Athenry Castle heads what Athenry has to see
All 4 places to visit on our list are inside Athenry’s urban area; none are within 5 km of its edge. Among them are 2 museums, a castle and an abbey or priory. The middle of town keeps 4 within 1 km. Further afield, Galway Cathedral is 21 km from the centre.
Start with these in Athenry
Close behind Athenry Castle are 2 museums and an abbey or priory.
CastleAthenry Castlein town
Abbey or prioryAthenry Prioryin townMuseumMuseumAthenry Arts and Heritage Centrein townMuseumMuseumHeritage Centerin townEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
On the map
The map stretches to Athenry Priory, 800 m away.
The dashed line is Athenry’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
What is on offer
2 are castles or historic places; museums or galleries come next with 2.
Green: inside Athenry. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Everything on the list
All 4 are inside Athenry.
The 4 inside Athenry come first, best known 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 Athenry → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Athenry →
Further afield
Galway Cathedral, 21 km away, is the best known of the 12.
CathedralGalway Cathedral21 km west
MuseumGalway City Museum21 km west · 162K visitors a year (2011)
National parkBurren National Park37 km southwest
CastleDunguaire Castle22 km southwest
CathedralSt Brendan's Cathedral17 km southeast
CathedralCathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary24 km north
CastleOranmore Castle13 km west
MuseumThoor Ballylee23 km south
CastleDunsandle Castle9.6 km southeast
CastleAughnanure Castle37 km west
AttractionAillwee Cave36 km southwest
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksKilmacduagh monastery30 km southPlaces well known beyond Athenry (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.
Know before you go to Athenry
What are the main attractions in Athenry?
The best known inside Athenry’s urban area are Athenry Castle, Athenry Priory, Athenry Arts and Heritage Centre and Heritage Center. In all, 4 places to visit are mapped inside the town.
Does Athenry have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Athenry: Athenry Arts and Heritage Centre and Heritage Center.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Athenry?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Kilmacduagh monastery (Office of Public Works), 30 km south.
What are the best-known days out near Athenry?
Within 40 km: Galway Cathedral (21 km), Galway City Museum (21 km), Burren National Park (37 km), Dunguaire Castle (22 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 (14)
- Athenry Castle: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Athenry Priory: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- Dunguaire Castle: Boomur, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Brendan's Cathedral: Vanessa Kennedy, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary: TuamRCCathedral.jpg : JohnArmagh derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oranmore Castle: KevinSchnippkoweit, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thoor Ballylee: Dr Charles Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunsandle Castle: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- Kilmacduagh monastery: 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).