Where to go from Lyre
The list has nothing in Lyre itself or within 5 km of its edge. Blarney Castle and Gardens, 26 km away, is the best-known day out. Go further, within 40 km, and there are 12, including 9 castles and 2 cathedrals.
Getting your bearings
Each of the 6 places has its number on the map, as below.
Lyre is the orange dot; the numbers match the places below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
What sort of places
They are all castles or historic places: 12 in all.
Green: inside Lyre. Grey: the rest, within 40 km.
The places, one by one
12 places make the list, every one within 40 km.
Cathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne
Church in County Cork, Ireland.
Drishane Castle
MacCarthy tower house and National Monument located in County Cork, Ireland.
What is in or close to Lyre comes first, then the best known within 40 km, close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Lyre → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Lyre →
Further out from Lyre
From 12 places within 40 km, these are the best known.
1CastleBlarney Castle and Gardens26 km southeast
2CathedralSt. Fin Barre's Cathedral33 km southeast
3CathedralCathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne33 km southeast
4CastleDromaneen Castle10 km northeast
5Abbey or prioryMourne Abbey15 km east
6CastleDrishane Castle13 km west
CastleKanturk Castle9.7 km north
CastleMallow Castle16 km east
CastleMacroom Castle21 km south
CastleMTU Blackrock Castle Observatory37 km southeast
CastleCarrigaphooca Castle23 km southwest
CastleKilcrea Castle26 km southThe best known within 40 km, the closest and best known first.
The nearest town with more to see: Millstreet →
Lyre, answered
Does Lyre have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Lyre.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Lyre?
None is recorded within 5 km of Lyre.
What are the best-known days out near Lyre?
Within 40 km: Blarney Castle and Gardens (26 km), St. Fin Barre's Cathedral (33 km), Cathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne (33 km), Dromaneen Castle (10 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 (6)
- Blarney Castle and Gardens: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Fin Barre's Cathedral: Flickr member Charlie cravero, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dromaneen Castle: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mourne Abbey: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Drishane Castle: Mike Searle, 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).