The nearest days out from Williamstown
The list has nothing in Williamstown itself or within 5 km of its edge. Glinsk Castle, 10 km away, is the best-known day out. Go further, within 40 km, and there are 12, including 6 castles and 2 cathedrals.
Around Williamstown, mapped
From 1 to 6, each number is a tile below.
Williamstown is the orange dot; the numbers match the places below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
What they are
10 castles or historic places and 2 museums or galleries top the count.
Green: inside Williamstown. Grey: the rest, within 40 km.
1 place is cared for by the Office of Public Works (Boyle Abbey).
The places, one by one
Here are the 12 places within 40 km.
Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Cathedral in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland.
Roscommon Abbey
House of Dominican friars in Roscommon, County Roscommon, Ireland.
The National Famine Museum | Strokestown Park
Museum in Strokestown, Ireland.
What is in or close to Williamstown 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 Williamstown → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Williamstown →
Days out from Williamstown
For a day out, 12 places within 40 km fit; the best known are here.
1CastleGlinsk Castle10 km east
2CathedralCathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary25 km southwest
3MuseumCastlerea Railway Museum12 km northeast
4Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksBoyle Abbey38 km northeast
5CastleRoscommon Castle26 km east
6CastleFeartagar Castle27 km southwest
CastleDunmore Castle13 km southwest
CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral, Tuam26 km southwest
CastleCastle Hackett33 km southwest
Abbey or prioryRoscommon Abbey26 km east
CastleDonamon Castle18 km east
MuseumThe National Famine Museum | Strokestown Park34 km eastThe best known within 40 km, the closest and best known first.
The nearest town with more to see: Castlerea →
Good to know in Williamstown
Does Williamstown have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Williamstown.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Williamstown?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Boyle Abbey (Office of Public Works), 38 km northeast.
What are the best-known days out near Williamstown?
Within 40 km: Glinsk Castle (10 km), Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (25 km), Castlerea Railway Museum (12 km), Boyle Abbey (38 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)
- Glinsk Castle: Hyacinth45 at English Wikipedia, 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
- Castlerea Railway Museum: NearEMPTiness, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Boyle Abbey: Digital Eye, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roscommon Castle: Irishrover1980, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Feartagar Castle: Mike Searle, 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).