Description: Okay... Moran's is hidden away on a dead-end road, that sits on an inlet of the end of Galway Bay, and serves the most famous oysters in the world. These oysters grow in the most environmentally controlled oyster beds in Ireland. These oysters are "to die for," and they are served at Moran's Oyster Cottage, The Weir and Pub.
We heard about Moran's when we were staying in Galway City and just randoming asked someone where to go to have the best oysters. So, this is how we heard about it. With special directions we found it the next day on our way back to County Clare. After you pass through Clarinbridge on the main road N18 at Kilcolgan you will take a right on a narrow road down to the waterfront. It is a dead-end road and the Oyster Cottage sits on an inlet of Dunbulcaun Bay.
It was a darling place, a small cozy pub with a tiny room that is lined on three sides by booths and a large eating table in the middle, you can see out of the quaint, deep-set window and it looks out on to the bay. In warm weather, most sit outside and eat their fresh oysters on picnic tables. The cottage itself is an original thatch cottage and the whole environment makes you feel as if you have found a secret treasure. Open all year, it is known that Kings and Queens have been flown in to have and eat these famous Irish grown oysters.
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