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Attractions in Knock

Knock Museum opens Knock’s list

The best-known day out from Knock is Museum of Country Life, 21 km away. Both places to visit on our list are inside Knock’s urban area; none are within 5 km of its edge. Look for a museum and an abbey or priory.

Photo: Museum of Country Life, Shanehahaha (CC BY-SA 3.0)
In Knock
2
inside the urban area
Within 5 km
0
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
1
in or near town
Castles & historic places
1
in or near town
Best known

The names to know in Knock

Beyond Knock Museum, there is an abbey or priory.

MuseumMuseumKnock Museumin townAbbey or prioryAbbey or prioryKnock Shrinein town

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

Around Knock, mapped

The outermost point is Knock Museum, at 700 m.

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

By kind

The mix

It comes down to a museum and an abbey or priory.

Museums & galleries 1 museum1 in town
Castles & historic places 1 abbey or priory1 in town

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

Every place

Every place, in and near Knock

The list is 2 places, all in town.

The 2 inside Knock 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 Knock → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Knock →

Big names nearby

A little further out

Museum of Country Life (21 km) leads the 12 big names within reach.

MuseumMuseum of Country Life21 km northwest · 99K visitors a yearCathedralCathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary32 km southAbbey or prioryBallintubber Abbey24 km westCathedralCathedral of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Nathy, Ballaghaderreen38 km northCathedralSt. Muredack's Cathedral38 km northCastleFeartagar Castle25 km southAbbey or prioryCong Abbey37 km southwestCastleBallylahan Castle20 km northwestAbbey or prioryRoss Errilly Abbey38 km southwestCastleCastle Hackett34 km southCastleGlinsk Castle36 km southeastMuseumCastlerea Railway Museum28 km east

Places well known beyond Knock (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.

Know before you go to Knock

What are the main attractions in Knock?

The best known inside Knock’s urban area are Knock Museum and Knock Shrine. In all, 2 places to visit are mapped inside the town.

Does Knock have a museum?

1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Knock: Knock Museum.

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

None is recorded within 5 km of Knock.

What are the best-known days out near Knock?

Within 40 km: Museum of Country Life (21 km), Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (32 km), Ballintubber Abbey (24 km), Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Nathy, Ballaghaderreen (38 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 (12)

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).