On the opposite corner of Dominick Street and Mill Street stood the Galway Arms Pub. The pub appropriately takes its name from the carving of the Galway Arms located on the side of the building facing Nuns Island. There were four stone carvings of the Galway Coats of Arms in existence during the late medieval period. Possibly, the most well-known is the one on the pub. This Coat of Arms is believed to have been the centrepiece over the gateway on the Great West Bridge of Galway. The bridge was demolished in 1852 for safety reasons and was replaced by O’Brien’s Bridge. Sometime later, the Coat of Arms was inserted into the wall of the old pub and grocery business that was located there at the time. This extremely important medieval relic continues to be a prominent and enduring feature of the pub to the present day.
