Around Ballyragget, start with Foulksrath Castle
From Ballyragget, the big name within reach is Kilkenny Castle, 16 km away. Look within 5 km of its edge for the 2 places to visit; none is inside Ballyragget’s urban area. On the list: a castle and a museum, among others.
Just outside Ballyragget, the best known
Following Foulksrath Castle is a museum.
CastleFoulksrath Castle3.5 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumThe Irish Fly Fishing and Game Museum4.4 km outside town, to the northEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The map view
The farthest of them, The Irish Fly Fishing and Game Museum, is 5.3 km out.
The dashed line is Ballyragget’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
Kinds of place
The list holds a castle and a museum.
Green: inside Ballyragget. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The whole list for Ballyragget
Both on the list lie within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Ballyragget → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Ballyragget →
Further afield: the best known within 40 km
The pick of the 12 is Kilkenny Castle, 16 km off.
CastleKilkenny Castle16 km south
MuseumDunmore Cave8.3 km southeast
CathedralSaint Marys Cathedral16 km south
CathedralSt Canice's Cathedral and Round Tower15 km south
CastleGardens at Castle Durrow8.1 km northwest
CastleCarlow Castle27 km east
CastleCullahill Castle10 km west
Abbey or prioryBlack Abbey16 km south
CastleBallymoon Castle30 km east
CathedralCathedral of the Assumption, Thurles34 km west
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksKilcooley Abbey21 km southwest
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksJerpoint Abbey33 km southPlaces well known beyond Ballyragget (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.
Your questions on Ballyragget
What is there to see near Ballyragget?
No attraction is mapped inside Ballyragget itself. Within 5 km of it are Foulksrath Castle and The Irish Fly Fishing and Game Museum.
Does Ballyragget have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Ballyragget: The Irish Fly Fishing and Game Museum.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Ballyragget?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Kilcooley Abbey (Office of Public Works), 21 km southwest.
What are the best-known days out near Ballyragget?
Within 40 km: Kilkenny Castle (16 km), Dunmore Cave (8.3 km), Saint Marys Cathedral (16 km), St Canice's Cathedral and Round Tower (15 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 (13)
- Foulksrath Castle: User Postdlf on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilkenny Castle: Tolivero~commonswiki, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunmore Cave: Jan-Philipp Litza, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Marys Cathedral: Stevage, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- St Canice's Cathedral and Round Tower: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gardens at Castle Durrow: GunnerPoulsen~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carlow Castle: Age Bosma, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cullahill Castle: Krigh, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Black Abbey: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ballymoon Castle: Poleary91, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilcooley Abbey: Edvardforeve, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerpoint Abbey: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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).