First pick
Edwin Carolan Community Park
Park or garden
6.0 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
0.7 km south-eastfrom the centre
Mullagh Biodiversity WalkwayCLG Cuchulainn running track
Directionsto a point inside
78%near a park
Outdoors in Mullagh · parks, paths & countryside
78% of Mullagh’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
4 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 0.4 for every square kilometre. There are 4.7 ha of parks and playing fields for every 1,000 people in Mullagh, against 4.1 in the typical Irish town. 1.7% of the land within 5 km is protected for nature, the nearest site being Killyconny Bog (Cloghbally) SAC.
Near a park
78%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
4.7 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
4 km
0.4 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Protected for nature
1.7%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Killyconny Bog (Cloghbally) SAC
Woodland
5.3%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Mullagh?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Hills close byMullagh Hill, 201 m, is within 2 km.Few mapped footpaths0.4 km of path per km²; the typical Irish town has 2.1.
Mullagh’s strongest suit is the hills close by. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Against other towns
How Mullagh compares with Irish towns
Each figure against Ireland’s 321 towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (city hubs left out): the marked bar is the town’s, the line the median. Ireland has no Outdoors Grade yet: the figures are described, each against other Irish towns, and none of them counts towards the overall grade.
A park within a walk78%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
31out of 100
Public green space4.7 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
57out of 100
Footpaths0.4 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
9out of 100
Protected for nature1.7%of the land within 5 km
49out of 100
Woodland5.3%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
78out of 100
Parks, paths and woods: OpenStreetMap; residents: CSO Census 2022 Small Areas; protected sites: NPWS; sea: CSO and ONS land outlines. A 0 means nothing is mapped.
Towns its size
Mullagh has the 14th fewest footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (1,651 to 3,141 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Ballybrack (8.6 km per km²) to Sixmilebridge (0 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Mullagh0.4
Towns its size0.7
Co. Cavan towns0.6
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Mullagh4.7
Towns its size4.1
Co. Cavan towns2.2
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Mullagh78%
Towns its size83%
Co. Cavan towns80%
Typical Irish town92%
Against towns its size, Mullagh stands out most for park space per resident: only 16 of the other 39 have more. It falls furthest behind on path per km², where 26 of the others do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | The sea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballybrack Dublin | 8.6 | 8% | 0.2% | 36% |
| 2 | Sunday's Well Cork | 7.3 | 2.7% | 0.4% | – |
| 3 | Blackpool Cork | 6.6 | 3% | 1.4% | – |
| 4 | Carna Dublin | 5.4 | 1.7% | 0% | – |
| 5 | Taylor's Hill Galway | 5.1 | 1.2% | 15% | 37% |
| 6 | Togher Cork | 5 | 1.5% | 0.5% | – |
| 7 | Decies Dublin | 4.8 | 7.2% | 0% | – |
| 8 | Mayfield Cork | 4.7 | 5.3% | 3.3% | – |
| 9 | Kylemore Dublin | 4 | 3% | 0% | – |
| 10 | Edenmore Dublin | 2.8 | 3.6% | 5.9% | 24% |
| 11 | Ballynanty Limerick | 2.5 | 5.7% | 12% | – |
| 12 | Claddagh Galway | 2.4 | 0.2% | 17% | 46% |
| 13 | Murrough Galway | 2.3 | 5.1% | 10% | 26% |
| 14 | Grange Upper Waterford | 1.4 | 1.5% | 6.6% | – |
| 15 | Blarney Cork | 1.4 | 14% | 0% | – |
| 16 | Kilbarry Waterford | 1.3 | 1.6% | 5.1% | – |
| 17 | Bantry Cork | 1 | 4.4% | 0% | 18% |
| 18 | Ballina Tipperary | 0.9 | 1.8% | 4.7% | – |
| 19 | Moate Westmeath | 0.7 | 2.4% | 2.4% | – |
| 20 | Callan Kilkenny | 0.7 | 0.1% | 2.3% | – |
| 21 | Kingscourt Cavan | 0.7 | 12% | 0% | – |
| 22 | Kenmare Kerry | 0.6 | 7.2% | 6.5% | 6.4% |
| 23 | Athboy Meath | 0.6 | 1.1% | 1.5% | – |
| 24 | Bundoran Donegal | 0.5 | 2% | 5.1% | 35% |
| 25 | Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) Carlow | 0.5 | 3.9% | 2.9% | – |
| 26 | Skibbereen Cork | 0.5 | 1.7% | 1.6% | – |
| 27 | Mullagh Cavan | 0.4 | 5.3% | 1.7% | – |
| 28 | Kinnegad Westmeath | 0.3 | 4.5% | 4.5% | – |
| 29 | Donegal Donegal | 0.3 | 4% | 4.1% | 12% |
| 30 | Boyle Roscommon | 0.3 | 3.2% | 0% | – |
| 31 | Bailieborough Cavan | 0.3 | 10% | 0% | – |
| 32 | Castleisland Kerry | 0.3 | 1.7% | 12% | – |
| 33 | Kanturk Cork | 0.3 | 0% | 5.1% | – |
| 34 | Baltinglass Wicklow | 0.2 | 4.9% | 0.5% | – |
| 35 | Ballyhaunis Mayo | 0.2 | 2.8% | 3.4% | – |
| 36 | Kilrush Clare | 0.2 | 9.8% | 37% | – |
| 37 | Ballyjamesduff Cavan | 0.2 | 7.6% | 0% | – |
| 38 | Gort Galway | 0.2 | 4.3% | 24% | – |
| 39 | Carndonagh Donegal | 0.1 | 4.9% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| 40 | Sixmilebridge Clare | 0 | 0.7% | 2% | – |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Mullagh’s urban area.
Green: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces and woods, named or not.© OpenStreetMap contributors · NPWS · Sport Ireland · CSO
Places to walk
Parks to walk in, in and around Mullagh
The biggest is Edwin Carolan Community Park, 6.0 ha (15 acres).
All 4 named parks and woods by size: 9 ha (22 acres) and 2 km of path
Parks & gardens 6.8 haWoods 2.0 ha
The two biggest, Edwin Carolan Community Park and Glebe Forest, are 91% of the named green space.
Fairgreen Park
Park or garden
0.5 ha0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Mullagh
Directionsto a point inside
Glebe Forest
Wood or forest · 350 m outside town
2.0 ha
1.6 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Named parks, gardens, commons and woods in the town or within 400 m of it, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); pieces of one name that touch are one place. Sizes are the whole site; directions go to a point inside.
Close to home
How close Mullagh’s homes are to a park
Each square is 1 in 100 residents: green lives within 400 m of a public park, garden or playing field (CSO Census 2022 Small Areas against OpenStreetMap).
Within 400 m (78%)Further (22%)
Mullagh78%
Co. Cavan towns80%
Typical Irish town92%
About 400 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Protected areas
Protected sites cover 1.7% of the land within 5 km of Mullagh
Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas and Natural Heritage Areas designated by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, within 5 km of the town’s edge.
Inside Mullagh0%
Within 5 km1.7%
Co. Cavan towns0%
Typical Irish town1.8%
One protected site lies within 5 km of Mullagh. Proposed Natural Heritage Areas cover 1.7% of the land within 5 km as well; many have been proposed since 1995 and aren’t counted here. Ireland’s National Parks have a block of their own on this page; much of their land also lies inside these sites.
Killyconny Bog (Cloghbally) SACSpecial Area of Conservation · 1.9 km² · 1.2 km from the edge
NPWS pageProtected sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service designated site boundaries (CC BY 4.0), 2026; land within 5 km from CSO Small Areas and, over the border, ONS. Overlapping sites are counted once.
National Parks
Wicklow Mountains National Park is 73 km away
Ireland’s National Parks within 100 km, and the nearest always, by direction and distance from the town’s edge; circle size shows each park’s area.
National ParkThe 5 km around the town
National Park
Wicklow Mountains National Park
73 km south-east223 km²
National Park boundaries: National Parks and Wildlife Service, generalised to 50 m (CC BY 4.0, © Government of Ireland), 2022. Distances from the town’s outline (CSO Small Areas).
Footpaths and woods
4 km of footpaths cross Mullagh
Footways that aren’t pavements, paths, bridleways, steps and tracks open on foot, and mapped woods and forest, in the town and 1 km around it, each beside the county’s and Ireland’s typical town of 2,500+.
Footpaths
4.1 km
over 11.1 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
5.3%
about 0.6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
MullaghCo. Cavan townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths0.4
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
MullaghCo. Cavan townsTypical Irish town
Woodland5.3%
0%50%100%
Mullagh has less footpath per km² than 91% of Irish towns and more woodland than 78% of Irish towns.
Footpaths and woods: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Woods are mapped cover, private and Coillte forests included.
Footpaths & trails
Footpaths in and around Mullagh
4 km of footpaths are mapped in Mullagh and the kilometre around it, 0.4 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
No waymarked trail starts within 5 km of Mullagh; its footpaths are counted above.
Trails: Sport Ireland National Trails Register (CC BY 4.0), registered trails within 5 km; footpaths: OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Coillte’s own forest trails and recreation sites aren’t included: Coillte’s terms limit its data to research or private study. Its trails on the National Trails Register are listed.
When to get out
The best walking months in Mullagh: May to September
Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages for the town’s 1 km square and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 15 to 30 °C and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 92 | 78 | 72 | 68 | 65 | 76 | 83 | 90 | 77 | 101 | 101 | 101 |
May is the driest month (65 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.4 hours of daylight in December, and 101 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. The climate in Mullagh →
Things to do
1 viewpoint and 5 hills and peaks
Mapped on OpenStreetMap in the town and 2 km around it; each count per resident beside Irish towns’ typical town of 2,500+. Beaches are on the coast’s list, from the EPA.
The highest named top on the map is Rose Hill, at 151 m, 0.3 km from town.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 5
Rose Hill151 m · 0.3 km from town
DirectionsRantavan161 m · 0.5 km from town
DirectionsMullagh Hill201 m · 0.7 km from town
DirectionsKilleter Hill152 m · 1.6 km from town
DirectionsCloghbally Lower164 m · 1.9 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 1
Mullagh Communtiy Playgroundin town
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Unnamed places are counted, not listed.
Next door
Next to Mullagh
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
VirginiaKellsBailieboroughKingscourtOldcastleBallyjamesduffMullagh
Under 1%1–10%10–25%25–50%50%+
| Town | Near a park | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Paths (km/km²) | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mullagh | 78% | 4.7 | 0.4 | 1.7% |
| Virginia 9.4 km | 80% | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.2% |
| Kells 10 km | 100% | 2.6 | 1.3 | 1.1% |
| Bailieborough 11 km | 55% | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0% |
| Kingscourt 13 km | 65% | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0% |
| Oldcastle 15 km | 100% | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0% |
| Ballyjamesduff 18 km | 91% | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0% |
In Kells, 100% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park, more than here.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Green space nearby. The share of residents (CSO Small Areas, by where people live) within 400 m of a park, garden, common or playing field mapped on OpenStreetMap. Mapping is uneven: a town whose parks nobody has mapped looks greyer than it is.
- Protected areas. Land in a Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area or Natural Heritage Area within 5 km, overlaps counted once. Protected for nature doesn’t always mean open to walkers.
- Footpaths and hiking routes. Footways that aren’t pavements, paths, bridleways, steps and tracks open on foot, in the town and 1 km around it, from OpenStreetMap. Trails are the registered ones within 5 km; a trail often follows mapped paths, so the two aren’t added.
- Woodland. Woods and forest as OpenStreetMap maps them, private and Coillte forests included: mapped cover, not access.
- No grade yet. Ireland’s grades don’t include the outdoors yet: these figures describe the town and stand beside the median Irish town.
Questions about the outdoors in Mullagh
What is the biggest park in Mullagh?
Edwin Carolan Community Park, 6.0 ha (15 acres). Fairgreen Park (0.5 ha) is second. 3 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is there protected countryside near Mullagh?
Yes: 1.7% of the land within 5 km is protected, in one site. The nearest is Killyconny Bog (Cloghbally) SAC, 1.2 km from the edge of town.
How many people in Mullagh live near a park?
78% of residents live within 400 m, about a 5-minute walk, of a park or playing field; in the typical Irish town it is 92%.
When is the best time of year for walking in Mullagh?
On the town’s 1991–2020 averages and its daylight: May to September, when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light for the place.
Is Mullagh near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Wicklow Mountains National Park, 73 km south-east of the town’s edge; it covers about 223 km².
What is there to do outdoors around Mullagh?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 1 viewpoint, 5 hills and peaks and 1 picnic site; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Sources
Where Mullagh’s outdoors figures come from
- Parks, woods and paths. OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL): parks, woods and footpaths, Geofabrik extract, October 2026
- Protected sites. National Parks and Wildlife Service: designated sites (SAC, SPA, NHA), 2026
- Trails. Sport Ireland: National Trails Register, 2026
- Residents. CSO: Census 2022 Small Areas (residents)
- National Parks. National Parks and Wildlife Service: National Park boundaries, generalised to 50 m (CC BY 4.0), 2022
- Things to do. OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL): viewpoints, hills, waterfalls, nature reserves, picnic sites, playgrounds, campsites and waymarked walks, Geofabrik extract, October 2026
- Weather. Met Éireann: 1991–2020 averages (Copyright Met Éireann)
Protected sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service (CC BY 4.0). Trails: Sport Ireland National Trails Register (CC BY 4.0). Bathing water: EPA (CC BY 4.0). Parks, woods and paths: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Not on this page yet: Coillte’s forest trails (its terms) and bike routes.
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).