Places to visit in Clifden, led by Lavelle Art Gallery
3 places to visit are mapped inside Clifden’s urban area, and one more within 5 km of its edge. The mix takes in 2 art galleries, a museum and a castle. Inside 1 km of the middle lie 3 of them. Travel 8.5 km and you reach Connemara National Park.
The names to know in Clifden
Once you have seen Lavelle Art Gallery, try a museum, an art gallery and a castle.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Around Clifden, mapped
The map ends at Clifden Castle, 2.7 km out.
The dashed line is Clifden’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
The mix
Most common are museums or galleries: 3 of 4.
Green: inside Clifden. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Everything to see
First the 3 in town, then one within 5 km of its edge.
The 3 inside Clifden 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 Clifden → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Clifden →
Beyond Clifden
The standout of the 4 is Connemara National Park, 8.5 km from town.
National park · National Parks and Wildlife ServiceConnemara National Park8.5 km northeast
Abbey or prioryKylemore Abbey12 km northeastCastleCastleCastlekirk33 km east
CastleGranuaile's Castle35 km northPlaces well known beyond Clifden (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.
Your questions on Clifden
What are the main attractions in Clifden?
The best known inside Clifden’s urban area are Lavelle Art Gallery, Station House Museum and The Whitehorn Gallery. In all, 3 places to visit are mapped inside the town, and 1 more within 5 km.
Does Clifden have a museum?
3 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Clifden: Lavelle Art Gallery, Station House Museum and The Whitehorn Gallery.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Clifden?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Connemara National Park (National Parks and Wildlife Service), 8.5 km northeast.
What are the best-known days out near Clifden?
Within 40 km: Connemara National Park (8.5 km), Kylemore Abbey (12 km), Castlekirk (33 km), Granuaile's Castle (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 (3)
- Connemara National Park: Dr. Charles Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kylemore Abbey: Textman at Dutch Wikipedia ( Original text: Textman ), CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Granuaile's Castle: Steve Edge, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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).