Malahide to see, Malahide Castle first
Visitors to Malahide can choose from 2 castles, 2 museums and 2 zoos. We list 5 places to visit inside Malahide’s urban area and 6 within 5 km of its edge. The middle of town keeps 5 within 1 km. Further afield, Dublin Castle is 13 km from the centre.
Start with these in Malahide
Malahide Castle aside, the next best known are 2 museums, a historic site and a zoo.
CastleMalahide Castlein town
MuseumCasino Model Railway Museumin townHistoric siteHistoric siteSaint Sylvester's Wellin townMuseumMuseumMalahide Historical Society Museumin townZooZooThe Butterfly Housein town
CastleSwords Castle2.2 km outside town, to the northwestEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The lie of the land
To the north lie most of the 6 nearby.
The dashed line is Malahide’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
Kinds of place
The two biggest groups: castles or historic places (6) and zoos, theme parks or other days out (3).
Green: inside Malahide. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Place by place
After the 5 in town come 6 more within 5 km of its edge.
Casino Model Railway Museum
O gauge model railway in Malahide in the Republic of Ireland originally created by Cyril Fry.
Newbridge House & Farm
Estate turned park, with historic buildings and show farm.
The 5 inside Malahide come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Malahide → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Malahide →
Beyond the town
Leading the 12 is Dublin Castle, 13 km away; they include 5 museums and 2 cathedrals.
Big drawMuseumNational Museum of Ireland13 km southwest · 783K visitors a year
CathedralSt Patrick's Cathedral14 km southwest
MuseumNational Library of Ireland13 km southwest
Historic houseLeinster House13 km southwest
Art galleryNational Gallery of Ireland13 km southwest
CathedralChrist Church Cathedral13 km southwest
Garden · Office of Public WorksSaint Stephen's Green13 km southwest
Big drawZooDublin Zoo14 km southwest · 1.3M visitors a year (2022)
Museum · Office of Public WorksChester Beatty13 km southwest
Museum · Office of Public WorksKilmainham Gaol15 km southwest
MuseumIrish Museum of Modern Art14 km southwestPlaces well known beyond Malahide (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 Malahide: questions
What are the main attractions in Malahide?
The best known inside Malahide’s urban area are Malahide Castle, Casino Model Railway Museum, Saint Sylvester's Well and Malahide Historical Society Museum. In all, 5 places to visit are mapped inside the town, and 6 more within 5 km.
Does Malahide have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Malahide: Casino Model Railway Museum and Malahide Historical Society Museum.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Malahide?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Dublin Castle (Office of Public Works), 13 km southwest.
What are the best-known days out near Malahide?
Within 40 km: Dublin Castle (13 km), National Museum of Ireland (13 km), St Patrick's Cathedral (14 km), National Library of Ireland (13 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 (14)
- Malahide Castle: William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Casino Model Railway Museum: William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Swords Castle: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Leinster House: Jean Housen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery of Ireland: Copyright © 2006 Kaihsu Tai, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christ Church Cathedral: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Stephen's Green: Dronepicr (edited by King of Hearts ) Edit corrects CA and sharpens image, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dublin Zoo: Harold Strong, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
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