Places to visit around Kilgarvan, from Michael J Quill Centre
A day out from Kilgarvan leads to Killarney National Park, 14 km away. Our list finds nothing inside Kilgarvan’s urban area, but 2 places within 5 km of its edge.
Top of the list around Kilgarvan
The other best-known place is a museum.
Each 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
Kilgarvan Motor Museum marks the outer edge, 1.9 km away.
The dashed line is Kilgarvan’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
Which kinds
They are all museums or galleries: 2 in all.
Green: inside Kilgarvan. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of them, one by one
Look within 5 km of its edge for both places listed.
Close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Kilgarvan → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Kilgarvan →
The wider area
Killarney National Park, 14 km away, is the best known of the 12.
CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral Killarney18 km north
CastleRoss Castle16 km north
MuseumMuckross House, Gardens & Traditional Farms13 km north
Abbey or prioryMuckross Friary14 km north
AttractionLadies View12 km northwest
CastleCarriganass Castle17 km south
CastleBallymalis Castle26 km northwest
CastleParkavonear Castle21 km north
MuseumBonane Heritage Park9.6 km southwest
CastleCastle Donovan26 km southeast
CastleCarrigaphooca Castle28 km eastPlaces well known beyond Kilgarvan (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.
Asked about places to visit in Kilgarvan
What is there to see near Kilgarvan?
No attraction is mapped inside Kilgarvan itself. Within 5 km of it are Michael J Quill Centre and Kilgarvan Motor Museum.
Does Kilgarvan have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Kilgarvan: Michael J Quill Centre and Kilgarvan Motor Museum.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Kilgarvan?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Killarney National Park (National Parks and Wildlife Service), 14 km north.
What are the best-known days out near Kilgarvan?
Within 40 km: Killarney National Park (14 km), St Mary's Cathedral Killarney (18 km), Ross Castle (16 km), Muckross House, Gardens & Traditional Farms (13 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 (11)
- St Mary's Cathedral Killarney: Romeparis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ross Castle: Dumphasizer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Muckross House, Gardens & Traditional Farms: Emmett.Hume, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Muckross Friary: Daviddphotos, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ladies View: Tony Hall, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carriganass Castle: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ballymalis Castle: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Parkavonear Castle: Bkwillwm, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bonane Heritage Park: P L Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Donovan: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carrigaphooca Castle: Ceoil ( Uploads ), 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).