Around Bearna, start with Galway Atlantaquaria
All of it lies outside: 3 places within 5 km of its edge, none inside Bearna’s urban area. Among them are a zoo, a garden and a theme park. At 7 km, Galway Cathedral is worth the journey.
Top of the list around Bearna
Then come a garden and a theme park, behind Galway Atlantaquaria.
ZooGalway Atlantaquaria3.7 km outside town, to the eastGardenGardenCircle of Life National Organ Donor Commemorative Garden2.9 km outside town, to the eastTheme parkTheme parkCurry's Fun Park3.1 km outside town, to the eastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Mapped
Out of town, most of the 3 are to the east.
The dashed line is Bearna’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
The kinds on offer
Zoos, theme parks or other days out lead the count with 2 of 3.
Green: inside Bearna. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Near Bearna
Here are the 3 places 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 Bearna → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Bearna →
Names further out
Day trips number 12; the best known is Galway Cathedral, 7 km off.
CathedralGalway Cathedral7 km east
MuseumGalway City Museum7.1 km east · 162K visitors a year (2011)
National parkBurren National Park29 km south
CastleAughnanure Castle20 km north
AttractionAillwee Cave18 km south
CastleDunguaire Castle20 km southeast
GardenEyre Square7.5 km east
Abbey or prioryCorcomroe Cistercian Abbey16 km southeast
CastleGleninagh Castle13 km south
CastleOranmore Castle15 km east
AttractionPol an Ionain27 km southwest
CastleAthenry Castle28 km eastPlaces well known beyond Bearna (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 Bearna: questions
What is there to see near Bearna?
No attraction is mapped inside Bearna itself. Within 5 km of it are Galway Atlantaquaria, Circle of Life National Organ Donor Commemorative Garden and Curry's Fun Park.
Does Bearna have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Bearna.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Bearna?
None is recorded within 5 km of Bearna.
What are the best-known days out near Bearna?
Within 40 km: Galway Cathedral (7 km), Galway City Museum (7.1 km), Burren National Park (29 km), Aughnanure Castle (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 (13)
- Galway Atlantaquaria: GalwayAquarium, 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
- 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
- Dunguaire Castle: Boomur, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eyre Square: Sharon Hahn Darlin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Corcomroe Cistercian Abbey: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gleninagh Castle: PDphoto.org, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oranmore Castle: KevinSchnippkoweit, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pol an Ionain: P.hammer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Athenry Castle: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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).