Visit Lackagh Museum and Heritage Centre in Lackaghbeg
We list one place to visit inside Lackaghbeg’s urban area and 2 within 5 km of its edge. They include 2 museums and an abbey or priory. Day-trippers head 15 km out to Galway Cathedral.
Must-know places in Lackaghbeg
Along with Lackagh Museum and Heritage Centre, see an abbey or priory and a museum.
Abbey or prioryClaregalway Friary4.1 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseumClaregalway Museum and Forge2.4 km outside town, to the westEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Where things are
The outermost point is Claregalway Friary, at 4.2 km.
The dashed line is Lackaghbeg’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
The list by type
Museums or galleries lead the count with 2 of 3.
Green: inside Lackaghbeg. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The list in full
First the one in town, then the 2 within 5 km of its edge.
The one inside Lackaghbeg 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 Lackaghbeg → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Lackaghbeg →
Further afield: the best known within 40 km
Galway Cathedral, at 15 km, heads the 12 day trips.
CathedralGalway Cathedral15 km southwest
MuseumGalway City Museum15 km southwest · 162K visitors a year (2011)
CastleAthenry Castle12 km southeast
CathedralCathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary17 km north
CastleOranmore Castle11 km south
CastleAughnanure Castle26 km west
CastleDunguaire Castle25 km south
GardenEyre Square15 km southwest
CastleCastle Hackett15 km north
Abbey or prioryRoss Errilly Abbey20 km northwest
AttractionAillwee Cave35 km southwest
CathedralSt Brendan's Cathedral29 km southeastPlaces well known beyond Lackaghbeg (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.
Seeing Lackaghbeg: your questions
What are the main attractions in Lackaghbeg?
The place to visit inside Lackaghbeg’s urban area is Lackagh Museum and Heritage Centre. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town, and 2 more within 5 km.
Does Lackaghbeg have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Lackaghbeg: Lackagh Museum and Heritage Centre and Claregalway Museum and Forge.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Lackaghbeg?
None is recorded within 5 km of Lackaghbeg.
What are the best-known days out near Lackaghbeg?
Within 40 km: Galway Cathedral (15 km), Galway City Museum (15 km), Athenry Castle (12 km), Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (17 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)
- Claregalway Friary: Charles Mount/ Cmount, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Athenry Castle: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Aughnanure Castle: The original uploader was Miguev at English Wikipedia ., CC BY 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
- Castle Hackett: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ross Errilly Abbey: The original uploader was Dppowell at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Aillwee Cave: MarvinVells, 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).