An Spidéal’s draw is Geraldine O’Rourke
For a trip from An Spidéal, Galway Cathedral is 17 km away. One place to visit is mapped inside An Spidéal’s urban area, and one more within 5 km of its edge. The mix takes in an art gallery and an attraction.
An Spidéal’s best known
Once you have seen Geraldine O’Rourke, try an attraction.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Where they are
Furthest out is Cnoc Suain, at 5.5 km.
The dashed line is An Spidéal’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
Grouped by kind
The list holds an art gallery and an attraction.
Green: inside An Spidéal. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Place after place
The one inside An Spidéal comes first, then one more within 5 km of its edge.
The one inside An Spidéal 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 An Spidéal → · Parks, footpaths and green space in An Spidéal →
Beyond An Spidéal
The standout of the 12 is Galway Cathedral, 17 km from town.
CathedralGalway Cathedral17 km east
MuseumGalway City Museum17 km east · 162K visitors a year (2011)
National parkBurren National Park33 km southeast
CastleAughnanure Castle19 km north
AttractionAillwee Cave21 km southeast
AttractionPol an Ionain23 km southFortFortDun Aengus34 km west
CastleDunguaire Castle28 km southeast
CastleDoonagore Castle28 km southCastleCastleBallinalacken Castle22 km south
CastleGleninagh Castle14 km southeast
Abbey or prioryCorcomroe Cistercian Abbey21 km southeastPlaces well known beyond An Spidéal (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 An Spidéal: questions
What are the main attractions in An Spidéal?
The place to visit inside An Spidéal’s urban area is Geraldine O’Rourke. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town, and 1 more within 5 km.
Does An Spidéal have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of An Spidéal: Geraldine O’Rourke.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near An Spidéal?
None is recorded within 5 km of An Spidéal.
What are the best-known days out near An Spidéal?
Within 40 km: Galway Cathedral (17 km), Galway City Museum (17 km), Burren National Park (33 km), Aughnanure Castle (19 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 (10)
- Galway Cathedral: Mohd Fazlin Mohd Effendy Ooi, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Galway City Museum: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Burren National Park: The Banner, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aughnanure Castle: The original uploader was Miguev at English Wikipedia ., CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aillwee Cave: MarvinVells, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pol an Ionain: P.hammer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunguaire Castle: Boomur, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doonagore Castle: Valfex, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gleninagh Castle: PDphoto.org, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Corcomroe Cistercian Abbey: Andreas F. Borchert, 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).