Loughcrew Cairns
Visitors find Loughcrew Cairns, a historic house, 3.5 km southeast of Oldcastle. Facilities include guided tours. Top of the list nearby is Fore Abbey, 10 km away.
Historic house near Oldcastle
Just outside Oldcastle
Loughcrew Cairns is 3.5 km southeast of Oldcastle. 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.
Weather, month by month
Warm weather in Oldcastle runs June to September, with highs of 17–20°C.
Loughcrew Cairns
Historic house.
- Type
- Historic house
- Town
- 3.5 km southeast of Oldcastle
- Official site
- heritageireland.ie/places-to-visit/loughcrew-cairns
The practical side
Locating Loughcrew Cairns
Find Loughcrew Cairns in orange; each number is a place listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
Bases near Loughcrew Cairns
Virginia, with 3,211 people, is the largest of the 8. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.
Oldcastle
Crossakeel
Virginia
Clonmellon
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Loughcrew Cairns is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oldcastle | 3.5 km northwest of it | 1,409 | 6 |
| Crossakeel | 7 km southeast of it | 218 | 1 |
| Virginia | 10 km north of it | 3,211 | 0 |
| Clonmellon | 11 km southeast of it | 702 | 0 |
| Collinstown | 13 km southwest of it | 351 | 5 |
| Mullagh | 13 km northeast of it | 1,651 | 2 |
| Castlepollard | 14 km southwest of it | 1,349 | 7 |
| Delvin | 15 km south of it | 714 | 3 |
Around Loughcrew Cairns
A visit can take in 2 gardens, an abbey or priory and an attraction, all within 15 km.
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksFore Abbey10 km away2AttractionAttraction · Office of Public WorksLoughcrew Megalithic Tombs100 m away3GardenGardenLoughcrew Historic Gardens2.4 km away4GardenGardenThe Poppy Garden3.9 km away5Natural landscapeNatural landscapePatrickstown Viewing Point1.9 km away6MuseumMuseumSt Kilian's Heritage Centre13 km away7Historic houseHistoric houseClonabreany House4.5 km away8ChurchChurchSaint Oliver Plunkett's Church and Tower House2.4 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Loughcrew Cairns: the answers
Where is Loughcrew Cairns?
Loughcrew Cairns is 3.5 km southeast of Oldcastle, Meath.
What is Loughcrew Cairns?
Historic house.
When is the best time to visit Loughcrew Cairns?
June to September are the warmest months in Oldcastle, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Loughcrew Cairns?
Within 15 km: Fore Abbey (10 km), Loughcrew Megalithic Tombs (100 m), Loughcrew Historic Gardens (2.4 km) and The Poppy Garden (3.9 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 (1)
- Fore Abbey: JohnArmagh, Public domain, 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).