Dromiskin Monastery, the place to visit in Dromiskin
3 of the 5 places to visit in and around Dromiskin are castles or historic places. One place to visit is mapped inside Dromiskin’s urban area, with 4 more within 5 km of its edge. Set 17 km out, Monasterboice High Cross and Round Tower makes a day trip.
Dromiskin’s best known
Next to Dromiskin Monastery, the best known are a natural landscape, a historic house and a museum.
Abbey or prioryDromiskin Monasteryin townNatural landscapeNatural landscapeBlackrock Wetlands3.5 km outside town, to the northeastHistoric houseHistoric houseBlackrock Boathouse3.7 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumStephenstown Pond Nature Park & The Dairy Maid Coffee Shop4.3 km outside town, to the northwestChurchChurchHaggardstown Old Church and Graveyard4 km outside town, to the northEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Mapped
Head to the northeast for most of the 4 on the list.
The dashed line is Dromiskin’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
What you can see
Most common are castles or historic places: 3 of 5.
Green: inside Dromiskin. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The complete list
First the one in town, then the 4 within 5 km of its edge.
The one inside Dromiskin 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 Dromiskin → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Dromiskin →
Days out
Monasterboice High Cross and Round Tower, 17 km away, is the best known of the 12.
Historic houseMonasterboice High Cross and Round Tower17 km south
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksOld Mellifont Abbey21 km south
CastleSlane Castle26 km south
Castle · Office of Public WorksCarlingford Castle19 km northeast
Historic houseKells High Crosses39 km southwest
CastleRoodstown Castle8.2 km southwest
CastleCastle Roche15 km northwest
CastleArdee Castle12 km southwest
MuseumCounty Museum Dundalk8.8 km north
CastleBarmeath Castle12 km south
CastleAthclare Castle12 km south
CastleCabra Castle25 km westPlaces well known beyond Dromiskin (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.
What people ask about Dromiskin
What are the main attractions in Dromiskin?
The place to visit inside Dromiskin’s urban area is Dromiskin Monastery. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town, and 4 more within 5 km.
Does Dromiskin have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Dromiskin: Stephenstown Pond Nature Park & The Dairy Maid Coffee Shop.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Dromiskin?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Old Mellifont Abbey (Office of Public Works), 21 km south.
What are the best-known days out near Dromiskin?
Within 40 km: Monasterboice High Cross and Round Tower (17 km), Old Mellifont Abbey (21 km), Slane Castle (26 km), Carlingford Castle (19 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 (13)
- Dromiskin Monastery: Kieran Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Monasterboice High Cross and Round Tower: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Old Mellifont Abbey: Hopmans at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Slane Castle: Sitomon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carlingford Castle: jai, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kells High Crosses: Pinacle, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roodstown Castle: Kieran Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Roche: Hazazzy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ardee Castle: Nuala Furley, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- County Museum Dundalk: GilPe, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barmeath Castle: Kieran Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Athclare Castle: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cabra Castle: Joseph Mischyshyn, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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).