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Horse Museum

Look for Horse Museum 800 m south of Kildare. The pick nearby is Kildare Cathedral, 1.5 km off. It is one of the places to visit in County Kildare.

Where

800 m

south of Kildare

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Museum near Kildare

Just outside Kildare

Horse Museum is 800 m south of Kildare. 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

Warm months and wet ones

Highs of 17–20°C mark June to September in Kildare.

Jan8° / 2°79 mm

Feb9° / 2°65 mm

Mar11° / 3°62 mm

Apr13° / 4°60 mm

May16° / 7°60 mm

Jun18° / 9°71 mm

Jul20° / 11°71 mm

Aug20° / 11°80 mm

Sep17° / 9°74 mm

Oct14° / 6°95 mm

Nov10° / 4°93 mm

Dec8° / 2°88 mm

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

About

Horse Museum

Type: Museum
Town: 800 m south of Kildare

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

The map

The way to Horse Museum

On this map, Horse Museum is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

Towns close to Horse Museum

The largest of the 8 towns is Newbridge, with 24,366 people. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · 800 m north of it

Kildare

10,302 people · 8 places to visit

2 · 4 km east of it

Curragh Camp

1,076 people · 11 places to visit

3 · 4.8 km southeast of it

Suncroft

491 people · 3 places to visit

4 · 5.5 km southeast of it

Cut Bush

297 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Horse Museum is	People	Places to visit
Kildare	800 m north of it	10,302	8
Curragh Camp	4 km east of it	1,076	11
Suncroft	4.8 km southeast of it	491	3
Cut Bush	5.5 km southeast of it	297	4
Nurney	6.4 km southwest of it	497	0
Milltown	7.1 km northeast of it	372	3
Newbridge	7.6 km northeast of it	24,366	5
Athgarvan	8.3 km east of it	1,193	6

Make a day of it

Places to add to Horse Museum

Add 2 cathedrals, 2 museums and a fort, all within 15 km.

CathedralKildare Cathedral1.5 km away 2

FortDún Ailinne9.2 km away 3MuseumMuseumThe Irish National Stud & Gardens100 m away 4CathedralCathedralSt Brigid’s Cathedral & Round Tower1.5 km away 5Historic houseHistoric houseHarristown House14 km away 6MuseumMuseumCurragh Military Museum4.8 km away 7Natural landscapeNatural landscapePollardstown Fen5.7 km away 8Art galleryArt galleryRiverbank Arts Centre8.3 km away

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

Visiting Horse Museum

Where is Horse Museum?

Horse Museum is 800 m south of Kildare, Kildare.

What is Horse Museum?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Horse Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Kildare, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Horse Museum?

Within 15 km: Kildare Cathedral (1.5 km), Dún Ailinne (9.2 km), The Irish National Stud & Gardens (100 m) and St Brigid’s Cathedral & Round Tower (1.5 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 (2)

Kildare Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dún Ailinne: Frankysandwich, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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).