies (0–12 Months) in Galway

Chat & Play Monivea

Community parent and toddler group offering informal weekly playtime and social contact for local parents, carers and young children, held at Fr. Sammon Centre, Monivea, Co. Galway. Tea, coffee and biscuits provided, coffee shop...

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,...

The Best Start Club - Tuam

The Best Start Club runs baby and toddler sensory music classes on Monday mornings at the Family Resource Centre in Tuam: toddlers aged 1 to 4 at 10am, babies from 0 to 12 months at 11am and young babies from 0 to 6 months at 12pm....

Unverified — confirm times with provider

The Best Start Club - Oranmore

The Best Start Club runs baby and toddler sensory music classes at Oranmore Community Centre on Thursday mornings. Toddler and mixed-age classes are for children aged 1 to 4, and siblings are welcome once registered; there is a separate...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Woodford Parent & Toddler Group

Community parent and toddler group offering informal weekly playtime and social contact for local parents, carers and young children, held at Woodford Community/Youthclub Hall, Woodford, Co. Galway H62 YR74.

Unverified — confirm times with provider

The Little's Klub - Klub Malucha

Community parent and toddler group offering informal weekly playtime and social contact for local parents, carers and young children, held at The Polish House, Unit 1, Merlin Pk Industrial Estate, Doughiska Rd, Galway H91 VY70.

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Portumna Baby & Toddler Group

Community parent and toddler group offering informal weekly playtime and social contact for local parents, carers and young children, held at Portumna Courthouse, Main Street, Portumna, Co Galway H53 XN15.

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Little Waves Parent & Baby/Toddler Group

Community parent and toddler group offering informal weekly playtime and social contact for local parents, carers and young children, held at Maree Community Centre, Oranmore, Co. Galway.

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Grúpa Tuismitheoirí Leanaí Arann

Community parent and toddler group offering informal weekly playtime and social contact for local parents, carers and young children, held at Mainistir Inis Mór, Oileain Árann, Co.na Gaillimhe.

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Diamond Hill Parent & Toddler Group

Community parent and toddler group offering informal weekly playtime and social contact for local parents, carers and young children, held at Diamond Hill Community Sports Centre, Letterfrack, Co. Galway.

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Cumasú Parent, Baby & Toddler Group

Community parent and toddler group offering informal weekly playtime and social contact for local parents, carers and young children, held at Árd Family Resource Centre, Cumasú Centre, Doughiska Rd, Galway H91DKF7.

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Clontuskert Toddler & Baby Group

Community parent and toddler group offering informal weekly playtime and social contact for local parents, carers and young children, held at Clontuskert Community Hub, Crossconnell, Clontuskert, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, H53D602.

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Clifden Parent & Toddler Group

Community parent and toddler group offering informal weekly playtime and social contact for local parents, carers and young children, held at Connemara Chamber Office, Galway Rd., Clifden, Co. Galway.

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Turtle Tots - Core Fitness Claregalway

Turtle Tots holds baby and toddler swimming lessons at Core Fitness in the Claregalway Hotel, County Galway, part of the nationwide Turtle Tots Ireland franchise. The pool is kept warm at around 30 degrees and 1.3m deep, with classes...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Baby Sensory Galway

Baby Sensory Galway runs a baby class in Oranmore, one of three Galway venues alongside Athenry and Salthill. The Oranmore sessions are for babies from birth to around 13 months. As with the group's other Galway classes, sessions bring...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Baby Sensory Galway

Baby Sensory Galway's Salthill class runs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from the Leisure Suite at Leisureland on the seafront. It is one of three Galway venues alongside Athenry and Oranmore, all for babies from birth to around...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Baby Sensory Galway

Baby Sensory Galway holds a Thursday and Friday baby class at the Tranquillity Leisure & Spa inside the Raheen Woods Hotel. Sessions are for babies aged birth to around 13 months, running alongside the group's other Galway classes in...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Water Babies - Enable Ireland Galway

Water Babies runs weekly baby and toddler swimming classes at the Enable Ireland centre on Seamus Quirke Road in Galway, teaching children from birth up to around four years and older across five named age teams as they build water...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Water Babies - Athenry Tranquillity Leisure and Spa

At Raheen Woods Hotel in Athenry, Co. Galway, Water Babies runs weekly swimming lessons for babies and young children through its Tranquillity Leisure and Spa pool, covering the franchise's five named age stages from newborn up to...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Water Babies - Clayton Hotel Ballybrit

Water Babies holds weekly swimming lessons for babies and young children at the Clayton Hotel in Ballybrit, Galway, covering the franchise's five named age stages from newborn babies up to children of around four years and older....

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Water Babies - Waves Pool, John Paul Centre

Water Babies runs weekly baby and toddler swimming classes at the Waves Pool in the John Paul Centre, Ballybane, Galway, taking children from birth up to around four years and older through five named age stages as their swimming...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Water Babies - Ocean Fitness (Salthill Hotel)

At Ocean Fitness in the Salthill Hotel, Galway, Water Babies teaches weekly swimming lessons for children from birth up to around four years and older, grouped into five age-based teams from new babies through to more independent young...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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).

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Baby Sensory & Toddler Sense Galway (Athenry classes)

Baby Sensory & Toddler Sense Galway runs weekly baby and toddler classes at the Tranquillity Leisure & Spa inside Raheen Woods Hotel in Athenry. Baby Sensory sessions are for babies from birth to around 13 months, while Toddler Sense...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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 -...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Nurture and Play

In Craughwell, Co. Galway, Nurture and Play runs both Baby and Parent classes and Toddler-Preschool and Parent classes at St Michael's Community Centre, giving families a full progression of sessions as their child grows from baby to...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Nurture and Play

Nurture and Play holds its Athenry classes at Marie's Wellness Studio in Co. Galway, offering Baby and Parent sessions for the youngest children in a small, local setting. A parent or carer attends alongside their baby throughout the...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Nurture and Play

At Ballinderreen Community Centre in Co. Galway, Nurture and Play offers both Baby and Parent classes and Toddler-Preschool and Parent classes, making it one of the few venues in the network to cater across the full 0-3 age range at a...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Lasting Touch Baby Massage

Lasting Touch Baby Massage's Craughwell class runs on Wednesday mornings from 10 to 11.30am, led by a registered midwife and certified infant massage instructor, for babies up to 12 months old with a parent or carer. The full course...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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,...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Babywearing ireland

Babywearing Ireland's Galway Sling Meet gives parents and carers of babies and toddlers up to age 3 the chance to get informal, peer-to-peer support with babywearing, led by experienced volunteers. It's a relaxed, welcoming space for...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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,...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Westside Parent Baby & Toddler Group

Westside Parent, Baby & Toddler Group meets at Westside Community Centre in Galway every Thursday from 10 to 11.30am during the school term, for parents, grandparents and guardians with children aged newborn to three. It's an easy way...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Tuam Library - Baby and Toddler Group

Tuam Library in County Galway runs a free Rhyme Time session for babies and toddlers every Wednesday at 11am - thirty minutes of songs, nursery rhymes and stories aimed at the library's youngest members. It's a relaxed, informal way for...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Nurture and Play

Nurture and Play runs Baby and Parent classes at Maree Community Centre in Co. Galway, part of a small network of parent-and-child sessions held across the county. Classes are designed for babies and toddlers up to age 3, with a parent...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Kinvara Mum to-Be & New Mum Social Group

Kinvara Mum to-Be & New Mum Social Group meets every second Tuesday from 9.30 to 11am at SIAR Café on The Quay in Kinvara, County Galway, offering peer-led support and advice for women who are pregnant or in their first year of...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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....

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Flying High Fitness

Flying High Fitness runs a parent-and-toddler aerial fitness session in Galway (H91 YC61), for babies and toddlers aged 0 to 3 along with a parent or caregiver. Children get to explore aerial hammocks in a relaxed setting, with stories...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Ballybane Library - Toddler Group / Junior Book Club

Ballybane Library on Castlepark Road, Galway, runs two separate free sessions for different ages. Rhyme Time, aimed at parents and toddlers, is a fun hour of stories, songs and rhymes held every Friday at 11am, while the Junior Book...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Ballinfoile Parent, Baby & Toddler Group

Ballinfoile Parent, Baby & Toddler Group meets every Wednesday from 9.30 to 11am at the Ballinfoile Castlegar Neighbourhood Centre on Headford Road, Galway, offering a relaxed setting for parents and carers with children from birth to...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Baby Massage with Kathryn

Kathryn is a Certified Infant Massage Instructor (CIMI) who runs baby massage classes in Portumna, County Galway, for babies from newborn up to crawling age. Group sessions give parents dedicated time with their baby alongside other...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

Baby Massage Oranmore

Baby Massage Oranmore runs small-group classes weekly over a five-week term in Oranmore, County Galway, each session lasting an hour and a half. Classes are baby-led, suitable from birth right through to the active crawling stage,...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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)...

Unverified — confirm times with provider

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...

Unverified — confirm times with provider