Foynes Flying Boat & Maritime Museum is Foynes’ place to visit
Look within 5 km of its edge and the list grows by 3 beyond the one inside Foynes’ urban area. The mix takes in 2 museums, an abbey or priory and a garden. A short walk covers 2, both within 1 km. Further afield, Bunratty Castle is 22 km from the centre.
The first to see in Foynes
Foynes Flying Boat & Maritime Museum aside, the next best known are an abbey or priory, a garden and a museum.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Mapped around Foynes
Out at 5.1 km is St. Katherine's Abbey, Monisternagalliaghduff, the farthest.
The dashed line is Foynes’ urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
What there is to see
It comes down to 2 museums, an abbey or priory and a garden.
Green: inside Foynes. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place to visit
One in town leads, with 3 more within 5 km of its edge after it.
The one inside Foynes comes 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 Foynes → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Foynes →
Day trips from Foynes
Allow a day for Bunratty Castle, 22 km away, the pick of 12.
CastleBunratty Castle22 km northeastMuseumMuseumKing John's Castle33 km east
CathedralSt John's Cathedral33 km east
CathedralEnnis Cathedral27 km north
CastleGlin Castle14 km west
CathedralSaint Mary's Cathedral33 km east
Castle · Office of Public WorksListowel Castle32 km southwest
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksEnnis Friary27 km north
MuseumThe Hunt Museum33 km east
CastleKnappogue Castle27 km northeast
Castle · Office of Public WorksDesmond Castle Newcastle West18 km south
Castle · Office of Public WorksCarrigafoyle Castle27 km westPlaces well known beyond Foynes (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.
Quick answers on Foynes
What are the main attractions in Foynes?
The place to visit inside Foynes’ urban area is Foynes Flying Boat & Maritime Museum. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town, and 3 more within 5 km.
Does Foynes have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Foynes: Foynes Flying Boat & Maritime Museum and Foynes Island Viewpoint.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Foynes?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Listowel Castle (Office of Public Works), 32 km southwest.
What are the best-known days out near Foynes?
Within 40 km: Bunratty Castle (22 km), King John's Castle (33 km), St John's Cathedral (33 km), Ennis Cathedral (27 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 (11)
- Bunratty Castle: Jon Sullivan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- St John's Cathedral: David P Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ennis Cathedral: Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glin Castle: Garry Dickinson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Mary's Cathedral: Sean.magner89, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Listowel Castle: Larsoner~commonswiki, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ennis Friary: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Hunt Museum: Roland Czaczyk ( FreeBird 19:17, 23 December 2006 (UTC)), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Knappogue Castle: https://www.flickr.com/people/sitomon/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Desmond Castle Newcastle West: Eugene gogs, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carrigafoyle Castle: Arcaist, 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).