Photo: Dr Neil Clifton · CC BY-SA 2.0Around Sneem: Killarney National Park and more
The one place on our list close to Sneem is The Way the Fairies Went, within 5 km of its edge. Travel 34 km and you reach Killarney National Park. 12 places lie within 40 km, 3 castles and 2 abbeys or priories among them.
The nearest one
Start with The Way the Fairies Went, 200 m away.
Getting your bearings
Each of the 7 places has its number on the map, as below.
Sneem is the orange dot; the numbers match the places below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
What you can see
There are more castles or historic places (8) than anything else, then gardens or estates (2).
Green: inside Sneem. Grey: the rest, within 40 km.
2 places are cared for: 1 by the National Parks and Wildlife Service and 1 by the Office of Public Works (Killarney National Park and Derrynane House).
Every one of them
The town has one; within 40 km, the list finds 12 more.
Killarney National Park
National park in Killarney, Co Kerry, Ireland.
Muckross House, Gardens & Traditional Farms
Public building in Ireland.
What is in or close to Sneem 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 Sneem → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Sneem →
For a day out
From 12 places within 40 km, these are the best known.
3FortCaherdaniel16 km southwest
4CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral Killarney36 km northeast
5CastleRoss Castle34 km northeastHistoric house6Historic house · Office of Public WorksDerrynane House18 km southwest
7MuseumMuckross House, Gardens & Traditional Farms34 km northeast
Abbey or prioryMuckross Friary35 km northeast
CastleDromore Castle13 km east
GardenDerreen Gardens11 km southeast
AttractionLadies View25 km northeastCastleCastleBallycarbery Castle28 km northwestAbbey or prioryAbbey or prioryBallinskelligs Abbey26 km westThe best known within 40 km, the closest and best known first.
Seeing Sneem: your questions
What are the main attractions in Sneem?
The place to visit inside Sneem’s urban area is The Way the Fairies Went. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town.
Does Sneem have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Sneem.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Sneem?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Killarney National Park (National Parks and Wildlife Service), 34 km northeast.
What are the best-known days out near Sneem?
Within 40 km: Killarney National Park (34 km), Caherdaniel (16 km), St Mary's Cathedral Killarney (36 km), Ross Castle (34 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 (4)
- Caherdaniel: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
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).