Thoor Ballylee
The site of Thoor Ballylee, a museum, is 3.8 km northeast of Gort. A visit can take in guided tours and a shop. Within 15 km there are 11 more places to visit, starting with Dunguaire Castle (11 km).
Museum near Gort
One of the best-known places to visit in Ireland
#130 of the 1,783 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered. About ↓
Just outside Gort
Thoor Ballylee is 3.8 km northeast of Gort. 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.
Picking your season
The warmest afternoons in Gort run June to September, at 18–20°C.
Thoor Ballylee
Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 7 languages.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 7 languages
- Town
- 3.8 km northeast of Gort
- Official site
- yeatsthoorballylee.org
Hours, entry and address
Where Thoor Ballylee is
Orange: Thoor Ballylee.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. · CSO 2022 outline
Towns around Thoor Ballylee, by distance
Loughrea, with 6,322 people, is the largest of the 8. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.
Gort
Kinvarra
Ballinderreen
Kilcolgan
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Thoor Ballylee is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gort | 3.8 km southwest of it | 2,870 | 8 |
| Kinvarra | 12 km west of it | 721 | 2 |
| Ballinderreen | 13 km northwest of it | 383 | 2 |
| Kilcolgan | 14 km northwest of it | 194 | 1 |
| Craughwell | 15 km north of it | 1,034 | 1 |
| Clarinbridge | 16 km northwest of it | 905 | 3 |
| Loughrea | 17 km northeast of it | 6,322 | 4 |
| Crusheen | 20 km southwest of it | 649 | 1 |
Places to add to Thoor Ballylee
Around it, within 15 km, lie 11 more, including 5 castles, an abbey or priory and a museum.
CastleDunguaire Castle11 km away2
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksKilmacduagh monastery9.8 km away3
CastleKiltartan Castle2.6 km away4CastleCastleDrumharsna Castle6.4 km away5CastleCastleIsert Kelly Castle7.2 km away6CastleCastleLough Cutra Castle9 km away7MuseumMuseumKiltartan Gregory Museum2.7 km away8GardenGardenCoole Park Visitor Centre & Gardens4.4 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions people have about Thoor Ballylee
Where is Thoor Ballylee?
Thoor Ballylee is 3.8 km northeast of Gort, Galway.
What is Thoor Ballylee?
Museum.
How well known is Thoor Ballylee?
Thoor Ballylee has 7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #130 of the 1,783 Irish places we list.
When is the best time to visit Thoor Ballylee?
June to September are the warmest months in Gort, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Thoor Ballylee?
Within 15 km: Dunguaire Castle (11 km), Kilmacduagh monastery (9.8 km), Kiltartan Castle (2.6 km) and Drumharsna Castle (6.4 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 (4)
- Thoor Ballylee: Dr Charles Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunguaire Castle: Boomur, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilmacduagh monastery: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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).