Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT)

it's really handy because it's near the GMIT, and you can go only by walk, and moreover the houses are pretty big...

Roisin dubh: nice pub with live concerts nightly Blue note: soul-jazz funk music inthere, really cool place to have a chat and pints... De Burgos: it's a cellar, whre you can find the cheapest pints in town! McSwiggans: huge pub, with a really nice mood, and atree growing inside! It's really hard to find the toilets there...kind of maze!!! Bazaar: moroccan style pub, not typically irish at all, but there are plenty of couches, and nice decoration. Couch potatoes: potato restaurant, cheap and really tasty Conlon's: Fish and chips restaurant, cheap and good

I have a very good overall opinion about this experience! If you want to travel, no pb, there are plenty of bus companies providing daily trips around Ireland, for quite a cheap price (£10 average) Then, inside the University, you have the weekenders society, which a student union, organizing group trips all around Ireland, for really cheap!

In order to heat the house, you can't only use electricity, because too expensive, therefore, you have to buy some heating oil, which is pretty expensive as well!!!

it was really interesting, as you're improving very quickly your english, and learning at the same time some basics of Irish language (Gaelic)