Photo: Pauly3 · CC BY-SA 4.0Places to visit near Rathdowney
The one place on our list close to Rathdowney is Donaghmore Famine Workhouse Museum, within 5 km of its edge. Within reach, the name to know is Kilkenny Castle, 33 km away. 12 places lie within 40 km, 6 castles and 3 cathedrals among them.
Starting nearby
Start with Donaghmore Famine Workhouse Museum, 2.8 km away.
Distances on the map
The map numbers 7 places, in the order of the tiles below.
Rathdowney is the orange dot; the numbers match the places below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
Which kinds
There are more castles or historic places (11) than anything else, then museums or galleries (2).
Green: inside Rathdowney. Grey: the rest, within 40 km.
1 place is cared for by the Office of Public Works (Kilcooley Abbey).
All 13 on the list
Each of the 13 is within 40 km.
Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles
Church in Thurles, Ireland.
Roscrea Heritage Centre – Roscrea Castle and Damer House
Castle in County Tipperary, Ireland.
St Canice's Cathedral and Round Tower
Cathedral in Kilkenny, Ireland.
What is in or close to Rathdowney 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 Rathdowney → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Rathdowney →
Day trips from Rathdowney
12 places within 40 km are on our list; these are the best known.
2CastleKilkenny Castle33 km southeast
3CastleCullahill Castle9.2 km southeast
4CastleLeap Castle24 km northwest
5CathedralCathedral of the Assumption, Thurles24 km southwest
6Abbey or prioryAghaboe Abbey9.2 km northeast
7CastleBirr Castle34 km northwest
CastleGardens at Castle Durrow13 km east
CathedralSaint Marys Cathedral32 km southeast
CastleRoscrea Heritage Centre – Roscrea Castle and Damer House18 km northwest
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksKilcooley Abbey21 km south
MuseumDunmore Cave27 km southeast
CathedralSt Canice's Cathedral and Round Tower32 km southeastThe best known within 40 km, the closest and best known first.
The nearest town with more to see: Roscrea →
Rathdowney, answered
What is there to see near Rathdowney?
No attraction is mapped inside Rathdowney itself. Within 5 km of it are Donaghmore Famine Workhouse Museum.
Does Rathdowney have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Rathdowney: Donaghmore Famine Workhouse Museum.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Rathdowney?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Kilcooley Abbey (Office of Public Works), 21 km south.
What are the best-known days out near Rathdowney?
Within 40 km: Kilkenny Castle (33 km), Cullahill Castle (9.2 km), Leap Castle (24 km), Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles (24 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)
- Kilkenny Castle: Tolivero~commonswiki, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cullahill Castle: Krigh, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leap Castle: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aghaboe Abbey: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Birr Castle: The original uploader was Tpower at English Wikipedia ., 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).