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Attractions in Harmonstown

Close to Harmonstown: National Botanic Gardens and more

Of the 25 places to visit in and around Harmonstown, 15 are museums or galleries. None of them is inside Harmonstown itself. In heritage care, 4 places on the list are looked after by the Office of Public Works. Dublin Castle lies 6.6 km out, the pick for a day trip.

Photo: National Botanic Gardens, William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland (CC BY-SA 2.0)
In Harmonstown
0
inside the neighbourhood
Within 5 km
25
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
15
in or near town
Castles & historic places
4
in or near town
Cared for
4
the OPW, the NPWS and Coillte
Best known

Top of the list around Harmonstown

After National Botanic Gardens come 2 museums, a garden and an art gallery.

Garden · Office of Public WorksNational Botanic Gardens4.7 km outside town, to the westMuseumEPIC The Irish Emigration Museum4.7 km outside town, to the southwestGardenSaint Anne's Park900 m outside town, to the southeastMuseumThe James Joyce Centre4.9 km outside town, to the southwestArt galleryOlivier Cornet Gallery4.9 km outside town, to the southwestHistoric houseHistoric house · Office of Public WorksCasino Marino2 km outside town, to the southwest

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

Where to go

Just outside town, most of the 25 sit to the southwest.

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

By kind

Kind by kind

Museums or galleries lead the count with 15; 4 are castles or historic places.

Museums & galleries 9 museums · 6 art galleries0 in town · 15 nearby
Castles & historic places 2 churches · 1 historic house · 1 historic ship0 in town · 4 nearby
Gardens & estates 3 gardens0 in town · 3 nearby
Other attractions 3 attractions0 in town · 3 nearby

Green: inside Harmonstown. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

4 places are cared for by the Office of Public Works (National Botanic Gardens, Casino Marino, Custom House Visitor Centre and Reconstructed viking house).

Every place

Place by place

25 places make the list, every one 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 Harmonstown → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Harmonstown →

Big names nearby

Names further out

Worth the drive, Dublin Castle (6.6 km) is first of the 12.

CastleCastle · Office of Public WorksDublin Castle6.6 km southwestBig drawMuseumNational Museum of Ireland6.3 km southwest · 783K visitors a yearMuseumNational Library of Ireland6.2 km southwestCathedralSt Patrick's Cathedral7.1 km southwestHistoric houseLeinster House6.2 km southwestArt galleryNational Gallery of Ireland6.1 km southwestGarden · Office of Public WorksSaint Stephen's Green6.7 km southwestCathedralChrist Church Cathedral6.8 km southwestMuseum · Office of Public WorksChester Beatty6.7 km southwestBig drawZooDublin Zoo8.1 km southwest · 1.3M visitors a year (2022)Museum · Office of Public WorksKilmainham Gaol9 km southwestMuseumIrish Museum of Modern Art8.4 km southwest

Places well known beyond Harmonstown (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 Harmonstown

What is there to see near Harmonstown?

No attraction is mapped inside Harmonstown itself. Within 5 km of it are National Botanic Gardens, EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum, Saint Anne's Park and The James Joyce Centre.

Does Harmonstown have a museum?

15 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Harmonstown: EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum, The James Joyce Centre, Olivier Cornet Gallery and Custom House Visitor Centre.

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

Yes. In or within 5 km of Harmonstown, 4 places are cared for by the Office of Public Works (National Botanic Gardens, Casino Marino, Custom House Visitor Centre and Reconstructed viking house).

What are the best-known days out near Harmonstown?

Within 40 km: Dublin Castle (6.6 km), National Museum of Ireland (6.3 km), National Library of Ireland (6.2 km), St Patrick's Cathedral (7.1 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 (17)

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).