Attractions in Walkinstown The one place to visit in Walkinstown is Drimnagh Castle Most of what there is to see is museums or galleries: 78 of 133. Look within 5 km of its edge and the list grows by 132 beyond the one inside Walkinstown’s neighbourhood. Visitors to Dublin Zoo numbered 1.3M in 2022. In heritage care, 14 places on the list are looked after by the Office of Public Works. Further out, James Joyce Museum is 15 km away.
Photo: Drimnagh Castle, Ericlevik (CC BY-SA 4.0) In Walkinstown
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inside the neighbourhood
Within 5 km
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of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
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in or near town
Castles & historic places
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in or near town
Cared for
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the OPW, the NPWS and Coillte
Best known The first to see in Walkinstown The rest of the best known are 2 museums, a castle and a cathedral.
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 The places, mapped Of the 132 nearby, most are to the northeast.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 The dashed line is Walkinstown’s neighbourhood; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
By kind What sort of places The two biggest groups: museums or galleries (78) and castles or historic places (39).
Museums & galleries 47 museums · 31 art galleries 0 in town · 78 nearby
Castles & historic places 13 historic houses · 11 churches · 6 castles · 5 historic sites · 3 cathedrals · 1 abbey or priory 1 in town · 38 nearby
Gardens & estates 4 gardens 0 in town · 4 nearby
Zoos, theme parks & days out 1 zoo 0 in town · 1 nearby
Other attractions 11 attractions 0 in town · 11 nearby
Green: inside Walkinstown. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
14 places are cared for by the Office of Public Works (Dublin Castle, Kilmainham Gaol, Saint Stephen's Green and Chester Beatty, and 10 more).
Every place All 133 on the list In town there is one, and the list adds 132 more within 5 km of its edge.
1 Castle · in town Norman castle.
Castle 2 Castle · 3.9 km outside town, to the northeast Castle.
Run by Office of Public Works · Open Mon–Sat 09:45–16:45 · Sun 12:00–16:45 3 Cathedral · 3.5 km outside town, to the northeast Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland.
Run by Church of Ireland 4 Museum · 4.5 km outside town, to the northeast National museum in Dublin and Castlebar, Ireland.
783K visitors a year · Open Tue–Sat 10:00–17:00 · Sun, Mon 13:00–17:00 5 Museum · 1.9 km outside town, to the northeast Former prison in Ireland.
Run by Office of Public Works 6 Zoo · 3.6 km outside town, to the north Zoo.
1.3M visitors a year (2022) · A café and a shop · Open Every day 09:30–16:30 7 Museum · 4.5 km outside town, to the northeast Heritage institution.
8 Cathedral · 3.7 km outside town, to the northeast Diocesan cathedral of Dublin and Glendalough, Church of Ireland.
9 Historic house · 4.6 km outside town, to the northeast Building housing the parliament of Ireland.
10 Garden · 4.2 km outside town, to the east Public park in central Dublin, Ireland.
Run by Office of Public Works 11 Museum · 3.8 km outside town, to the northeast Library and museum in Dublin, Ireland.
Run by Office of Public Works 12 Art gallery · 4.7 km outside town, to the northeast Art museum in Dublin.
Run by Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 13 Museum · 2.3 km outside town, to the northeast Art museum in Dublin.
Run by Irish Museum of Modern Art 14 Castle · 4.2 km outside town, to the north Tower house in Phoenix Park in Dublin, Ireland.
Run by Office of Public Works 15 Cathedral · 4.8 km outside town, to the northeast Church in Dublin, Ireland.
16 Museum · 2.8 km outside town, to the northeast Museum and visitor attraction in Dublin, Ireland.
Open Every day 09:30–17:00 17 Museum · 3.3 km outside town, to the northeast National museum in Dublin, Ireland.
314K visitors a year 18 Museum · 3.6 km outside town, to the northeast Museum in Ireland.
Open Every day 10:00–18:30 19 Art gallery · 4.8 km outside town, to the northeast Art gallery in Parnell Square North, Dublin.
20 Museum · 4.9 km outside town, to the northeast International group of public science centres.
242K visitors a year Art gallery · 4.4 km outside town, to the east Art school, museum, and society in Dublin, Ireland.
Museum · 4.1 km outside town, to the northeast Folk museum in Dublin.
Museum · 4.8 km outside town, to the northeast Private literary museum on Parnell Square, Dublin.
Museum · 4 km outside town, to the east Literary museum in Dublin.
Open Every day 10:00–18:00 Museum · 4.4 km outside town, to the southeast Biographical museum in Dublin, Ireland.
Run by Office of Public Works · Gardens · Open Every day 10:00–20:00 Museum Museum · 3.3 km outside town, to the east Jewish museum in Dublin, Ireland.
Art gallery · 4.2 km outside town, to the northeast Irish art gallery.
Museum · 4.2 km outside town, to the northeast Local history museum, urban museum in Dublin, Ireland.
Museum · 4.4 km outside town, to the northeast Former house and tenement, now museum in Dublin, Ireland.
Run by Dublin City Council Art gallery · 4.5 km outside town, to the northeast Contemporary art gallery in Dublin, Ireland.
Run by Trinity College, Dublin Church · 3.5 km outside town, to the northeast Only surviving gate in the Dublin city walls, Ireland.
Run by Office of Public Works Museum Museum · 4.7 km outside town, to the northeast National museum.
Art gallery · 5 km outside town, to the northeast Contemporary art gallery in Dublin, Ireland.
Garden Garden · 4 km outside town, to the east National park in Dublin, Ireland.
Run by Office of Public Works Art gallery · 4.1 km outside town, to the northeast Irish arts venue.
Museum · 3.7 km outside town, to the northeast Whiskey tourist attraction in Dublin, Ireland.
Open Every day 09:00–17:30 Castle · 3 km outside town, to the west Castle in South Dublin, Ireland.
Art gallery · 4.2 km outside town, to the northeast Art gallery, art studios in Dublin, Ireland.
Art gallery Art gallery · 4.8 km outside town, to the northeast Contemporary art gallery in Dublin , Ireland.
Museum · 4.8 km outside town, to the east Townhouse in Dublin, Ireland.
Run by ESB Group · Open Tue–Sat 10:00–17:00 · Sun 12:00–17:00 Castle Castle · 3 km outside town, to the southeast Castle.
Run by Office of Public Works Museum Museum · 4.9 km outside town, to the east Archive and museum in Dublin, Ireland.
Open Tue–Fri 10:00–17:00 Museum Museum · 5 km outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Run by Office of Public Works · Open 10:00–16:45 Museum Museum · 4 km outside town, to the northeast Police museum in Dublin Castle, Dublin Ireland.
Open Mon–Fri 10:00–14:00 Museum Museum · 4.1 km outside town, to the northeast Irish Film Institute body for film culture preservation.
Attraction Attraction · 2.6 km outside town, to the north Attraction.
Run by Office of Public Works Museum Museum · 3.9 km outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Run by Office of Public Works Museum Museum · 4 km outside town, to the northeast Mining museum in St Stephens Green.
Museum Museum · 4.2 km outside town, to the northeast Contemporary art gallery in Dublin, Ireland.
Museum Museum · 3.3 km outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Run by Office of Public Works Attraction Attraction · 4.5 km outside town, to the southeast Attraction.
Run by Office of Public Works Garden Garden · 2.2 km outside town, to the north Garden.
Guided tours and walks Church Church · 3.1 km outside town, to the northeast Church.
Church Church · 3.3 km outside town, to the northeast Church.
Church Church · 3.3 km outside town, to the northeast Church.
Historic house Historic house · 3.7 km outside town, to the north Historic house.
Gardens Art gallery Art gallery · 3.4 km outside town, to the east Art gallery.
Art gallery Art gallery · 3.5 km outside town, to the east Art gallery.
Church Church · 3.7 km outside town, to the northeast Church.
Art gallery Art gallery · 4 km outside town, to the southwest Art gallery.
Historic house Historic house · 3.9 km outside town, to the northeast Historic house.
Guided tours and walks Historic house Historic house · 3.9 km outside town, to the northeast Historic house.
Run by Dublin City Council Church Church · 4 km outside town, to the east Church.
Church Church · 4 km outside town, to the east Church.
Art gallery Art gallery · 4 km outside town, to the northeast Art gallery.
Museum Museum · 4.1 km outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Art gallery · 4.1 km outside town, to the northeast Free photography museum in Dublin.
Open Tue–Sat 11:00–18:00 · Sun 13:00–18:00 Museum Museum · 4.1 km outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Art gallery Art gallery · 4.2 km outside town, to the northeast Art gallery.
Museum Museum · 4.2 km outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Art gallery Art gallery · 4.2 km outside town, to the northeast Art gallery.
Museum Museum · 4.3 km outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Art gallery Art gallery · 4.3 km outside town, to the northeast Art gallery.
Historic house Historic house · 4.3 km outside town, to the northeast Historic house.
A shop Art gallery Art gallery · 4.3 km outside town, to the northeast Art gallery.
Church Church · 4.3 km outside town, to the northeast Church.
Historic house Historic house · 4.4 km outside town, to the northwest Historic house.
Museum Museum · 4.4 km outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Open Every day 10:00–18:00 Art gallery Art gallery · 4.4 km outside town, to the northeast Art gallery.
Museum Museum · 4.5 km outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Guided tours Art gallery Art gallery · 4.5 km outside town, to the northeast Art gallery.
Art gallery Art gallery · 4.5 km outside town, to the northeast Art gallery.
Historic house Historic house · 4.5 km outside town, to the northeast Historic house.
Guided tours and walks Museum Museum · 4.5 km outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Museum Museum · 4.6 km outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Run by Book of Kells Experience (Trinity College Dublin) · Guided tours · Open Mon–Sat 08:30–17:00 · Sun 09:00–17:00 Museum Museum · 4.6 km outside town, to the east Museum.
Art gallery Art gallery · 4.6 km outside town, to the northeast Art gallery.
Museum Museum · 4.7 km outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Open Mon–Sat 10:00–17:00 Historic house Historic house · 4.7 km outside town, to the northeast Historic house.
Guided tours and walks Museum Museum · 4.7 km outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Historic house Historic house · 4.7 km outside town, to the east Historic house.
Museum Museum · 4.7 km outside town, to the east Museum.
Castle Castle · 4.7 km outside town, to the east Castle.
Historic house Historic house · 4.8 km outside town, to the northeast Historic house.
Abbey or priory Abbey or priory · 4.8 km outside town, to the northeast Abbey or priory.
Museum Museum · 4.8 km outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Historic house Historic house · 3.1 km outside town, to the northeast Historic house.
Historic house Historic house · 3.5 km outside town, to the northeast Historic house.
Church Church · 3.7 km outside town, to the northeast Church.
Historic house Historic house · 4.4 km outside town, to the east Historic house.
Church Church · 4.7 km outside town, to the northeast Church.
Garden Garden · 4.6 km outside town, to the northeast Garden.
Museum Museum · 1.4 km outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Run by Dublin City Council Attraction Attraction · 2.4 km outside town, to the northeast Attraction.
Museum Museum · 2.4 km outside town, to the east Museum.
Run by Religious Sisters of Charity · Open Tue–Sun 10:30–16:00 Art gallery Art gallery · 2.4 km outside town, to the east Art gallery.
Attraction Attraction · 2.8 km outside town, to the northeast Attraction.
Attraction Attraction · 3 km outside town, to the northeast Attraction.
Art gallery Art gallery · 3.2 km outside town, to the northeast Art gallery.
Attraction Attraction · 3.5 km outside town, to the northeast Attraction.
Historic site Historic site · 3.6 km outside town, to the northeast Historic site.
Museum Museum · 4.1 km outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Museum Museum · 4.2 km outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Art gallery Art gallery · 4.3 km outside town, to the east Art gallery.
Open Wed, Thu 12:00–18:00 · Fri–Sun 12:00–19:00 Art gallery Art gallery · 4.4 km outside town, to the northeast Art gallery.
Art gallery Art gallery · 4.4 km outside town, to the east Art gallery.
Open Thu–Sat 13:00–17:00 Museum Museum · 4.4 km outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Run by National Library of Ireland Art gallery Art gallery · 4.6 km outside town, to the northeast Art gallery.
Attraction Attraction · 4.6 km outside town, to the northeast Attraction.
Run by Book of Kells Experience (Trinity College Dublin) Museum Museum · 4.8 km outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Run by Trinity College, Dublin Attraction Attraction · 4.8 km outside town, to the northeast Attraction.
Open Mon–Sat 11:00–17:00 · Sun closed Museum Museum · 3.3 km outside town, to the northeast Museum.
Attraction Attraction · 3.7 km outside town, to the northeast Attraction.
Open closed Historic site Historic site · 3.3 km outside town, to the west Historic site.
Attraction Attraction · 4.6 km outside town, to the northeast Attraction.
Open Mon–Sat 08:30–18:00 Art gallery Art gallery · 4.6 km outside town, to the northeast Art gallery.
Attraction Attraction · 4.3 km outside town, to the northeast Attraction.
Open Open all day, every day Historic site Historic site · 4.7 km outside town, to the northeast Historic site.
Church Church · 3.6 km outside town, to the northeast Church.
Art gallery Art gallery · 3 km outside town, to the northeast Art gallery.
Art gallery Art gallery · 4.2 km outside town, to the northeast Art gallery.
Run by PhotoIreland Foundation Historic site Historic site · 3.9 km outside town, to the northeast Historic site.
Historic site Historic site · 2.8 km outside town, to the northeast Historic site.
The one inside Walkinstown comes 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 Walkinstown → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Walkinstown →
Big names nearby A little further out James Joyce Museum (15 km) leads the 12 big names within reach.
Places well known beyond Walkinstown (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 Walkinstown What are the main attractions in Walkinstown? The place to visit inside Walkinstown’s neighbourhood is Drimnagh Castle. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town, and 132 more within 5 km.
Does Walkinstown have a museum? 78 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Walkinstown: National Museum of Ireland, Kilmainham Gaol, National Library of Ireland and Chester Beatty.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Walkinstown? Yes. In or within 5 km of Walkinstown, 14 places are cared for by the Office of Public Works (Dublin Castle, Kilmainham Gaol, Saint Stephen's Green and Chester Beatty).
What are the best-known days out near Walkinstown? Within 40 km: James Joyce Museum (15 km), National Botanic Gardens (6.8 km), EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum (6.2 km), Glendalough (35 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 (48) Drimnagh Castle: Ericlevik, CC BY-SA 4.0 , 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 Kilmainham Gaol: Nol Aders, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Dublin Zoo: Harold Strong, CC BY-SA 2.0 , 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 Saint Stephen's Green: Dronepicr (edited by King of Hearts ) Edit corrects CA and sharpens image, CC BY 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Chester Beatty: Aligatorek, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons National Gallery of Ireland: Copyright © 2006 Kaihsu Tai, 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 St. Mary's Cathedral: MOs810, CC BY 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Guinness Storehouse: psyberartist, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks: self, Public domain , Wikimedia Commons Dublinia: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Hugh Lane Gallery: Rwxrwxrwx, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Science Gallery: Infoeco, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Royal Hibernian Academy: The original uploader was Hohenloh at English Wikipedia ., Public domain , Wikimedia Commons The National Leprechaun Museum: YvonneM, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Dublin Writers Museum: Sir James, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Museum of Literature Ireland: Dilbert55 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Pearse Museum - St. Enda's Park: Dave Addey at English Wikipedia, Public domain , Wikimedia Commons Kerlin Gallery: Paul Afour, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons The Little Museum of Dublin: Jean Housen, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons 14 Henrietta Street: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art: MB-one, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons St Audoen's Church: Eric Fischer, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Olivier Cornet Gallery: Sheila1988, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Project Arts Centre: Smirkybec, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Old Jameson Distillery: Nialljpmurphy, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Tully's Castle: Ian Paterson, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Temple Bar Gallery + Studios: MB-one, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Number Twenty Nine: Georgian House Museum: Jean Housen, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Photo Museum Ireland: Arnaud.Serander, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons James Joyce Museum: YvonneM, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons National Botanic Gardens: William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Glendalough: Schcambo at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Malahide Castle: William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons The James Joyce Centre: Pointillist at en.wikipedia Original uploader was Pointillist at en.wikipedia, Public domain , Wikimedia Commons National Print Museum: Miguel Mendez from Malahide, Ireland, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Wicklow Mountains National Park: Joe King, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Manderley Castle: Sergio, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Swords Castle: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Castletown House: LoriStrang, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Howth Castle: O'Dea, CC BY-SA 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).
CastleDrimnagh Castlein townCastleCastle · Office of Public WorksDublin Castle3.9 km outside town, to the northeast
CathedralSt Patrick's Cathedral3.5 km outside town, to the northeast
Big drawMuseumNational Museum of Ireland4.5 km outside town, to the northeast · 783K visitors a year
Museum · Office of Public WorksKilmainham Gaol1.9 km outside town, to the northeast
Big drawZooDublin Zoo3.6 km outside town, to the north · 1.3M visitors a year (2022)
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MuseumJames Joyce Museum15 km east · 40K visitors a year
Garden · Office of Public WorksNational Botanic Gardens6.8 km northeast
MuseumEPIC The Irish Emigration Museum6.2 km northeast
Abbey or prioryGlendalough35 km south
CastleMalahide Castle18 km northeast
MuseumThe James Joyce Centre5.9 km northeast
MuseumNational Print Museum6.4 km east
National parkWicklow Mountains National Park34 km south
CastleManderley Castle16 km southeast
CastleSwords Castle17 km northeast
Historic house · Office of Public WorksCastletown House14 km west
CastleHowth Castle18 km northeast