Near Lisdoonvarna: Pol an Ionain and other places to visit
The urban area has no place on our list of its own; 5 are within 5 km of its edge. Among them are 2 museums, an attraction and a castle. Make a day of it at Doonagore Castle, 7.4 km away.
The first to see around Lisdoonvarna
Pol an Ionain aside, the next best known are 2 museums, a castle and a garden.
AttractionPol an Ionain2.9 km outside town, to the westCastleCastleBallinalacken Castle2.8 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumLisdoonvarna Spa Wells Heritage Centre100 m outside town, to the southwestGardenGardenDoreen Drennan Art Studio, Garden and Lodge1 km outside town, to the westMuseumMuseumDoolin Cave2.9 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.
The places, mapped
Most of the 5 out of town lie to the west.
The dashed line is Lisdoonvarna’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
The list by type
Between them they are 2 museums, an attraction and a castle.
Green: inside Lisdoonvarna. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Everything on the list
Here are the 5 places 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 Lisdoonvarna → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Lisdoonvarna →
Beyond Lisdoonvarna
Out of town, Doonagore Castle (7.4 km) leads 12 names to know.
CastleDoonagore Castle7.4 km west
National parkBurren National Park19 km east
AttractionAillwee Cave12 km northeast
CastleLeamaneh Castle11 km southeast
CathedralGalway Cathedral31 km northeast
MuseumGalway City Museum31 km northeast · 162K visitors a year (2011)CathedralCathedralKilfenora Cathedral and Crosses6.3 km southeast
CastleDunguaire Castle27 km northeastFortFortDun Aengus34 km westCastleCastleNewtown Castle11 km northeast
CastleGleninagh Castle13 km northeast
CathedralEnnis Cathedral29 km southeastPlaces well known beyond Lisdoonvarna (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.
Seeing Lisdoonvarna: your questions
What is there to see near Lisdoonvarna?
No attraction is mapped inside Lisdoonvarna itself. Within 5 km of it are Pol an Ionain, Ballinalacken Castle, Lisdoonvarna Spa Wells Heritage Centre and Doreen Drennan Art Studio, Garden and Lodge.
Does Lisdoonvarna have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Lisdoonvarna: Lisdoonvarna Spa Wells Heritage Centre and Doolin Cave.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Lisdoonvarna?
None is recorded within 5 km of Lisdoonvarna.
What are the best-known days out near Lisdoonvarna?
Within 40 km: Doonagore Castle (7.4 km), Burren National Park (19 km), Aillwee Cave (12 km), Leamaneh Castle (11 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 (10)
- Pol an Ionain: P.hammer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doonagore Castle: Valfex, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Burren National Park: The Banner, 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
- Galway Cathedral: Mohd Fazlin Mohd Effendy Ooi, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Galway City Museum: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunguaire Castle: Boomur, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gleninagh Castle: PDphoto.org, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ennis Cathedral: Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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).