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Attractions in Portrane

The nearest draw to Portrane: Newbridge House & Farm, 3.8 km away

Nothing is mapped inside Portrane’s urban area, but 6 places to visit are within 5 km of its edge. Look for 2 historic sites, a historic house and a museum. For a full day, there is Dublin Castle, 20 km away.

Photo: Casino Model Railway Museum, William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland (CC BY-SA 2.0)
In Portrane
0
inside the urban area
Within 5 km
6
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
1
in or near town
Castles & historic places
3
in or near town
Best known

The first to see around Portrane

Close behind Newbridge House & Farm are 2 historic sites, a museum and a water park.

Historic houseHistoric houseNewbridge House & Farm2.9 km outside town, to the westMuseumCasino Model Railway Museum4.7 km outside town, to the southwestWater parkWater parkBlast Windsurfing and Windfoiling4.1 km outside town, to the southwestHistoric siteHistoric siteSaint Sylvester's Well4.5 km outside town, to the southwestHistoric siteHistoric siteLusk Round Tower3 km outside town, to the northwestZooZooNewbridge Traditional Farm2.9 km outside town, to the west

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 each one is

Beyond the town, the 6 nearby are mostly to the southwest.

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

By kind

Kinds of place

3 castles or historic places and 2 zoos, theme parks or other days out top the count.

Museums & galleries 1 museum0 in town · 1 nearby
Castles & historic places 2 historic sites · 1 historic house0 in town · 3 nearby
Zoos, theme parks & days out 1 water park · 1 zoo0 in town · 2 nearby

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

Every place

Near Portrane

All of it lies within 5 km of its edge: 6 places.

Tue–Sun 11:00–16:00

Close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.

Monuments and historic buildings in Portrane → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Portrane →

Big names nearby

Big names nearby

Allow a day for Dublin Castle, 20 km away, the pick of 12.

CastleCastle · Office of Public WorksDublin Castle20 km southwestBig drawMuseumNational Museum of Ireland20 km southwest · 783K visitors a yearCathedralSt Patrick's Cathedral21 km southwestMuseumNational Library of Ireland20 km southwestHistoric houseLeinster House20 km southwestArt galleryNational Gallery of Ireland20 km southwestCastleMalahide Castle6.8 km southwestCathedralChrist Church Cathedral20 km southwestBig drawZooDublin Zoo20 km southwest · 1.3M visitors a year (2022)Garden · Office of Public WorksSaint Stephen's Green20 km southwestMuseum · Office of Public WorksChester Beatty20 km southwestMuseum · Office of Public WorksKilmainham Gaol22 km southwest

Places well known beyond Portrane (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.

What visitors ask about Portrane

What is there to see near Portrane?

No attraction is mapped inside Portrane itself. Within 5 km of it are Newbridge House & Farm, Casino Model Railway Museum, Blast Windsurfing and Windfoiling and Saint Sylvester's Well.

Does Portrane have a museum?

1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Portrane: Casino Model Railway Museum.

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

None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Dublin Castle (Office of Public Works), 20 km southwest.

What are the best-known days out near Portrane?

Within 40 km: Dublin Castle (20 km), National Museum of Ireland (20 km), St Patrick's Cathedral (21 km), National Library of Ireland (20 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)

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).