The Long Walk is one of Galway's most recognisable promenades, a narrow quayside path along the eastern bank of the River Corrib towards the Spanish Arch. It looks picturesque now, but it was built on reclaimed land in the 1800s as a working waterfront, where nets and ropes were repaired, and the Galway Bay catch was landed and sold.

The walk was developed by Edward Eyre, whose family received lands in Galway after the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. Eyre Square bears the same name. Across the river, the Claddagh community once numbered over 300 fishing vessels with distinctive red sails, its women running the fish market while electing their own king, a tradition that survives in honorary form today.

VoiceMap's audio tours trace the Long Walk through stories of the Claddagh's vanished thatched cottages, the Famine families who walked here seeking relief, and docks once busy with Spanish wine.