Museum · Dundalk · Louth

Railway Museum

Railway Museum stands in Dundalk. Within 5 km there are 4 more places to visit. First among the places near it is County Museum Dundalk, at 1.1 km.

Where

In Dundalk

inside the urban area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Museum in Dundalk

Inside Dundalk

Railway Museum is inside Dundalk’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

Weather through the year

Highs of 18–20°C mark June to September in Dundalk.

Jan8° / 3°79 mm

Feb9° / 3°64 mm

Mar11° / 3°61 mm

Apr13° / 5°56 mm

May16° / 7°57 mm

Jun18° / 10°63 mm

Jul20° / 12°70 mm

Aug20° / 12°75 mm

Sep18° / 10°68 mm

Oct14° / 7°84 mm

Nov11° / 5°90 mm

Dec9° / 3°84 mm

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

About

Railway Museum

In Dundalk, inside the town’s urban area.

Type: Museum
Town: in Dundalk

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

Plan your visit

The essentials

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Address and hours: Fáilte Ireland’s open data and OpenStreetMap contributors. Hours change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Numbered points are the places near Railway Museum, which is in orange.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

With 43,112 people, Dundalk is the largest of the 8. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · It’s in town

Dundalk

43,112 people · 12 places to visit

2 · 5.9 km southwest of it

Knockbridge

759 people · 1 place to visit

3 · 8.3 km east of it

Jenkinstown

416 people

4 · 8.5 km south of it

Dromiskin

1,292 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Railway Museum is	People	Places to visit
Dundalk	It’s in town	43,112	12
Knockbridge	5.9 km southwest of it	759	1
Jenkinstown	8.3 km east of it	416	0
Dromiskin	8.5 km south of it	1,292	5
Rampark	9.9 km east of it	465	0
Louth	10 km southwest of it	717	1
Inniskeen	11 km west of it	405	2
Castlebellingham-Kilsaran	12 km south of it	1,232	1

Make a day of it

After Railway Museum

Around it, within 15 km, lie 3 museums, a castle and an art gallery, among others.

MuseumCounty Museum Dundalk1.1 km away 2

CastleCastle Roche7 km away 3Art galleryArt galleryAn Táin Arts Centre900 m away 4MuseumMuseumPatrick Kavanagh Centre11 km away 5ChurchChurchSt Joseph's Redemptorist Church1.5 km away 6

Abbey or prioryDromiskin Monastery8.9 km away 7MuseumMuseumStephenstown Pond Nature Park & The Dairy Maid Coffee Shop5.3 km away 8Natural landscapeNatural landscapeBlackrock Wetlands5.6 km away

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

Railway Museum: what to know

Where is Railway Museum?

Railway Museum is in Dundalk, Louth, inside the town’s urban area.

What is Railway Museum?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Railway Museum?

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

What else is there to see near Railway Museum?

Within 15 km: County Museum Dundalk (1.1 km), Castle Roche (7 km), An Táin Arts Centre (900 m) and Patrick Kavanagh Centre (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 (3)

County Museum Dundalk: GilPe, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Castle Roche: Hazazzy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dromiskin Monastery: Kieran Campbell, 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).