I stayed in the Anbelle Lodge while visiting the Western Coast of Ireland. This BnB is in Salthill, about 15 minutes walking outside of Galway City, one of the main cities on the West Coast.

If you´re looking for something outside of the city limits, so a bit quieter, and close to the ocean, you could do worse than The Anbelle Lodge. It might not quite be worth the price (40 euro per night for me in a single ensuite, rather large bed though, not a twin) There wasn´t a common room or anything, but a t.v. with basic Irish cable in the room. The room was clean, the bed a little hard, but it didn´t affect my sleep, and I heard the owner at one point tell other guests that she asked people to be quiet because it was a family home.So, there were no problems as far as noise. I never came home too late, so I´m unsure if there was a closing hour of some kind, but she gave everyone a key to the front door as well as their room, so I would suspect not.

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