Places to visit near Garristown: Emerald Park & more
Nothing on our list is inside Garristown’s urban area; the 3 places to visit are within 5 km of its edge. The commonest are a theme park, an attraction and a zoo. For a full day, there is Dublin Castle, 26 km away.
Just outside Garristown, the best known
Following Emerald Park are an attraction and a zoo.
Theme parkEmerald Park4.5 km outside town, to the southwestAttractionAttractionPuddenhill3.5 km outside town, to the northwestZooZooPetting Farm5 km outside town, to the southwestEach 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 view
Out of town, most of the 3 are to the southwest.
The dashed line is Garristown’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
The types of place
The biggest group is zoos, theme parks or other days out, with 2 of the 3.
Green: inside Garristown. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The places, one by one
You will find all 3 within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Garristown → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Garristown →
The wider area
Dublin Castle, at 26 km, heads the 12 day trips.
Big drawMuseumNational Museum of Ireland26 km south · 783K visitors a year
CathedralSt Patrick's Cathedral26 km south
MuseumNational Library of Ireland26 km south
Big drawZooDublin Zoo24 km south · 1.3M visitors a year (2022)
Historic houseLeinster House26 km south
CathedralChrist Church Cathedral26 km south
Art galleryNational Gallery of Ireland26 km south
Garden · Office of Public WorksSaint Stephen's Green27 km south
Museum · Office of Public WorksChester Beatty26 km south
Museum · Office of Public WorksKilmainham Gaol25 km south
MuseumIrish Museum of Modern Art25 km southPlaces well known beyond Garristown (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.
Good to know in Garristown
What is there to see near Garristown?
No attraction is mapped inside Garristown itself. Within 5 km of it are Emerald Park, Puddenhill and Petting Farm.
Does Garristown have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Garristown.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Garristown?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Dublin Castle (Office of Public Works), 26 km south.
What are the best-known days out near Garristown?
Within 40 km: Dublin Castle (26 km), National Museum of Ireland (26 km), St Patrick's Cathedral (26 km), National Library of Ireland (26 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 (12)
- Emerald Park: Deadstar, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum of Ireland: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net )., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Patrick's Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Library of Ireland: YvonneM, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dublin Zoo: Harold Strong, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leinster House: Jean Housen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christ Church Cathedral: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery of Ireland: Copyright © 2006 Kaihsu Tai, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Stephen's Green: Dronepicr (edited by King of Hearts ) Edit corrects CA and sharpens image, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester Beatty: Aligatorek, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilmainham Gaol: Nol Aders, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Irish Museum of Modern Art: self, Public domain, 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).