Moran's Oyster Cottage is a seafood restaurant and pub located at The Weir, Kilcolgan, in County Galway, Ireland, close to the village of Clarinbridge, and ten miles south of Galway City.
[2] Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney's poem "Oysters" was reputedly inspired by a meal at Moran's.
[3][2] The restaurant is located on an inlet of Galway Bay in a traditional thatched cottage and has historically been owned by members of the Moran family.
[2] The pub began "making a business of seafood" in the 1960s, after the Galway Oyster Festival was founded.
[2] The pub and restaurant has hosted a number of celebrities, including Julia Roberts, Pierce Brosnan and the Emperor and Empress of Japan.