Castlelyons Dominican Friary
Former Carmelite Priory and National Monument located in County Cork, Ireland.
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Photo: Seighean · Public domainOne place to visit we list is in Rathcormac or within 5 km of its edge: Castlelyons Dominican Friary. Blarney Castle and Gardens lies 26 km out, worth a day. The wider area, within 40 km, holds 12 places on our list, with 5 castles and 4 cathedrals among them.
3.7 km out lies Castlelyons Dominican Friary. Castlelyons Dominican Friary is a former Carmelite Priory and National Monument located in County Cork.
Each of the 7 places has its number on the map, as below.
Rathcormac is the orange dot; the numbers match the places below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
Most common are castles or historic places: 11 of 13.
Green: inside Rathcormac. Grey: the rest, within 40 km.
Here are the 13 places within 40 km.
Former Carmelite Priory and National Monument located in County Cork, Ireland.
Church in County Cork, Ireland.
Church of Ireland cathedral in Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland.
On the slopes of the Knockmealdown Mountains, near Cappoquin, Waterford.
What is in or close to Rathcormac 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 Rathcormac → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Rathcormac →
Of the 12 places within 40 km, these are worth the trip.
2CastleBlarney Castle and Gardens26 km southwest
3CathedralSt. Fin Barre's Cathedral24 km southwest
4ZooFota Wildlife Park20 km south · 415K visitors a year (2022)
5CathedralSaint Colman's Cathedral25 km south
6CathedralCathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne23 km southwest
7CastleConna Castle13 km east
MuseumSpike Island27 km south
CastleMTU Blackrock Castle Observatory21 km southwest
CastleLismore Castle25 km east
CastleBlackwater Castle16 km northwest
CathedralSt Carthage's Cathedral Lismore25 km east
Abbey or prioryMount Melleray Abbey32 km northeastThe best known within 40 km, the closest and best known first.
The nearest town with more to see: Carrigtwohill →
No attraction is mapped inside Rathcormac itself. Within 5 km of it are Castlelyons Dominican Friary.
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Rathcormac.
None is recorded within 5 km of Rathcormac.
Within 40 km: Blarney Castle and Gardens (26 km), St. Fin Barre's Cathedral (24 km), Fota Wildlife Park (20 km), Saint Colman's Cathedral (25 km).
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).
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).