Near Newcastle: Galway Cathedral and other places to visit
Visitors to Galway City Museum numbered 162K in 2011. The neighbourhood has no place on our list of its own; 25 are within 5 km of its edge. Look for 8 museums, 5 art galleries and 3 castles. Walking distance covers 5 of them, all within 1 km of the middle. Allow a day for Burren National Park, 30 km off.
The names to know near Newcastle
2 museums, a garden and a zoo follow Galway Cathedral.
CathedralGalway Cathedral400 m outside town, to the southeast
MuseumGalway City Museum700 m outside town, to the southeast · 162K visitors a year (2011)
GardenEyre Square900 m outside town, to the east
ZooGalway Atlantaquaria1.4 km outside town, to the south
CastleLynch's Castle700 m outside town, to the southeast
MuseumJames Mitchell Museum100 m 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.
Map of the places
On the map, most of the 25 sit to the southeast.
The dashed line is Newcastle’s neighbourhood; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
What there is to see
13 museums or galleries and 7 castles or historic places top the count.
Green: inside Newcastle. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Full list of places
Look within 5 km of its edge for all 25 places listed.
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8Computing and Communications Museum of Ireland
Museum at the University of Galway.
10Hall of the Red Earl
Accessible archaeological site of a former banqueting hall in Druid Lane, Galway.
Close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Newcastle → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Newcastle →
Big names nearby
Best known of the 12 within reach is Burren National Park, at 30 km.
National parkBurren National Park30 km south
CastleDunguaire Castle18 km southeast
CastleAughnanure Castle21 km northwest
CastleOranmore Castle9.1 km east
AttractionAillwee Cave22 km south
CastleAthenry Castle22 km east
Abbey or prioryCorcomroe Cistercian Abbey17 km south
CathedralCathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary30 km northeast
AttractionPol an Ionain32 km southwest
Abbey or prioryRoss Errilly Abbey23 km north
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksKilmacduagh monastery28 km southeast
CastleGleninagh Castle18 km southwestPlaces well known beyond Newcastle (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 Newcastle: questions
What is there to see near Newcastle?
No attraction is mapped inside Newcastle itself. Within 5 km of it are Galway Cathedral, Galway City Museum, Eyre Square and Galway Atlantaquaria.
Does Newcastle have a museum?
13 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Newcastle: Galway City Museum, James Mitchell Museum, Computing and Communications Museum of Ireland and Hall of the Red Earl.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Newcastle?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Kilmacduagh monastery (Office of Public Works), 28 km southeast.
What are the best-known days out near Newcastle?
Within 40 km: Burren National Park (30 km), Dunguaire Castle (18 km), Aughnanure Castle (21 km), Oranmore Castle (9.1 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 (21)
- 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
- Eyre Square: Sharon Hahn Darlin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Galway Atlantaquaria: GalwayAquarium, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lynch's Castle: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Mitchell Museum: Sharonlflynn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Merlinpark Castle: dougf, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blake's Castle: Gillfoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hall of the Red Earl: A.-K. D., 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
- Aughnanure Castle: The original uploader was Miguev at English Wikipedia ., CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oranmore Castle: KevinSchnippkoweit, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aillwee Cave: MarvinVells, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Athenry Castle: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Corcomroe Cistercian Abbey: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Pol an Ionain: P.hammer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ross Errilly Abbey: The original uploader was Dppowell at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilmacduagh monastery: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gleninagh Castle: PDphoto.org, Public domain, 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).