Dunguaire Castle
Dunguaire Castle is a tower house in County Galway. You will find it inside Kinvarra’s urban area. Within 15 km there are 11 more places to visit, starting with Kilmacduagh monastery (11 km).
Castle in Kinvarra
One of the best-known places to visit in Ireland
#82 of the 1,783 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered. About ↓
Inside Kinvarra
Dunguaire Castle is inside Kinvarra’s urban area, with 1 more place 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.
Month by month
The warmest afternoons in Kinvarra run June to September, at 18–19°C.
Dunguaire Castle
Its Wikipedia coverage spans 12 languages. It counts among the sights of County Galway.
- Type
- Castle
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 12 languages
- Town
- in Kinvarra
Opening times and entry
Finding Dunguaire Castle
Dunguaire Castle is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Kinvarra’s urban area. · CSO 2022 outline
Towns near Dunguaire Castle
Home to 5,819 people, Oranmore is the largest of these 8. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.
Kinvarra
Ballinderreen
Kilcolgan
Clarinbridge
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Dunguaire Castle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinvarra | It’s in town | 721 | 2 |
| Ballinderreen | 4.6 km north of it | 383 | 2 |
| Kilcolgan | 8.5 km northeast of it | 194 | 1 |
| Clarinbridge | 10 km north of it | 905 | 3 |
| Gort | 11 km southeast of it | 2,870 | 8 |
| Oranmore | 14 km north of it | 5,819 | 4 |
| Ballyvaughan | 15 km west of it | 361 | 7 |
| Murrough | 15 km north of it | 2,909 | 28 |
Combine it with these
Within 15 km are 11 places, among them 3 abbeys or priories, 2 castles and a museum.
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksKilmacduagh monastery11 km away2
Abbey or prioryCorcomroe Cistercian Abbey8.7 km away3
MuseumThoor Ballylee11 km away4CastleCastleDrumharsna Castle5.6 km away5Abbey or prioryAbbey or prioryDrumacoo Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Site6.4 km away6
CastleKiltartan Castle9.8 km away7Visitor farmVisitor farmBurren Nature Sanctuary1.4 km away8GardenGardenCoole Park Visitor Centre & Gardens8.1 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions before you go
Where is Dunguaire Castle?
Dunguaire Castle is in Kinvarra, Galway, inside the town’s urban area.
What is Dunguaire Castle?
Tower house in County Galway, Ireland.
How well known is Dunguaire Castle?
Dunguaire Castle has 12 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #82 of the 1,783 Irish places we list.
When is the best time to visit Dunguaire Castle?
June to September are the warmest months in Kinvarra, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Dunguaire Castle?
Within 15 km: Kilmacduagh monastery (11 km), Corcomroe Cistercian Abbey (8.7 km), Thoor Ballylee (11 km) and Drumharsna Castle (5.6 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)
- Dunguaire Castle: Boomur, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilmacduagh monastery: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Corcomroe Cistercian Abbey: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thoor Ballylee: Dr Charles Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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).