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Attractions in Cabra East

Dublin Castle heads the list around Cabra East

Of the 153 places to visit in and around Cabra East, 93 are museums or galleries. All of them lie outside Cabra East. In 2022, Dublin Zoo had 1.3M visitors. Here, 14 places are kept up by the Office of Public Works. Day-trippers head 14 km out to James Joyce Museum.

Photo: St Patrick's Cathedral, Diliff (CC BY-SA 3.0)
In Cabra East
0
inside the neighbourhood
Within 5 km
153
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
93
in or near town
Castles & historic places
40
in or near town
Cared for
14
the OPW, the NPWS and Coillte
Best known

The first to see around Cabra East

Close behind Dublin Castle are 2 cathedrals, 2 museums and a zoo.

Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.

The map

The lie of the land

Just outside town, most of the 153 sit to the southeast.

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The dashed line is Cabra East’s neighbourhood; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline

By kind

A breakdown by kind

Museums or galleries lead the count with 93; 40 are castles or historic places.

Museums & galleries 57 museums · 36 art galleries0 in town · 93 nearby
Castles & historic places 15 historic houses · 12 churches · 5 historic sites · 3 castles · 3 cathedrals · 1 abbey or priory · 1 historic ship0 in town · 40 nearby
Gardens & estates 5 gardens0 in town · 5 nearby
Zoos, theme parks & days out 1 zoo0 in town · 1 nearby
Other attractions 14 attractions0 in town · 14 nearby

Green: inside Cabra East. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

14 places are cared for by the Office of Public Works (Dublin Castle, Chester Beatty, Saint Stephen's Green and Kilmainham Gaol, and 10 more).

Every place

Place after place

These 153 are all within 5 km of its edge.

Dublin Zoo

Zoo · 700 m outside town, to the southwest

Zoo.

1.3M visitors a year (2022) · A café and a shop · Open Every day 09:30–16:30

Close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.

Monuments and historic buildings in Cabra East → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Cabra East →

Big names nearby

Further afield

Leading the 12 is James Joyce Museum, 14 km away; they include 6 castles and 2 museums.

Places well known beyond Cabra East (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.

Visiting Cabra East: the answers

What is there to see near Cabra East?

No attraction is mapped inside Cabra East itself. Within 5 km of it are Dublin Castle, St Patrick's Cathedral, National Museum of Ireland and Dublin Zoo.

Does Cabra East have a museum?

93 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Cabra East: National Museum of Ireland, National Library of Ireland, Chester Beatty and National Gallery of Ireland.

Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Cabra East?

Yes. In or within 5 km of Cabra East, 14 places are cared for by the Office of Public Works (Dublin Castle, Chester Beatty, Saint Stephen's Green and Kilmainham Gaol).

What are the best-known days out near Cabra East?

Within 40 km: James Joyce Museum (14 km), Malahide Castle (12 km), Swords Castle (12 km), Glendalough (39 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 (52)

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).