West Ireland Bike Shop

🚴 WE’RE HIRING 🚴

We're looking for a Bike Mechanic or Trainee Mechanic for a 6-month position with immediate start.

If you’re Galway-based, love bikes, and want to gain real mechanical skills (full training provided), we’d love to hear from you.

📧 Email: [email protected]

📍 Or drop your CV into the shop.

Please share with anyone in Galway who might be interested.

Today we want to take a moment to recognise and thank Matt, who will be leaving the West Ireland Cycling team after many years of hard work, loyalty, and dedication. If you’d like to join us in wishing Matt well, we’ll be raising a glass at the shop this Friday at 4pm.

Matt has been a hugely important part of our business — always reliable, hard-working, and committed to doing things properly. His care for our bikes, our guests, and the high standards of West Ireland Cycling never went unnoticed. He will be greatly missed not only by the whole team, but also by the many customers who have benefitted from his work behind the scenes over the years.

While we’re sad to see him go, we’re delighted for Matt as he takes on a new opportunity and the next chapter of his journey. We wish him every success and happiness in this new start.

Thanks for everything, Matt — you’ll always be part of the West Ireland Cycling story 🚲🍻

Comhghairdeas Uachtarán na hÉireann Catherine Connolly. Wishing you and Brian all the very best 🇮🇪

Great news that the road closers continue again this summer 👏🏼 looking forward to a summer outdoors ☀️ 🍻

Very sad to see this news. These closures brought life and energy to our streets, gave businesses a much-needed boost and created a sense of community that we all cherished. Not sure how anyone can claim they negatively impact cycling 🫤 anyone who cycles the area knows there are loads of ways to cycle around the closed space 🙄

UPDATE: We’ve just been informed that the planned road closures for this Friday, 16th May have been postponed due to a legal complaint made around the application process. This case—brought forward on cycling grounds—is now going to court and will be heard again on May 26th.

Until then, we cannot legally proceed with any street closures.

We know how frustrating this is—especially with the sunshine rolling in, outdoor seating prepped, extra staff lined up, and all of us counting on this to bring people together and drive revenue across the neighbourhood. The loss of trade, atmosphere, and shared social space really hits hard, especially when we were all set to kick off a brilliant summer season.

We're extremely disappointed, but please know we’re actively working alongside Galway City Council to push for pedestrianisation—and for a vibrant, people-first Westend.

We’ll keep you posted as soon as we hear more. For now, let’s back each other, keep spirits up, and remind everyone why Galway’s Westend is still the best end.



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Happy New Years guys 🥳

Thank you to everyone who popped into the shop this year. 🙏🏽
Here’s to even more cycling in 2023 🥂

Happy Christmas Guys 🤗🎅🏽

1 piece of advice for cyclists out there : Make sure to invest in a good lock 🔐

We have a range of different locks in store at the moment 😊 Why not come in and have a look? 👀

There’s no need to spend more than you have to ☺️

Had a little helper in the shop today 🥺

⚡️E-Bike⚡️

The Trek District +2 in Slate 😱

🏷€2,850

Get in touch for more info 📞📧📲