What is near Johnstown: Clomantagh Castle first
For a trip from Johnstown, Rock of Cashel is 34 km away. Nothing on our list is inside Johnstown’s urban area; the 2 places to visit are within 5 km of its edge. There are a castle and a historic site to choose from.
Around Johnstown: where to begin
Alongside Clomantagh Castle you find a historic site.
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 farthest of them, Clomantagh Castle, is 5.6 km out.
The dashed line is Johnstown’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
The types of place
They are all castles or historic places: 2 in all.
Green: inside Johnstown. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every entry
These 2 are within 5 km of its edge, none in town.
Close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Johnstown → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Johnstown →
Beyond the town
Top of the 12 day trips: Rock of Cashel, at 34 km.
CastleRock of Cashel34 km southwest
CastleKilkenny Castle24 km southeast
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksKilcooley Abbey9.2 km south
CathedralCathedral of the Assumption, Thurles19 km southwest
CastleCullahill Castle8.9 km northeast
CathedralSaint Marys Cathedral23 km southeast
CathedralSt Canice's Cathedral and Round Tower23 km southeast
MuseumDunmore Cave21 km east
CastleGardens at Castle Durrow15 km northeast
CastleLeap Castle35 km northwest
Abbey or prioryBlack Abbey23 km southeast
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksJerpoint Abbey38 km southeastPlaces well known beyond Johnstown (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.
Practical questions about Johnstown
What is there to see near Johnstown?
No attraction is mapped inside Johnstown itself. Within 5 km of it are Clomantagh Castle and Grangefertagh Round Tower.
Does Johnstown have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Johnstown.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Johnstown?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Kilcooley Abbey (Office of Public Works), 9.2 km south.
What are the best-known days out near Johnstown?
Within 40 km: Rock of Cashel (34 km), Kilkenny Castle (24 km), Kilcooley Abbey (9.2 km), Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles (19 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)
- Rock of Cashel: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilkenny Castle: Tolivero~commonswiki, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilcooley Abbey: Edvardforeve, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cullahill Castle: Krigh, CC BY 3.0, 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
- Dunmore Cave: Jan-Philipp Litza, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gardens at Castle Durrow: GunnerPoulsen~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leap Castle: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Black Abbey: Andreas F. Borchert, 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).