Places to visit near Palmerston: Dublin Zoo & more
Dublin Zoo welcomed 1.3M visitors in 2022. Nothing on our list is inside Palmerston’s neighbourhood; the 23 places to visit are within 5 km of its edge. They include 7 museums, 4 castles and 4 attractions. Our list counts 4 places looked after by the Office of Public Works. Further afield, Dublin Castle is 7.7 km from the centre.
Top of the list around Palmerston
Along with Dublin Zoo, see 4 museums and a castle.
Big drawZooDublin Zoo3.2 km outside town, to the east · 1.3M visitors a year (2022)
Museum · Office of Public WorksKilmainham Gaol3.3 km outside town, to the east
MuseumIrish Museum of Modern Art3.9 km outside town, to the east
Castle · Office of Public WorksPhoenix Park Visitor Centre - Ashtown Castle2.1 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumNational Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks4.5 km outside town, to the east · 314K visitors a year
MuseumGuinness Storehouse4.8 km outside town, to the eastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The places, mapped
Beyond the town, the 23 nearby are mostly to the east.
The dashed line is Palmerston’s neighbourhood; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
Kinds of place
Castles or historic places number 9, museums or galleries 7.
Green: inside Palmerston. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
4 places are cared for by the Office of Public Works (Kilmainham Gaol, Phoenix Park Visitor Centre - Ashtown Castle, Magazine Fort and The Riding School).
Place after place
Look within 5 km of its edge for all 23 places listed.
Phoenix Park Visitor Centre - Ashtown Castle
Tower house in Phoenix Park in Dublin, Ireland.
National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks
National museum in Dublin, Ireland.
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8Close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Palmerston → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Palmerston →
The wider area
Start with Dublin Castle, 7.7 km off, the best known of 10.
CathedralSt Patrick's Cathedral7.5 km east
Big drawMuseumNational Museum of Ireland8.5 km east · 783K visitors a year
MuseumNational Library of Ireland8.5 km east
CathedralChrist Church Cathedral7.4 km east
Historic houseLeinster House8.6 km east
Museum · Office of Public WorksChester Beatty7.7 km east
Garden · Office of Public WorksSaint Stephen's Green8.4 km east
Art galleryNational Gallery of Ireland8.7 km east
CathedralSt. Mary's Cathedral8.2 km eastPlaces well known beyond Palmerston (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.
Seeing Palmerston: questions
What is there to see near Palmerston?
No attraction is mapped inside Palmerston itself. Within 5 km of it are Dublin Zoo, Kilmainham Gaol, Irish Museum of Modern Art and Phoenix Park Visitor Centre - Ashtown Castle.
Does Palmerston have a museum?
7 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Palmerston: Kilmainham Gaol, Irish Museum of Modern Art, National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks and Guinness Storehouse.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Palmerston?
Yes. In or within 5 km of Palmerston, 4 places are cared for by the Office of Public Works (Kilmainham Gaol, Phoenix Park Visitor Centre - Ashtown Castle, Magazine Fort and The Riding School).
What are the best-known days out near Palmerston?
Within 40 km: Dublin Castle (7.7 km), St Patrick's Cathedral (7.5 km), National Museum of Ireland (8.5 km), National Library of Ireland (8.5 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)
- Dublin Zoo: Harold Strong, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilmainham Gaol: Nol Aders, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Irish Museum of Modern Art: self, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Phoenix Park Visitor Centre - Ashtown Castle: Frank Winkelmann, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks: self, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Guinness Storehouse: psyberartist, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Drimnagh Castle: Ericlevik, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tully's Castle: Ian Paterson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Patrick's Cathedral: Diliff, 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
- National Library of Ireland: YvonneM, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christ Church Cathedral: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leinster House: Jean Housen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester Beatty: Aligatorek, 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
- National Gallery of Ireland: Copyright © 2006 Kaihsu Tai, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Mary's Cathedral: MOs810, CC BY 4.0, 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).