Viscount Galway () is a title that has been created four times in the Peerage of Ireland. The first creation came in 1628 in favour of Richard Burke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde. He was made Earl of St Albans in the Peerage of England at the same time (see the Earl of Clanricarde for more information on this creation).

The second creation came in the Peerage of Ireland in 1687 in favour of Ulick Bourke. He was made Baron Tyaquin at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland, deriving from the barony of Tiaquin in County Galway. However, both titles became extinct on his early death in 1691. which gave him and his descendants an automatic seat in the House of Lords. His son, the eighth Viscount, was Governor-General of New Zealand from 1935 to 1941.

He was succeeded by his son, the ninth Viscount. On his early death in 1971, he had no direct male heir. His landownings passed to his daughter Charlotte (the Hon. Mrs Charlotte Townsend of Melbury House). The Monckton barony became extinct while he was succeeded in the Irish titles by his second cousin once removed, the tenth Viscount. He was the grandson of the Hon. Edmund Gambier Monckton, fourth son of the fifth Viscount, and as he was a member of a younger branch of the family he was named only Monckton, in accordance with the rules obtained by the fifth Viscount. However, he adopted by royal licence the surname Arundell on his succession for himself and for all successive holders of the title. On the death in 1980 of his younger brother, the eleventh Viscount, this line of the family also failed. He was succeeded by his second cousin once removed, the twelfth Viscount, who was born in Canada. In 2017 he was succeeded by his only son, the thirteenth Viscount who is the great-grandson of Marmaduke John Monckton, third son of the Hon. Edmund Gambier Monckton, fourth son of the fifth Viscount. Lord Galway lives in Canada and represented Canada as a rower in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Papers of the Viscounts Galway are held at Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham.

The family seat was Serlby Hall, in Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire.

thumb|140px|Arms of [[House of Burke|de Burghs/Burkes of Clanricarde]]

Viscounts Galway, first creation (1628)

See the Earl of Clanricarde

Viscounts Galway, second creation (1687)

:Other titles: Baron Tyaquin (Ireland, 1687)

  • Ulick Bourke, 1st Viscount Galway (1670–1691)

Viscounts Galway, third creation (1692), and Earl of Galway (1697)

  • Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway (1648–1720)

Viscounts Galway, fourth creation (1727)

:Other titles: Baron Killard, of the County of Clare (Ireland, 1727)

  • John Monckton, 1st Viscount Galway (1695–1751)
  • William Monckton-Arundell, 2nd Viscount Galway (d.1772)
  • Henry William Monckton-Arundell, 3rd Viscount Galway (1749–1774)
  • Robert Monckton-Arundell, 4th Viscount Galway (1752–1810)
  • William George Monckton-Arundell, 5th Viscount Galway (1782–1834)
  • George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell, 6th Viscount Galway (1805–1876)

:Other titles (6th Viscount onwards): Baron Monckton, of Serlby in the County of Nottingham (UK, 1887)

  • George Edmund Milnes Monckton-Arundell, 7th Viscount Galway (1844–1931)
  • George Vere Arundel Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway (1882–1943)
  • Simon George Robert Monckton-Arundell, 9th Viscount Galway (1929–1971)
  • William Arundell Monckton-Arundell, 10th Viscount Galway (1894–1977)
  • Edmund Savile Monckton-Arundell, 11th Viscount Galway (1900–1980)
  • George Rupert Monckton-Arundell, 12th Viscount Galway (1922–2017)
  • John Philip Monckton-Arundell, 13th Viscount Galway (born 1952)

The heir presumptive is Piers Alastair Carlos Monckton (born 1962), a great-great-great-great grandson of the 1st Viscount.<br />

His heir is his son Oliver George Carlos Monckton (born 1993).

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  • Papers of the Viscounts Galway and their predecessors, held at Manuscripts and Special Collections at The University of Nottingham