Places to visit around Rahoon, from Galway Cathedral
In 2011, 162K people visited Galway City Museum. The neighbourhood has no place on our list of its own; 24 are within 5 km of its edge. Look for 8 museums, 5 art galleries and 2 gardens. Burren National Park is worth a day, 31 km from the centre.
Around Rahoon: where to begin
Once you have seen Galway Cathedral, try 2 museums, a garden and a zoo.
CathedralGalway Cathedral1.6 km outside town, to the east
MuseumGalway City Museum1.9 km outside town, to the southeast · 162K visitors a year (2011)
GardenEyre Square2.1 km outside town, to the east
ZooGalway Atlantaquaria1.6 km outside town, to the south
CastleLynch's Castle1.9 km outside town, to the southeast
MuseumJames Mitchell Museum1.3 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.
The layout
To the southeast lie most of the 24 nearby.
The dashed line is Rahoon’s neighbourhood; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
What you can see
Count 13 museums or galleries and 6 castles or historic places.
Green: inside Rahoon. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Place after place
You will find all 24 within 5 km of its edge.
7Computing and Communications Museum of Ireland
Museum at the University of Galway.
9Hall 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 Rahoon → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Rahoon →
Names further out
Top of the 12 day trips: Burren National Park, at 31 km.
National parkBurren National Park31 km south
CastleAughnanure Castle20 km northwest
CastleDunguaire Castle19 km southeast
CastleOranmore Castle10 km east
AttractionAillwee Cave22 km south
CastleMerlinpark Castle5.9 km east
CastleAthenry Castle23 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 Abbey22 km north
CastleGleninagh Castle18 km southwestPlaces well known beyond Rahoon (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.
Good to know in Rahoon
What is there to see near Rahoon?
No attraction is mapped inside Rahoon itself. Within 5 km of it are Galway Cathedral, Galway City Museum, Eyre Square and Galway Atlantaquaria.
Does Rahoon have a museum?
13 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Rahoon: 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 Rahoon?
None is recorded within 5 km of Rahoon.
What are the best-known days out near Rahoon?
Within 40 km: Burren National Park (31 km), Aughnanure Castle (20 km), Dunguaire Castle (19 km), Oranmore Castle (10 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 (20)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Oranmore Castle: KevinSchnippkoweit, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aillwee Cave: MarvinVells, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Merlinpark Castle: dougf, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- 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).