Places to visit around Ballycolla, from Gardens at Castle Durrow
What there is to see lies just outside: 3 places within 5 km of its edge. Among them are 2 gardens and a castle. If you have a day, head to Kilkenny Castle, 29 km away.
Top of the list around Ballycolla
Next to Gardens at Castle Durrow, the best known are 2 gardens.
CastleGardens at Castle Durrow4.7 km outside town, to the southeastGardenGardenFruitlawn Garden3.9 km outside town, to the northeastGardenGardenDunmore Country School Kitchen Garden and Natural Beekeeping Classes3.7 km outside town, to the southeastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The places, mapped
To the southeast lie most of the 3 nearby.
The dashed line is Ballycolla’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
What you can see
Most common are gardens or estates: 2 of 3.
Green: inside Ballycolla. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of them, one by one
These 3 are all 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 Ballycolla → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Ballycolla →
Within a day
Head 29 km out for Kilkenny Castle, the best known of 12.
CastleKilkenny Castle29 km southeast
CastleCullahill Castle7.6 km south
Abbey or prioryAghaboe Abbey6.3 km northwest
MuseumDunmore Cave21 km southeast
CastleLeap Castle29 km northwest
CastleCarlow Castle35 km east
CathedralSaint Marys Cathedral29 km southeast
CastleBirr Castle39 km northwest
CathedralCathedral of the Assumption, Thurles33 km southwest
CathedralSt Canice's Cathedral and Round Tower28 km southeast
Garden · Office of Public WorksHeywood House Gardens9.9 km east
CastleRock of Dunamase23 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Ballycolla (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.
Seeing Ballycolla: your questions
What is there to see near Ballycolla?
No attraction is mapped inside Ballycolla itself. Within 5 km of it are Gardens at Castle Durrow, Fruitlawn Garden and Dunmore Country School Kitchen Garden and Natural Beekeeping Classes.
Does Ballycolla have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Ballycolla.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Ballycolla?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Heywood House Gardens (Office of Public Works), 9.9 km east.
What are the best-known days out near Ballycolla?
Within 40 km: Kilkenny Castle (29 km), Cullahill Castle (7.6 km), Aghaboe Abbey (6.3 km), Dunmore Cave (21 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)
- Gardens at Castle Durrow: GunnerPoulsen~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilkenny Castle: Tolivero~commonswiki, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cullahill Castle: Krigh, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aghaboe Abbey: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunmore Cave: Jan-Philipp Litza, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leap Castle: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carlow Castle: Age Bosma, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Marys Cathedral: Stevage, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Birr Castle: The original uploader was Tpower at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- St Canice's Cathedral and Round Tower: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Heywood House Gardens: Liam Hughes from Milwaukee, WI, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rock of Dunamase: Meinirland.eu, 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).