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Carrigafoyle Castle
Attractions in Kilkee

The one place to visit in Kilkee is Waterworld

A day out from Kilkee leads to Carrigafoyle Castle, 16 km away. The urban area itself has one place on our list; another is within 5 km of its edge. Among them are a water park and a visitor farm.

Photo: Carrigafoyle Castle, Arcaist (CC BY-SA 3.0)
In Kilkee
1
inside the urban area
Within 5 km
1
of the town’s edge
Best known

Top of the list in Kilkee

Once you have seen Waterworld, try a visitor farm.

Water parkWater parkWaterworldin townVisitor farmVisitor farmThe Flying Alpaca3.6 km outside town, to the southeast

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

The layout

At the edge of the map sits The Flying Alpaca, 5.7 km out.

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

By kind

The list by type

Both are zoos, theme parks or other days out.

Zoos, theme parks & days out 1 water park · 1 visitor farm1 in town · 1 nearby

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

Every place

Place after place

First the one in town, then another within 5 km of its edge.

The one inside Kilkee comes first, then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.

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

Big names nearby

Days out

Head 16 km out for Carrigafoyle Castle, the best known of 9.

Castle · Office of Public WorksCarrigafoyle Castle16 km southeastCastle · Office of Public WorksListowel Castle28 km southCastleCarrigaholt Bay9.6 km southwestCastleDoonagore Castle40 km northeastCastleGlin Castle26 km southeastAbbey or prioryLislaughtin Abbey18 km southeastHistoric houseTarbert House22 km southeastCastleBallyheigue Castle35 km southwestAbbey or prioryArdfert Abbey Friary40 km south

Places well known beyond Kilkee (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.

Questions before you go to Kilkee

What are the main attractions in Kilkee?

The place to visit inside Kilkee’s urban area is Waterworld. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town, and 1 more within 5 km.

Does Kilkee have a museum?

No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Kilkee.

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

None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Carrigafoyle Castle (Office of Public Works), 16 km southeast.

What are the best-known days out near Kilkee?

Within 40 km: Carrigafoyle Castle (16 km), Listowel Castle (28 km), Carrigaholt Bay (9.6 km), Doonagore Castle (40 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 (9)

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).