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Kilkenny Castle
Attractions in Ballyroan

Near Ballyroan: Abbeyleix Heritage House and other places to visit

The best-known day out from Ballyroan is Kilkenny Castle, 33 km away. With nothing inside Ballyroan’s urban area, the list has 2 places within 5 km of its edge. There are a museum and an art gallery to choose from.

Photo: Kilkenny Castle, Tolivero~commonswiki (Public domain)
In Ballyroan
0
inside the urban area
Within 5 km
2
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
2
in or near town
Best known

The best known around Ballyroan

Second to Abbeyleix Heritage House is an art gallery.

MuseumMuseumAbbeyleix Heritage House3.6 km outside town, to the southwestArt galleryArt galleryBramley4.1 km outside town, to the southwest

Each 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

Places on the map

Bramley marks the outer edge, 4.9 km away.

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The dashed line is Ballyroan’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline

By kind

Sorted by kind

Every one of them is among museums or galleries.

Museums & galleries 1 museum · 1 art gallery0 in town · 2 nearby

Green: inside Ballyroan. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

Every place

The complete list

Both on the list lie within 5 km of its edge.

Fri, Sat 10:30–17:00 · Sun 10:30–16:00

Close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.

Monuments and historic buildings in Ballyroan → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Ballyroan →

Big names nearby

Big names nearby

Head 33 km out for Kilkenny Castle, the best known of 12.

CastleKilkenny Castle33 km southCastleRock of Dunamase11 km northeastCastleCarlow Castle28 km southeastMuseum · Office of Public WorksEmo Court19 km northGarden · Office of Public WorksHeywood House Gardens7.1 km southCastleGardens at Castle Durrow13 km southwestMuseumDunmore Cave24 km southCastleLeap Castle35 km westCathedralSaint Marys Cathedral33 km southCastleBallyloughan Castle38 km eastCathedralCathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary28 km southeastCastleBallymoon Castle39 km southeast

Places well known beyond Ballyroan (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 Ballyroan’s attractions

What is there to see near Ballyroan?

No attraction is mapped inside Ballyroan itself. Within 5 km of it are Abbeyleix Heritage House and Bramley.

Does Ballyroan have a museum?

2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Ballyroan: Abbeyleix Heritage House and Bramley.

Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Ballyroan?

None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Emo Court (Office of Public Works), 19 km north.

What are the best-known days out near Ballyroan?

Within 40 km: Kilkenny Castle (33 km), Rock of Dunamase (11 km), Carlow Castle (28 km), Emo Court (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)

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).