Places to visit in Clonakilty, led by Michael Collins House
On foot in Clonakilty, 5 places to visit are within 1 km of the centre. Just outside, 3 more are mapped within 5 km of its edge. They include 3 museums, 3 attractions and an art gallery. The trip to Timoleague Abbey is 9.2 km.
The names to know in Clonakilty
Michael Collins House aside, the next best known are 2 museums, 2 attractions 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.
On the map
The map ends at Michael Collins Birthplace, 6.1 km out.
The dashed line is Clonakilty’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
Kinds of place
4 are museums or galleries; other attractions come next with 3.
Green: inside Clonakilty. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Place after place
First the 5 in town, then the 3 within 5 km of its edge.
The 5 inside Clonakilty come first, best known 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 Clonakilty → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Clonakilty →
Beyond the town
Top of the 12 day trips: Timoleague Abbey, at 9.2 km.
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksTimoleague Abbey9.2 km east
Castle · Office of Public WorksCharles Fort Military Fortress28 km east
CastleBallynacarriga Castle13 km northwest
CathedralCathedral Church of St. Fachtna11 km southwest
MuseumDesmond Castle Kinsale27 km east
Historic houseCoppinger's Court13 km southwest
CastleCastle Salem12 km west
CastleCastle Donovan28 km west
CastleMacroom Castle32 km north
CastleKilcrea Castle30 km northeast
CastleCarrigaphooca Castle33 km north
CastleDunasead Castle37 km southwestPlaces well known beyond Clonakilty (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.
Asked about places to visit in Clonakilty
What are the main attractions in Clonakilty?
The best known inside Clonakilty’s urban area are Michael Collins House, West Cork Model Railway Village, Clonakilty Blackpudding Visitor Centre and Clonakilty Distillery. In all, 5 places to visit are mapped inside the town, and 3 more within 5 km.
Does Clonakilty have a museum?
4 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Clonakilty: Michael Collins House, West Cork Model Railway Village, Spillers Lane Gallery and Michael Collins Centre.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Clonakilty?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Timoleague Abbey (Office of Public Works), 9.2 km east.
What are the best-known days out near Clonakilty?
Within 40 km: Timoleague Abbey (9.2 km), Charles Fort Military Fortress (28 km), Ballynacarriga Castle (13 km), Cathedral Church of St. Fachtna (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 (12)
- Timoleague Abbey: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Fort Military Fortress: The Speckled Bird, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ballynacarriga Castle: 456valerie, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral Church of St. Fachtna: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Desmond Castle Kinsale: ME, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Coppinger's Court: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Salem: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Donovan: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Macroom Castle: Mith, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilcrea Castle: Richard Fensome, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carrigaphooca Castle: Ceoil ( Uploads ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunasead Castle: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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).