Photo: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0From Killybegs to Donegal Castle and beyond
Nothing on our list is in Killybegs or within 5 km of its edge. For a day out, Donegal Castle is 22 km away. Go further, within 40 km, and there are 5, including 2 castles and 2 museums.
Getting your bearings
The tiles below match the 5 numbers on the map.
Killybegs is the orange dot; the numbers match the places below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
What kind of places
Castles or historic places are the biggest group (2), then museums or galleries (2).
Green: inside Killybegs. Grey: the rest, within 40 km.
1 place is cared for by the Office of Public Works (Donegal Castle).
All the places to visit
5 places make the list, every one within 40 km.
Lissadell House & Gardens
Greek revivalist style country house in Ireland.
Ballyshannon and District Museum
Demolished castle in Ireland.
Donegal Railway Heritage Centre
Heritage Railway in County Donegal, Ireland.
What is in or close to Killybegs 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 Killybegs → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Killybegs →
Big names within reach
Looking within 40 km, our list finds 5 places; these come first.
1Castle · Office of Public WorksDonegal Castle22 km east
2CastleClassiebawn Castle20 km south
3GardenLissadell House & Gardens34 km south
4MuseumBallyshannon and District Museum22 km southeast
5MuseumDonegal Railway Heritage Centre22 km eastThe best known within 40 km, the closest and best known first.
Questions before you go to Killybegs
Does Killybegs have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Killybegs.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Killybegs?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Donegal Castle (Office of Public Works), 22 km east.
What are the best-known days out near Killybegs?
Within 40 km: Donegal Castle (22 km), Classiebawn Castle (20 km), Lissadell House & Gardens (34 km), Ballyshannon and District Museum (22 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 (5)
- Donegal Castle: Benson Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Classiebawn Castle: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lissadell House & Gardens: Aspdin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ballyshannon and District Museum: Gavigan 01 at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Donegal Railway Heritage Centre: louise price, 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).