Castle · Navan · Meath

Athlumney Castle

Athlumney Castle is a castle (tower house and fortified house) in County Meath. It is within Navan’s urban area. For a second stop, Slane Castle is 10 km away.

Photo: Athlumney Castle, 瑞丽江的河水 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Navan

inside the urban area

How well known

Top 19%

#334 of 1,783 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Castle in Navan

Inside Navan

Athlumney Castle is inside Navan’s urban area, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from Fáilte Ireland’s open data, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and the CSO’s 2022 town outlines, with Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The year in Navan

The warmest afternoons in Navan run June to September, at 18–20°C.

Jan8° / 2°78 mm

Feb9° / 2°64 mm

Mar11° / 3°59 mm

Apr13° / 5°59 mm

May16° / 7°59 mm

Jun19° / 10°67 mm

Jul20° / 12°72 mm

Aug20° / 11°78 mm

Sep18° / 9°70 mm

Oct14° / 7°87 mm

Nov11° / 4°90 mm

Dec8° / 2°83 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Navan, and rain in a month. Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages for Navan (Copyright Met Éireann, CC BY 4.0). Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Navan’s full climate →

About

Athlumney Castle

Articles on it exist in 4 languages. Its home is County Meath.

Athlumney Castle on Wikipedia ↗

Type: Castle
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: in Navan

Facts: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Finding Athlumney Castle

Numbered points are the places near Athlumney Castle, which is in orange.

Towns near it

Towns that list Athlumney Castle

By population, Navan leads the 8 with 33,886. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Navan

33,886 people · 8 places to visit

2 · 7.1 km southwest of it

Robinstown

412 people · 1 place to visit

3 · 9.8 km east of it

Kentstown

1,195 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 10 km south of it

Kilmessan

907 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Athlumney Castle is	People	Places to visit
Navan	It’s in town	33,886	8
Robinstown	7.1 km southwest of it	412	1
Kentstown	9.8 km east of it	1,195	2
Kilmessan	10 km south of it	907	4
Slane	11 km northeast of it	1,445	9
Trim	13 km southwest of it	9,563	5
Kells	16 km northwest of it	6,608	6
Carlanstown	16 km northwest of it	718	8

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

Nearby, within 15 km, there are 4 castles, an abbey or priory and an art gallery, among others.

CastleSlane Castle10 km away 2

Abbey or prioryBective Abbey7.8 km away 3CastleCastleDunmoe Castle3.7 km away 4

CastleSkryne Castle11 km away 5

CastleDurhamstown Castle6.9 km away 6Art galleryArt gallerySolstice Arts Centre700 m away 7Historic houseHistoric houseDonaghmore Round Tower2.4 km away 8ChurchChurchArdmulchan Church3.9 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions before you go

Where is Athlumney Castle?

Athlumney Castle is in Navan, Meath, inside the town’s urban area.

What is Athlumney Castle?

Castle (tower house and fortified house) in County Meath, Ireland.

How well known is Athlumney Castle?

Athlumney Castle has 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #334 of the 1,783 Irish places we list.

When is the best time to visit Athlumney Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in Navan, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Athlumney Castle?

Within 15 km: Slane Castle (10 km), Bective Abbey (7.8 km), Dunmoe Castle (3.7 km) and Skryne Castle (11 km).

Sources: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), CSO 2022 town outlines (CC BY 4.0), Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages (CC BY 4.0).

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (5)

Athlumney Castle: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Slane Castle: Sitomon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bective Abbey: Klennon77, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Skryne Castle: C O'Flanagan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Durhamstown Castle: Garry Dickinson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).