Out and about near Craughwell
The one place on our list close to Craughwell is Caherkinmonwee Castle, within 5 km of its edge. Allow a day for Athenry Castle, 7.7 km off. Go further, within 40 km, and there are 12, including 5 castles and 2 museums.
Closest of all
A trip of 2.5 km reaches Caherkinmonwee Castle. Caherkinmonwee Castle is an Irish castle.
Distances on the map
From 1 to 7, each number is a tile below.
Craughwell is the orange dot; the numbers match the places below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
Sorted by kind
There are more castles or historic places (9) than anything else, then museums or galleries (2).
Green: inside Craughwell. Grey: the rest, within 40 km.
2 places are cared for by the Office of Public Works (Kilmacduagh monastery and Portumna Castle and Gardens).
Place by place
13 places, all within 40 km, make the list.
St Brendan's Cathedral
Cathedral church of the Roman Catholic diocese of Clonfert in Loughrea, County Galway, Ireland.
Portumna Castle and Gardens
Semi-fortified house in Portumna, County Galway, Ireland.
What is in or close to Craughwell comes first, then the best known within 40 km, close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Craughwell → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Craughwell →
A trip from Craughwell
Shown here are the best known of 12 places within 40 km.
2CastleAthenry Castle7.7 km north
3National parkBurren National Park31 km southwest
4MuseumGalway City Museum22 km west · 162K visitors a year (2011)
5CathedralGalway Cathedral22 km west
6CastleDunguaire Castle16 km southwest
7CathedralSt Brendan's Cathedral12 km east
MuseumThoor Ballylee15 km south
CastleDunsandle Castle5.9 km east
CastleOranmore Castle14 km west
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksKilmacduagh monastery23 km southwest
Castle · Office of Public WorksPortumna Castle and Gardens38 km southeast
AttractionAillwee Cave32 km southwestThe best known within 40 km, the closest and best known first.
The nearest town with more to see: Athenry →
Before a day out in Craughwell
What is there to see near Craughwell?
No attraction is mapped inside Craughwell itself. Within 5 km of it are Caherkinmonwee Castle.
Does Craughwell have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Craughwell.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Craughwell?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Kilmacduagh monastery (Office of Public Works), 23 km southwest.
What are the best-known days out near Craughwell?
Within 40 km: Athenry Castle (7.7 km), Burren National Park (31 km), Galway City Museum (22 km), Galway Cathedral (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 (6)
- Athenry Castle: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Burren National Park: The Banner, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Galway City Museum: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Galway Cathedral: Mohd Fazlin Mohd Effendy Ooi, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunguaire Castle: Boomur, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Brendan's Cathedral: Vanessa Kennedy, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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).