Around Kernanstown, Carlow Castle leads the list
Kernanstown and its surroundings hold 4 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle. Our list finds nothing inside Kernanstown’s urban area, but 10 places within 5 km of its edge. Further afield, Ballyloughan Castle is 7 km from the centre.
Leading the list near Kernanstown
Then come 2 cathedrals, 2 museums and an art gallery, behind Carlow Castle.
CastleCarlow Castle4 km outside town, to the west
CathedralCathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary3.5 km outside town, to the west
MuseumCounty Carlow Military Museum3.9 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumCarlow County Museum3.5 km outside town, to the westArt galleryArt galleryVISUAL3.6 km outside town, to the westCathedralCathedralCarlow Cathedral3.5 km outside town, to the westEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Around Kernanstown, mapped
Most of the 10 close by lie to the west.
The dashed line is Kernanstown’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
What sort of places
5 museums or galleries and 4 castles or historic places top the count.
Green: inside Kernanstown. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Each place in turn
10 places, all within 5 km of its edge, make the list.
Close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Kernanstown → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Kernanstown →
Trips out
Allow a day for Ballyloughan Castle, 7 km away, the pick of 12.
CastleBallyloughan Castle7 km east
CastleBallymoon Castle14 km south
CastleKilkenny Castle32 km southwest
National parkWicklow Mountains National Park39 km northeast
CathedralSaint Marys Cathedral32 km southwest
MuseumDunmore Cave27 km southwest
CastleShankill Castle and Gardens18 km southwest
CastleHuntington Castle and Gardens21 km southeast
Abbey or prioryCastledermot Round Tower & High Cross & St. David's Graveyard9.8 km north
FortRathgall Hillfort15 km east
CathedralSt Canice's Cathedral and Round Tower32 km southwest
CathedralSt Laserian's Cathedral14 km southwestPlaces well known beyond Kernanstown (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Office of Public Works or National Parks and Wildlife Service property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Your questions on Kernanstown
What is there to see near Kernanstown?
No attraction is mapped inside Kernanstown itself. Within 5 km of it are Carlow Castle, Cathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, County Carlow Military Museum and Carlow County Museum.
Does Kernanstown have a museum?
5 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Kernanstown: County Carlow Military Museum, Carlow County Museum, VISUAL and St. Patrick's Trail - Driving Route.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Kernanstown?
None is recorded within 5 km of Kernanstown.
What are the best-known days out near Kernanstown?
Within 40 km: Ballyloughan Castle (7 km), Ballymoon Castle (14 km), Kilkenny Castle (32 km), Wicklow Mountains National Park (39 km).
How is this list made?
From Fáilte Ireland’s open data on attractions (museums, castles, historic houses, abbeys, gardens, national parks, landscapes, islands, zoos and visitor farms: restaurants, pubs, shops and tour operators are left out), OpenStreetMap (places open to visitors; a ruined castle on farmland needs a sign it can be visited) and Wikidata (what each place is, who looks after it, its Wikipedia articles), merged into one list and placed in the town’s CSO 2022 outline or within 5 km of its edge.
Places to visit: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in each town’s CSO 2022 outline. Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (16)
- Carlow Castle: Age Bosma, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary: Joe Byrne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- County Carlow Military Museum: TheRealDug, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carlow County Museum: Smirkybec, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ballyloughan Castle: VisionsofthePast, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ballymoon Castle: Poleary91, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilkenny Castle: Tolivero~commonswiki, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wicklow Mountains National Park: Joe King, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Marys Cathedral: Stevage, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunmore Cave: Jan-Philipp Litza, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shankill Castle and Gardens: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Huntington Castle and Gardens: Liam Hughes from Milwaukee, WI, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castledermot Round Tower & High Cross & St. David's Graveyard: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rathgall Hillfort: Simon Dowling, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Canice's Cathedral and Round Tower: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Laserian's Cathedral: 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).