Taste The Atlantic Tours | Galway International Oyster Festival

Kelly Oyster Tasting Experience

Explore the Experience, Taste the Difference

There couldn’t be a more perfect way to experience life on the Wild Atlantic Way, than enjoying one of our unique Oyster Farm Experiences. Your opportunity to walk in our shoes, see us at work, sample our fare and learn more about the fascinating fun and delight of oyster-eating. With the beauty and natural wildness of the West of Ireland as the perfect setting.

Includes return shuttle bus from Galway City and stop at Moran’s Oyster Cottage for lunch (lunch costs not included).

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Kelly Oyster Tasting Experience

Explore the Experience, Taste the Difference

Duration: Approximately 4 hours

Date: Friday 25th September 2026

Meeting Point: 10.15am Eyre Square, Galway City

Cost: €60 per person

Included:

Guided tour with third-generation oyster farmer
Oyster tasting at pop-up oyster bar
Oyster shucking demonstration
Stop for lunch at Morans on the Weir, Kilcolgan (lunch costs not included)

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Cuan Beo Oyster Experience

Join Cuan Beo for a unique half-day journey through 4,000 years of oyster history in Galway Bay.

Departing from Eyre Square in Galway City, this immersive experience takes you to the shores of Clarinbridge, where you’ll discover how oysters have shaped local communities for millennia—from ancient shell middens left by the first coastal settlers, to the famous native oyster fishery of Galway Bay, to modern oyster farming and the pioneering restoration of native oyster reefs.

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Cuan Beo Oyster Experience

Along the way, you’ll hear stories of traditional fishing methods, explore the cultural heritage of the Galway Bay oyster, and learn how Cuan Beo and its partners are working to restore one of Europe’s most important native oyster ecosystems.

The tour concludes with a live oyster-opening demonstration featuring guest oyster openers, followed by a tasting of Galway Bay oysters paired with local beer.

Guests will then have time to visit historic Clarinbridge, whose association with the early years of the Oyster Festival helped establish Galway Bay as a world-renowned oyster destination. An optional lunch is available at guests’ own expense before returning to Galway City by coach.

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Cuan Beo Oyster Experience

Duration: Approximately 4 hours

Date: Friday 25th September 2026

Time: 11am

Meeting Point: 11am Eyre Square, Galway City

Includes:
• Return coach transfer from Galway City
• Guided heritage and restoration tour
• Oyster-opening demonstration
• Oyster tasting
• Local beer tasting

Cost: €65 per person

Optional:
• Lunch in Clarinbridge (costs not included)

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DK Connemara Oysters Sea to Shuck Experience

Discover Connemara’s Flavours & Views

Join us on 25th September to taste our award winning oysters on the farm where they are grown. On the farm tour you will learn about the farming process from seed to plate. We describe what we are looking for in a perfect oyster, how we bring the seed in at about 4mm or less than 4g and produce ready to sell at 70-250g.

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DK Connemara Oysters Sea to Shuck Experience

Discover Connemara’s Flavours & Views

We outline the challenges we face when farming, weather, labour, environment, and sustainability when working with nature to produce our oysters. We share the history of the farm and bay, with oysters growing wild in Ballinakill Bay since the Bronze Age. We explain the farming methods in use today, and how we will farm oysters into the future.

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