Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0Plan a day out from Newtown
Newtown has no place to visit of its own on our list, and none within 5 km of its edge. The best-known place within reach is Carlow Castle, at 12 km. Within 40 km, the list counts 12, among them 6 castles and 3 cathedrals.
Around Newtown, mapped
The 6 numbers match the tiles below.
Newtown is the orange dot; the numbers match the places below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
Grouped by kind
Castles or historic places number 10, museums or galleries 2.
Green: inside Newtown. Grey: the rest, within 40 km.
1 place is cared for by the Office of Public Works (Emo Court).
Everything to see
Here are the 12 places within 40 km.
St Canice's Cathedral and Round Tower
Cathedral in Kilkenny, Ireland.
Shankill Castle and Gardens
Castle incorporated into a house in County Kilkenny, Ireland.
What is in or close to Newtown comes first, then the best known within 40 km, close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Newtown → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Newtown →
The best known, a drive away
Shown here are the best known of 12 places within 40 km.
1CastleCarlow Castle12 km east
2CastleKilkenny Castle25 km south
3CathedralCathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary13 km east
4CastleBallyloughan Castle23 km east
5CastleBallymoon Castle23 km southeast
6MuseumDunmore Cave17 km southwest
CathedralSaint Marys Cathedral25 km south
CathedralSt Canice's Cathedral and Round Tower25 km south
CastleRock of Dunamase20 km north
Museum · Office of Public WorksEmo Court28 km north
CastleShankill Castle and Gardens21 km south
Abbey or prioryBlack Abbey25 km southThe best known within 40 km, the closest and best known first.
The nearest town with more to see: Carlow →
Your questions on Newtown
Does Newtown have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Newtown.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Newtown?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Emo Court (Office of Public Works), 28 km north.
What are the best-known days out near Newtown?
Within 40 km: Carlow Castle (12 km), Kilkenny Castle (25 km), Cathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary (13 km), Ballyloughan Castle (23 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 (6)
- Carlow Castle: Age Bosma, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilkenny Castle: Tolivero~commonswiki, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary: Joe Byrne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ballyloughan Castle: VisionsofthePast, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ballymoon Castle: Poleary91, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunmore Cave: Jan-Philipp Litza, 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).