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Bunratty Castle
Attractions in Cratloe

Near Cratloe: Bunratty Castle and other places to visit

What there is to see lies just outside: 5 places within 5 km of its edge. They include 2 castles, 2 theme parks and a museum. Day-trippers head 10 km out to King John's Castle.

Photo: Bunratty Castle, Jon Sullivan (Public domain)
In Cratloe
0
inside the urban area
Within 5 km
5
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
1
in or near town
Castles & historic places
2
in or near town
Best known

Top of the list around Cratloe

Close behind Bunratty Castle are 2 theme parks, a castle and a museum.

CastleBunratty Castle2.4 km outside town, to the westCastleCarrigogunnell Castle4.6 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumBunratty Castle & Folk Park2.5 km outside town, to the westTheme parkTheme parkWoodcock Hill Airsoft & Adventure Centre1.9 km outside town, to the eastTheme parkTheme parkShooting Range1.9 km outside town, to the east

Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.

The map

Plotted on the map

The farthest of them, Carrigogunnell Castle, is 6.2 km out.

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The dashed line is Cratloe’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline

By kind

Kind by kind

2 castles or historic places and 2 zoos, theme parks or other days out top the count.

Museums & galleries 1 museum0 in town · 1 nearby
Castles & historic places 2 castles0 in town · 2 nearby
Zoos, theme parks & days out 2 theme parks0 in town · 2 nearby

Green: inside Cratloe. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

Every place

Place by place

These 5 are within 5 km of its edge, none in town.

Close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.

Monuments and historic buildings in Cratloe → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Cratloe →

Big names nearby

Within a day

First of the 12 big names within reach is King John's Castle, 10 km away.

MuseumMuseumKing John's Castle10 km eastCathedralSt John's Cathedral11 km southeastCathedralSaint Mary's Cathedral10 km eastMuseumThe Hunt Museum10 km southeastCastleKnappogue Castle11 km northwestNational parkBurren National Park38 km northwestCathedralEnnis Cathedral22 km northwestMuseumCraggaunowen13 km northArt galleryLimerick City Gallery of Art10 km southeastAbbey or priory · Office of Public WorksEnnis Friary22 km northwestCastleBallymarkahan Castle12 km northwestCastle · Office of Public WorksDesmond Castle Adare15 km south

Places well known beyond Cratloe (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.

Cratloe: questions and answers

What is there to see near Cratloe?

No attraction is mapped inside Cratloe itself. Within 5 km of it are Bunratty Castle, Carrigogunnell Castle, Bunratty Castle & Folk Park and Woodcock Hill Airsoft & Adventure Centre.

Does Cratloe have a museum?

1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Cratloe: Bunratty Castle & Folk Park.

Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Cratloe?

None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Ennis Friary (Office of Public Works), 22 km northwest.

What are the best-known days out near Cratloe?

Within 40 km: King John's Castle (10 km), St John's Cathedral (11 km), Saint Mary's Cathedral (10 km), The Hunt Museum (10 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 (13)

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).