Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0A day away from Portlaoise
Only Rock of Dunamase is on our list in Portlaoise or within 5 km of its edge. Head 9.9 km out for Emo Court. Look within 40 km and there are 12, among them 6 castles and 2 museums.
Close to Portlaoise
At 5.7 km from the centre, Rock of Dunamase is the closest. Rock of Dunamase is a historic site in County Laois.
1The lie of the land
7 places are numbered, in the order below.
Portlaoise is the orange dot; the numbers match the places below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
The list by type
There are more castles or historic places (9) than anything else, then museums or galleries (2).
Green: inside Portlaoise. Grey: the rest, within 40 km.
2 places are cared for by the Office of Public Works (Emo Court and Heywood House Gardens).
All of them, one by one
13 places, all within 40 km, make the list.
What is in or close to Portlaoise 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 Portlaoise → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Portlaoise →
For a day out
12 places within 40 km make our list, best known first.
2Museum · Office of Public WorksEmo Court9.9 km northeast
3CastleCarlow Castle33 km southeast
4CastleLeap Castle35 km west
5CathedralCathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary33 km southeast
6MuseumDunmore Cave34 km south
7Heritage railwayStradbally Woodland Railway9.8 km east
Abbey or prioryAghaboe Abbey20 km southwest
CastleGardens at Castle Durrow23 km south
CastleTinnakill Castle10 km north
CastleCullahill Castle28 km southwest
Garden · Office of Public WorksHeywood House Gardens17 km south
CastleRheban Castle17 km eastThe best known within 40 km, the closest and best known first.
The nearest town with more to see: Mountmellick →
Visiting Portlaoise: the answers
What is there to see near Portlaoise?
No attraction is mapped inside Portlaoise itself. Within 5 km of it are Rock of Dunamase.
Does Portlaoise have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Portlaoise.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Portlaoise?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Emo Court (Office of Public Works), 9.9 km northeast.
What are the best-known days out near Portlaoise?
Within 40 km: Emo Court (9.9 km), Carlow Castle (33 km), Leap Castle (35 km), Cathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary (33 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 (7)
- Rock of Dunamase: Meinirland.eu, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emo Court: AnTuisealGinideach, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carlow Castle: Age Bosma, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leap Castle: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary: Joe Byrne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunmore Cave: Jan-Philipp Litza, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stradbally Woodland Railway: NearEMPTiness, 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).