Around Lehinch, Lahinch Beach leads the list
None of our places to visit is inside Lehinch’s urban area; 4 are within 5 km of its edge. The mix takes in 2 natural landscapes, a museum and an art gallery. Doonagore Castle is worth a day, 8.8 km from the centre.
The best known around Lehinch
Beyond Lahinch Beach, there are a natural landscape, a museum and an art gallery.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Map of the places
Just outside town, most of the 4 sit to the west.
The dashed line is Lehinch’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
National parks, landscapes or islands lead the count with 2; 2 are museums or galleries.
Green: inside Lehinch. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Each place in turn
The list runs to 4 places, all within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Lehinch → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Lehinch →
For a day out
Top of the 12 day trips: Doonagore Castle, at 8.8 km.
CastleDoonagore Castle8.8 km north
National parkBurren National Park24 km east
AttractionPol an Ionain12 km northCastleCastleBallinalacken Castle13 km north
AttractionAillwee Cave22 km northeast
CastleLeamaneh Castle15 km northeast
CathedralEnnis Cathedral26 km southeastFortFortDun Aengus36 km northwest
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksEnnis Friary26 km east
CastleDunguaire Castle36 km northeast
MuseumDysert O'Dea Castle & Clare Archaeology Centre18 km eastCathedralCathedralKilfenora Cathedral and Crosses10 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Lehinch (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.
Quick answers on Lehinch
What is there to see near Lehinch?
No attraction is mapped inside Lehinch itself. Within 5 km of it are Lahinch Beach, Clahane, John P. Holland Centre and The Courthouse Gallery and Studios.
Does Lehinch have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Lehinch: John P. Holland Centre and The Courthouse Gallery and Studios.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Lehinch?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Ennis Friary (Office of Public Works), 26 km east.
What are the best-known days out near Lehinch?
Within 40 km: Doonagore Castle (8.8 km), Burren National Park (24 km), Pol an Ionain (12 km), Ballinalacken Castle (13 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)
- Doonagore Castle: Valfex, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Burren National Park: The Banner, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pol an Ionain: P.hammer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aillwee Cave: MarvinVells, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leamaneh Castle: Steve Ford Elliott, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ennis Cathedral: Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ennis Friary: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunguaire Castle: Boomur, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dysert O'Dea Castle & Clare Archaeology Centre: Odea at English Wikipedia, 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).