Around Glounthaune, start with Fota Wildlife Park
Visitors to Fota Wildlife Park numbered 415K in 2022. None of our places to visit is inside Glounthaune’s neighbourhood; 14 are within 5 km of its edge. The mix takes in 5 museums, 3 castles and 2 art galleries. At 9.8 km, St. Fin Barre's Cathedral is worth the journey.
Leading the list near Glounthaune
Then come 3 castles, a cathedral and a garden, behind Fota Wildlife Park.
ZooFota Wildlife Park700 m outside town, to the southeast · 415K visitors a year (2022)
CathedralSaint Colman's Cathedral4.4 km outside town, to the southeast
CastleMTU Blackrock Castle Observatory800 m outside town, to the west
CastleBelvelly Castle1.5 km outside town, to the southeast
CastleBarryscourt Castle3 km outside town, to the eastGardenGardenFota House Arboretum & Gardens900 m outside town, to the southeastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Around Glounthaune, mapped
The list reaches out to Be Framed Fine Art Gallery, 8.1 km away.
The dashed line is Glounthaune’s neighbourhood; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
What you can see
There are more museums or galleries (7) than anything else, then castles or historic places (5).
Green: inside Glounthaune. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All 14 on the list
You will find all 14 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 Glounthaune → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Glounthaune →
Trips out
Out of town, St. Fin Barre's Cathedral (9.8 km) leads 12 names to know.
CathedralSt. Fin Barre's Cathedral9.8 km west
CastleBlarney Castle and Gardens16 km west
CathedralCathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne9.4 km west
MuseumSpike Island9.6 km southeast
Castle · Office of Public WorksCharles Fort Military Fortress26 km southwest
Abbey or prioryRed Abbey9.3 km west
MuseumCork Butter Museum9.5 km west
Art galleryCrawford Art Gallery9.2 km west
FortElizabeth Fort9.7 km west
Abbey or prioryCloyne Round Tower16 km east
MuseumLewis Glucksman Gallery10 km west
CastleCarrigrohane Castle15 km westPlaces well known beyond Glounthaune (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.
Before a day out in Glounthaune
What is there to see near Glounthaune?
No attraction is mapped inside Glounthaune itself. Within 5 km of it are Fota Wildlife Park, Saint Colman's Cathedral, MTU Blackrock Castle Observatory and Belvelly Castle.
Does Glounthaune have a museum?
7 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Glounthaune: Passage West Maritime Museum CLG, Cobh Museum, Titanic Experience Cobh and Rebel City Distillery.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Glounthaune?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Charles Fort Military Fortress (Office of Public Works), 26 km southwest.
What are the best-known days out near Glounthaune?
Within 40 km: St. Fin Barre's Cathedral (9.8 km), Blarney Castle and Gardens (16 km), Cathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne (9.4 km), Spike Island (9.6 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 (17)
- Fota Wildlife Park: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Colman's Cathedral: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- MTU Blackrock Castle Observatory: Raúl Corral, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Belvelly Castle: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barryscourt Castle: The Speckled Bird, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Fin Barre's Cathedral: Flickr member Charlie cravero, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blarney Castle and Gardens: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Spike Island: Kondephy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Fort Military Fortress: The Speckled Bird, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Red Abbey: HarryLande, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cork Butter Museum: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Crawford Art Gallery: The Speckled Bird, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Fort: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cloyne Round Tower: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis Glucksman Gallery: Lewis Glucksman Gallery, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carrigrohane Castle: Garry Dickinson, 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).