First pick
Clashduv Park
Park or garden · 300 m outside town
5.3 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
1.5 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Hywel Williams · CC BY-SA 2.069%near a park
Outdoors in Inishkenny · parks, paths & countryside
4 waymarked trails start within 5 km of Inishkenny
A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 69% of residents. 31 km of footpaths run through the neighbourhood and the kilometre around it, 1.1 for every square kilometre. There are 4.1 ha of parks and playing fields for every 1,000 people in Inishkenny, against 4.1 in the typical Irish town.
Near a park
69%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
4.1 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
31 km
1.1 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Protected for nature
0.2%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Cork Harbour SPA
Woodland
4.2%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Character
What kind of outdoors neighbourhood is Inishkenny?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Hills with a view3 mapped viewpoints, about 15× as many per resident as the typical Irish town.Parks can be a walk away31% of residents live more than 400 m from a park or playing field.
Inishkenny’s strongest suit is its views. Where it falls short is how far some homes are from a park.
Against other towns
How Inishkenny compares with Irish towns
Each figure against Ireland’s 321 towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (city hubs left out): the marked bar is the town’s, the line the median. Ireland has no Outdoors Grade yet: the figures are described, each against other Irish towns, and none of them counts towards the overall grade.
A park within a walk69%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
19out of 100
Public green space4.1 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
51out of 100
Footpaths1.1 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
31out of 100
Protected for nature0.2%of the land within 5 km
29out of 100
Woodland4.2%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
69out of 100
Parks, paths and woods: OpenStreetMap; residents: CSO Census 2022 Small Areas; protected sites: NPWS; sea: CSO and ONS land outlines. A 0 means nothing is mapped.
Towns its size
Inishkenny has the 14th fewest footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (4,948 to 6,216 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From St Stephen's Green (7.4 km per km²) to Clonakilty (0.3 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Inishkenny1.1
Towns its size1.8
Co. Cork towns1.8
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Inishkenny4.1
Towns its size4.4
Co. Cork towns4.3
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Inishkenny69%
Towns its size89%
Co. Cork towns90%
Typical Irish town92%
Inishkenny falls furthest behind on path per km², where 26 of the 39 others do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | The sea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St Stephen's Green Dublin | 7.4 | 0.9% | 0.3% | 11% |
| 2 | Portobello Dublin | 7.2 | 1.2% | 0.1% | 8.8% |
| 3 | Gillabbey Cork | 7.1 | 2.6% | 0.5% | – |
| 4 | Glasheen Cork | 6.4 | 2.3% | 0.5% | – |
| 5 | Ballyboden Dublin | 5.9 | 4.3% | 0.5% | – |
| 6 | The Glen Cork | 5.7 | 4% | 1.8% | – |
| 7 | Edmondstown Dublin | 5.1 | 7.5% | 4.5% | – |
| 8 | Ballinlough Cork | 4.9 | 3.2% | 3.8% | – |
| 9 | Rathgar Dublin | 4.8 | 3.5% | 0.1% | – |
| 10 | Knocknaheeny Cork | 4.7 | 2.4% | 0.2% | – |
| 11 | Knockrea Cork | 4.7 | 3.1% | 3.7% | – |
| 12 | Woodquay and Nuns Island Galway | 4.5 | 0.7% | 14% | 32% |
| 13 | Inchicore Dublin | 4.5 | 3.9% | 0% | – |
| 14 | Ayrfield Dublin | 3.8 | 1.8% | 5.3% | 19% |
| 15 | Garryowen Limerick | 3.4 | 0.5% | 9.6% | – |
| 16 | Salthill Galway | 3.3 | 1% | 15% | 46% |
| 17 | Harmonstown Dublin | 3.2 | 3.8% | 5.3% | 23% |
| 18 | Galvone Limerick | 2.9 | 0.7% | 8.3% | – |
| 19 | Sutton Dublin | 2.5 | 0.7% | 12% | 48% |
| 20 | Lisduggan Waterford | 1.8 | 0% | 5.8% | – |
| 21 | Carrigtwohill Cork | 1.8 | 5.1% | 12% | – |
| 22 | Ballinfoile and Terryland Galway | 1.7 | 2.1% | 22% | 13% |
| 23 | Rathcoole Dublin | 1.6 | 2.4% | 0% | – |
| 24 | Blessington Wicklow | 1.4 | 10% | 1.9% | – |
| 25 | Glounthaune Cork | 1.2 | 8% | 6.1% | – |
| 26 | Passage West-Monkstown Cork | 1.2 | 3.5% | 10% | 12% |
| 27 | Inishkenny Cork | 1.1 | 4.2% | 0.2% | – |
| 28 | Ballybeg Waterford | 1 | 1.2% | 4.1% | – |
| 29 | Ardee Louth | 0.9 | 0.7% | 0.8% | – |
| 30 | Kinsale Cork | 0.9 | 1.3% | 0% | 21% |
| 31 | Ferrybank Kilkenny | 0.8 | 4.1% | 6.6% | – |
| 32 | Monasterevin Kildare | 0.6 | 16% | 2% | – |
| 33 | Carrick-on-Suir Tipperary | 0.5 | 9.9% | 4% | – |
| 34 | Ballybofey-Stranorlar Donegal | 0.4 | 7.7% | 2.3% | – |
| 35 | Carrickmacross Monaghan | 0.3 | 5.5% | 0% | – |
| 36 | Tipperary Tipperary | 0.3 | 0.7% | 0.8% | – |
| 37 | Tullow Carlow | 0.3 | 0.4% | 1.7% | – |
| 38 | Roscrea Tipperary | 0.3 | 3.4% | 7.9% | – |
| 39 | Oranmore Galway | 0.3 | 2% | 5.2% | 13% |
| 40 | Clonakilty Cork | 0.3 | 1.8% | 3.3% | 7.1% |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Inishkenny’s neighbourhood.
Green: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces and woods, named or not.© OpenStreetMap contributors · NPWS · Sport Ireland · CSO
Places to walk
Parks to walk in, in and around Inishkenny
The biggest is Clashduv Park, 5.3 ha (13 acres).
Bishopscourt Green
Park or garden · 360 m outside town
0.6 ha0.2 km of path
1.0 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Named parks, gardens, commons and woods in the town or within 400 m of it, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); pieces of one name that touch are one place. Sizes are the whole site; directions go to a point inside.
Close to home
7 in 10 Inishkenny residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
Each square is 1 in 100 residents: green lives within 400 m of a public park, garden or playing field (CSO Census 2022 Small Areas against OpenStreetMap).
Within 400 m (69%)Further (31%)
Inishkenny69%
Co. Cork towns90%
Typical Irish town92%
About 1,700 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Protected areas
Cork Harbour SPA is the nearest protected area, 4.2 km away
Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas and Natural Heritage Areas designated by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, within 5 km of the town’s edge.
Inside Inishkenny0%
Within 5 km0.2%
Co. Cork towns1.5%
Typical Irish town1.8%
One protected site lies within 5 km of Inishkenny. Ireland’s National Parks have a block of their own on this page; much of their land also lies inside these sites.
Cork Harbour SPASpecial Protection Area (birds) · 27 km² · 4.2 km from the edge
NPWS pageProtected sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service designated site boundaries (CC BY 4.0), 2026; land within 5 km from CSO Small Areas and, over the border, ONS. Overlapping sites are counted once.
National Parks
Killarney National Park is 63 km away
Ireland’s National Parks within 100 km, and the nearest always, by direction and distance from the town’s edge; circle size shows each park’s area.
National ParkThe 5 km around the town
National Park
Killarney National Park
63 km west104 km²
National Park boundaries: National Parks and Wildlife Service, generalised to 50 m (CC BY 4.0, © Government of Ireland), 2022. Distances from the town’s outline (CSO Small Areas).
Footpaths and woods
31 km of footpaths cross Inishkenny
Footways that aren’t pavements, paths, bridleways, steps and tracks open on foot, and mapped woods and forest, in the town and 1 km around it, each beside the county’s and Ireland’s typical town of 2,500+.
Footpaths
31 km
over 29.9 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
4.2%
about 1.2 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
4
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
InishkennyCo. Cork townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths1.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
InishkennyCo. Cork townsTypical Irish town
Woodland4.2%
0%50%100%
Inishkenny has less footpath per km² than 69% of Irish towns and more woodland than 69% of Irish towns.
Footpaths and woods: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Woods are mapped cover, private and Coillte forests included.
Footpaths & trails
4 waymarked trails start near Inishkenny
31 km of footpaths are mapped in Inishkenny and the kilometre around it, 1.1 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
Walking trail
Ballincollig Gunpowder Trails - Military Trail6.4 km
Ballincollig Gunpowder Trails - Powdermills Trail4.0 km
Ballincollig Gunpowder Trails - Ash Trail2.2 km
Ballincollig Gunpowder Trails - Heron Trail0.8 km
For a shorter walk, the Ballincollig Gunpowder Trails - Military Trail is 6.4 km, graded easy.
Trails: Sport Ireland National Trails Register (CC BY 4.0), registered trails within 5 km; footpaths: OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Coillte’s own forest trails and recreation sites aren’t included: Coillte’s terms limit its data to research or private study. Its trails on the National Trails Register are listed.
When to get out
The best walking months in Inishkenny: May to September
Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages for the town’s 1 km square and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 15 to 30 °C and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.3 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 14.6 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.8 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 122 | 90 | 83 | 78 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 83 | 82 | 120 | 120 | 127 |
May is the driest month (72 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.8 hours of daylight in December, and 127 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. The climate in Inishkenny →
Things to do
3 viewpoints and 12 playgrounds
Mapped on OpenStreetMap in the town and 2 km around it; each count per resident beside Irish towns’ typical town of 2,500+. Beaches are on the coast’s list, from the EPA.
3Viewpoints14.8× the typical Irish town, per resident12Playgrounds1.7× the typical Irish town, per resident1Slipways
Per resident, viewpoints stand out most: Inishkenny has 14.8× as many as the typical Irish town.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 3
Ballincollig Viewin town
Directionsviaduct city viewin town
DirectionsPlus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 12
Plus 12 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Unnamed places are counted, not listed.
Next door
Next to Inishkenny
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
LehenaghBishopstownTogherGlasheenGillabbeyTurner's CrossInishkenny
Under 1%1–10%10–25%25–50%50%+
| Town | Near a park | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Paths (km/km²) | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inishkenny | 69% | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0.2% |
| Lehenagh 1.5 km | 60% | 4.2 | 1.2 | 0.3% |
| Bishopstown 1.5 km | 100% | 6.2 | 3.2 | 0.2% |
| Togher 1.6 km | 100% | 9.6 | 5.0 | 0.5% |
| Glasheen 2.1 km | 100% | 5.1 | 6.4 | 0.5% |
| Gillabbey 2.7 km | 100% | 6.5 | 7.1 | 0.5% |
| Turner's Cross 2.8 km | 100% | 11.5 | 5.3 | 1.3% |
In Bishopstown, 100% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park, more than here. Togher and Turner's Cross have at least twice Inishkenny’s green space per resident.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Green space nearby. The share of residents (CSO Small Areas, by where people live) within 400 m of a park, garden, common or playing field mapped on OpenStreetMap. Mapping is uneven: a town whose parks nobody has mapped looks greyer than it is.
- Protected areas. Land in a Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area or Natural Heritage Area within 5 km, overlaps counted once. Protected for nature doesn’t always mean open to walkers.
- Footpaths and hiking routes. Footways that aren’t pavements, paths, bridleways, steps and tracks open on foot, in the town and 1 km around it, from OpenStreetMap. Trails are the registered ones within 5 km; a trail often follows mapped paths, so the two aren’t added.
- Woodland. Woods and forest as OpenStreetMap maps them, private and Coillte forests included: mapped cover, not access.
- No grade yet. Ireland’s grades don’t include the outdoors yet: these figures describe the town and stand beside the median Irish town.
Questions about the outdoors in Inishkenny
What is the biggest park in Inishkenny?
Clashduv Park, 5.3 ha (13 acres), just outside the built-up area. Bishopscourt Green (0.6 ha) is second. 2 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the neighbourhood or within 400 m of it.
Is there protected countryside near Inishkenny?
One protected site lies within 5 km, though it covers under 1% of the land. The nearest is Cork Harbour SPA, 4.2 km from the edge of town.
What are the best walks near Inishkenny?
4 waymarked trails start within 5 km, including the Ballincollig Gunpowder Trails - Military Trail, Ballincollig Gunpowder Trails - Powdermills Trail and Ballincollig Gunpowder Trails - Ash Trail.
How many people in Inishkenny live near a park?
69% of residents live within 400 m, about a 5-minute walk, of a park or playing field; in the typical Irish town it is 92%.
When is the best time of year for walking in Inishkenny?
On the town’s 1991–2020 averages and its daylight: May to September, when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light for the place.
Is Inishkenny near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Killarney National Park, 63 km west of the town’s edge; it covers about 104 km².
What is there to do outdoors around Inishkenny?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 3 viewpoints; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Sources
Where Inishkenny’s outdoors figures come from
- Parks, woods and paths. OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL): parks, woods and footpaths, Geofabrik extract, October 2026
- Protected sites. National Parks and Wildlife Service: designated sites (SAC, SPA, NHA), 2026
- Trails. Sport Ireland: National Trails Register, 2026
- Residents. CSO: Census 2022 Small Areas (residents)
- National Parks. National Parks and Wildlife Service: National Park boundaries, generalised to 50 m (CC BY 4.0), 2022
- Things to do. OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL): viewpoints, hills, waterfalls, nature reserves, picnic sites, playgrounds, campsites and waymarked walks, Geofabrik extract, October 2026
- Weather. Met Éireann: 1991–2020 averages (Copyright Met Éireann)
Protected sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service (CC BY 4.0). Trails: Sport Ireland National Trails Register (CC BY 4.0). Bathing water: EPA (CC BY 4.0). Parks, woods and paths: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Not on this page yet: Coillte’s forest trails (its terms) and bike routes.
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).