The Irish Workhouse Centre
This is The Irish Workhouse Centre, a museum in Portumna. Around it, within 5 km, are 4 more places on our list. The site offers guided tours and a shop.
Museum in Portumna
Inside Portumna
The Irish Workhouse Centre is inside Portumna’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.
The weather, month by month
June to September are the warmest in Portumna, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C.
The Irish Workhouse Centre
Close by, Portumna Castle and Gardens is 1.4 km away.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Portumna
- Official site
- irishworkhousecentre.ie
Hours, entry and address
The map
The places near The Irish Workhouse Centre are numbered on the map in the order below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Portumna’s urban area. · CSO 2022 outline
Towns around The Irish Workhouse Centre, by distance
Banagher is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (1,907 people). Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.
Portumna
Killimor
Eyrecourt
Woodford
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where The Irish Workhouse Centre is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portumna | It’s in town | 1,690 | 7 |
| Killimor | 9 km northwest of it | 317 | 0 |
| Eyrecourt | 13 km northeast of it | 254 | 1 |
| Woodford | 13 km west of it | 242 | 0 |
| Borrisokane | 13 km southeast of it | 1,117 | 0 |
| Puckaun | 19 km south of it | 245 | 0 |
| Banagher | 19 km northeast of it | 1,907 | 3 |
| Whitegate | 20 km southwest of it | 181 | 1 |
Other places close by
A visit can add 6 castles and 2 abbeys or priories, from 11 places within 15 km.
Castle · Office of Public WorksPortumna Castle and Gardens1.4 km away2
CastleRedwood Castle8.7 km away3CastleCastleTerryglass Castle4.5 km away4Abbey or prioryAbbey or prioryPortumna Friary1.5 km away5CastleCastleDerryhiveny Castle3.8 km away6
CastleLackeen Castle Lorrha10 km away7Abbey or prioryAbbey or prioryDominican Abbey Lorrha6.6 km away8CastleCastleEyrecourt Castle13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
The Irish Workhouse Centre, answered
Where is The Irish Workhouse Centre?
The Irish Workhouse Centre is in Portumna, Galway, inside the town’s urban area.
What is The Irish Workhouse Centre?
Museum.
When is the best time to visit The Irish Workhouse Centre?
June to September are the warmest months in Portumna, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near The Irish Workhouse Centre?
Within 15 km: Portumna Castle and Gardens (1.4 km), Redwood Castle (8.7 km), Terryglass Castle (4.5 km) and Portumna Friary (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 (3)
- Portumna Castle and Gardens: Bogman, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Redwood Castle: Steve Ford Elliott, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lackeen Castle Lorrha: Mike Searle, 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).