A museum just outside Suncroft: Curragh Military Museum
All of it lies outside: 3 places within 5 km of its edge, none inside Suncroft’s urban area. A drive of 37 km brings you to Glendalough.
Just outside Suncroft, the best known
After Curragh Military Museum come 2 museums.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Mapped
The map puts most of the 3 to the northwest.
The dashed line is Suncroft’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
The list by type
Every one of them is among museums or galleries.
Green: inside Suncroft. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The complete list
3 places, all within 5 km of its edge, make the list.
Close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Suncroft → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Suncroft →
Bigger names, a drive away
Out of town, Glendalough (37 km) leads 12 names to know.
Abbey or prioryGlendalough37 km east
National parkWicklow Mountains National Park33 km east
FortDún Ailinne5.8 km east
Historic houseRussborough House and Parklands20 km east
CastleCarlow Castle30 km south
CastleBallyloughan Castle31 km south
Museum · Office of Public WorksEmo Court22 km west
CathedralKildare Cathedral6.7 km northwest
CathedralCathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary30 km south
Historic house · Office of Public WorksCastletown House34 km northeast
CastleRock of Dunamase25 km west
CastleMaynooth Castle35 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Suncroft (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.
Questions about Suncroft’s attractions
What is there to see near Suncroft?
No attraction is mapped inside Suncroft itself. Within 5 km of it are Curragh Military Museum, The Irish National Stud & Gardens and Horse Museum.
Does Suncroft have a museum?
3 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Suncroft: Curragh Military Museum, The Irish National Stud & Gardens and Horse Museum.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Suncroft?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Emo Court (Office of Public Works), 22 km west.
What are the best-known days out near Suncroft?
Within 40 km: Glendalough (37 km), Wicklow Mountains National Park (33 km), Dún Ailinne (5.8 km), Russborough House and Parklands (20 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 (12)
- Glendalough: Schcambo at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wicklow Mountains National Park: Joe King, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dún Ailinne: Frankysandwich, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Russborough House and Parklands: Ramón, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carlow Castle: Age Bosma, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ballyloughan Castle: VisionsofthePast, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emo Court: AnTuisealGinideach, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kildare Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary: Joe Byrne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Castletown House: LoriStrang, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rock of Dunamase: Meinirland.eu, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maynooth Castle: William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, 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).