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Limerick City Gallery of Art
Attractions in Dock

Limerick City Gallery of Art opens Dock’s list

11 of the 17 places to visit in and around Dock are museums or galleries. Look within 5 km of its edge and the list grows by 13 beyond the 4 inside Dock’s neighbourhood. Inside 1 km of the middle lie 7 of them. For a longer trip, Bunratty Castle lies 13 km away.

Photo: Limerick City Gallery of Art, William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland (CC BY-SA 2.0)
In Dock
4
inside the neighbourhood
Within 5 km
13
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
11
in or near town
Castles & historic places
5
in or near town
Best known

Start here in Dock

After Limerick City Gallery of Art come 4 museums and a cathedral.

Art galleryLimerick City Gallery of Artin townMuseumThe People's Museum of Limerickin townMuseumMuseumCulture Housein townMuseumMuseumLeamy Housein townMuseumMuseumKing John's Castle1.1 km outside town, to the northeastCathedralSt John's Cathedral700 m outside town, to the northeast

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

Beyond the town, the 13 nearby are mostly to the northeast.

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

By kind

What you can see

Museums or galleries are the biggest group (11), then castles or historic places (5).

Museums & galleries 8 museums · 3 art galleries4 in town · 7 nearby
Castles & historic places 2 cathedrals · 2 historic houses · 1 castle0 in town · 5 nearby
Nature & islands 1 natural landscape0 in town · 1 nearby

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

Every place

All of it

In town there are 4, and the list adds 13 more within 5 km of its edge.

The 4 inside Dock come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.

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

Big names nearby

Beyond Dock

Bunratty Castle (13 km) leads the 12 big names within reach.

CastleBunratty Castle13 km westCastleCarrigogunnell Castle7.5 km westAbbey or prioryGlenstal Abbey17 km eastCastleKnappogue Castle20 km northwestCathedralEnnis Cathedral31 km northwestCathedralKillaloe Cathedral and Churches21 km northeastCastle · Office of Public WorksDesmond Castle Adare14 km southwestMuseumCraggaunowen20 km northwestAbbey or priory · Office of Public WorksEnnis Friary31 km northwestCastleBallymarkahan Castle21 km northwestAbbey or prioryMonasteranenagh Abbey16 km southAbbey or prioryAugustinian Abbey Adare14 km southwest

Places well known beyond Dock (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.

Planning a visit to Dock

What are the main attractions in Dock?

The best known inside Dock’s neighbourhood are Limerick City Gallery of Art, The People's Museum of Limerick, Culture House and Leamy House. In all, 4 places to visit are mapped inside the town, and 13 more within 5 km.

Does Dock have a museum?

11 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Dock: Limerick City Gallery of Art, The People's Museum of Limerick, Culture House and Leamy House.

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

None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Desmond Castle Adare (Office of Public Works), 14 km southwest.

What are the best-known days out near Dock?

Within 40 km: Bunratty Castle (13 km), Carrigogunnell Castle (7.5 km), Glenstal Abbey (17 km), Knappogue Castle (20 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 (18)

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).