Drumharsna Castle
Drumharsna Castle stands 6.5 km east of Kinvarra. It counts as a national monument of Ireland. A short trip away is Dunguaire Castle, 5.6 km off, the first of 11 within 15 km.
Castle near Kinvarra
Near Kinvarra
Drumharsna Castle is 6.5 km east of Kinvarra. Towns near it ↓
National monument of Ireland
On the State’s record of protected heritage. About ↓
Written from Fáilte Ireland’s open data, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and the CSO’s 2022 town outlines, with Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.
Warm months and wet ones
Warmest in Kinvarra are June to September, at 18–19°C.
Drumharsna Castle
Wikipedia covers it in 3 languages. Its home is County Galway.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- National monument of Ireland
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- 6.5 km east of Kinvarra
The way to Drumharsna Castle
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Drumharsna Castle is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
Nearby towns
Largest of the 8 is Oranmore, home to 5,819. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
Kinvarra
Ballinderreen
Kilcolgan
Gort
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Drumharsna Castle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinvarra | 6.5 km west of it | 721 | 2 |
| Ballinderreen | 6.6 km northwest of it | 383 | 2 |
| Kilcolgan | 7.7 km north of it | 194 | 1 |
| Gort | 8.9 km south of it | 2,870 | 8 |
| Clarinbridge | 9.9 km north of it | 905 | 3 |
| Craughwell | 12 km northeast of it | 1,034 | 1 |
| Oranmore | 15 km north of it | 5,819 | 4 |
| Murrough | 18 km northwest of it | 2,909 | 28 |
Beyond Drumharsna Castle
Also close at hand are 3 castles, 2 museums and 2 abbeys or priories, among 11 within 15 km.
CastleDunguaire Castle5.6 km away2
MuseumThoor Ballylee6.4 km away3
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksKilmacduagh monastery11 km away4
CastleKiltartan Castle6.4 km away5CastleCastleIsert Kelly Castle8.5 km away6Abbey or prioryAbbey or prioryDrumacoo Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Site7.4 km away7MuseumMuseumKiltartan Gregory Museum5.2 km away8GardenGardenCoole Park Visitor Centre & Gardens5.7 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Planning a visit to Drumharsna Castle
Where is Drumharsna Castle?
Drumharsna Castle is 6.5 km east of Kinvarra, Galway.
What is Drumharsna Castle?
Castle in Galway, Ireland.
How well known is Drumharsna Castle?
Drumharsna Castle has 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #426 of the 1,783 Irish places we list.
When is the best time to visit Drumharsna Castle?
June to September are the warmest months in Kinvarra, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages).
Is Drumharsna Castle a protected monument?
Yes: national monument of Ireland.
What else is there to see near Drumharsna Castle?
Within 15 km: Dunguaire Castle (5.6 km), Thoor Ballylee (6.4 km), Kilmacduagh monastery (11 km) and Kiltartan Castle (6.4 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 (4)
- Dunguaire Castle: Boomur, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thoor Ballylee: Dr Charles Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilmacduagh monastery: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kiltartan Castle: dougf, 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).