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Malahide Castle
Attractions in Portmarnock

Out from Portmarnock: Malahide Castle and more

Portmarnock and its surroundings hold 4 museums, 2 castles and 2 gardens. No place to visit is mapped inside Portmarnock’s urban area; 16 are within 5 km of its edge. Travel 13 km and you reach Dublin Castle.

Photo: Malahide Castle, William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland (CC BY-SA 2.0)
In Portmarnock
0
inside the urban area
Within 5 km
16
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
4
in or near town
Castles & historic places
6
in or near town
Best known

Around Portmarnock: where to begin

Behind Malahide Castle on the list are 3 museums, a castle and a garden.

CastleMalahide Castle1.4 km outside town, to the northwestCastleHowth Castle2.8 km outside town, to the southeastGardenSaint Anne's Park4.4 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumNational Transport Museum of Ireland2.7 km outside town, to the southeastMuseumYe Olde Hurdy-Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio3.6 km outside town, to the southeastMuseumCasino Model Railway Museum1.6 km outside town, to the northwest

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

Mapped

The map ends at St Anne's Park and Rose Gardens, 7 km out.

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

By kind

What sort of places

6 castles or historic places and 4 museums or galleries top the count.

Museums & galleries 4 museums0 in town · 4 nearby
Castles & historic places 2 castles · 2 historic sites · 1 church · 1 fort0 in town · 6 nearby
Gardens & estates 2 gardens0 in town · 2 nearby
Nature & islands 1 island0 in town · 1 nearby
Zoos, theme parks & days out 1 water park · 1 zoo0 in town · 2 nearby
Other attractions 1 attraction0 in town · 1 nearby

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

Every place

The whole list for Portmarnock

Nothing is inside Portmarnock itself; these 16 are 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 Portmarnock → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Portmarnock →

Big names nearby

Worth the drive

Leading the 12 is Dublin Castle, 13 km away; they include 5 museums and 2 cathedrals.

CastleCastle · Office of Public WorksDublin Castle13 km southwestBig drawMuseumNational Museum of Ireland13 km southwest · 783K visitors a yearCathedralSt Patrick's Cathedral13 km southwestMuseumNational Library of Ireland12 km southwestHistoric houseLeinster House12 km southwestArt galleryNational Gallery of Ireland12 km southwestGarden · Office of Public WorksSaint Stephen's Green13 km southwestCathedralChrist Church Cathedral13 km southwestMuseum · Office of Public WorksChester Beatty13 km southwestBig drawZooDublin Zoo14 km southwest · 1.3M visitors a year (2022)Museum · Office of Public WorksKilmainham Gaol15 km southwestMuseumIrish Museum of Modern Art14 km southwest

Places well known beyond Portmarnock (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 Portmarnock: your questions

What is there to see near Portmarnock?

No attraction is mapped inside Portmarnock itself. Within 5 km of it are Malahide Castle, Howth Castle, Saint Anne's Park and National Transport Museum of Ireland.

Does Portmarnock have a museum?

4 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Portmarnock: National Transport Museum of Ireland, Ye Olde Hurdy-Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio, Casino Model Railway Museum and Malahide Historical Society Museum.

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

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 Portmarnock?

Within 40 km: Dublin Castle (13 km), National Museum of Ireland (13 km), St Patrick's Cathedral (13 km), National Library of Ireland (12 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).