Hamwood House and Gardens and more near Dunboyne
For a trip from Dunboyne, Dublin Castle is 16 km away. Look within 5 km of its edge for the 2 places to visit; none is inside Dunboyne’s urban area. There are a garden and a castle to choose from.
The names to know near Dunboyne
Next to Hamwood House and Gardens, the best known is a castle.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Map of the places
The map stretches to Luttrellstown Castle, 5.6 km away.
The dashed line is Dunboyne’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
What kind of places
Between them they are a garden and a castle.
Green: inside Dunboyne. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The complete list
All of it lies within 5 km of its edge: 2 places.
Close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Dunboyne → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Dunboyne →
For a day out
Dublin Castle, at 16 km, heads the 12 day trips.
CathedralSt Patrick's Cathedral16 km southeast
Big drawZooDublin Zoo13 km southeast · 1.3M visitors a year (2022)
Big drawMuseumNational Museum of Ireland17 km southeast · 783K visitors a year
MuseumNational Library of Ireland17 km southeast
Museum · Office of Public WorksKilmainham Gaol14 km southeast
Historic houseLeinster House17 km southeast
CathedralChrist Church Cathedral16 km southeast
Museum · Office of Public WorksChester Beatty16 km southeast
Garden · Office of Public WorksSaint Stephen's Green17 km southeast
Art galleryNational Gallery of Ireland17 km southeast
MuseumIrish Museum of Modern Art14 km southeastPlaces well known beyond Dunboyne (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 Dunboyne
What is there to see near Dunboyne?
No attraction is mapped inside Dunboyne itself. Within 5 km of it are Hamwood House and Gardens and Luttrellstown Castle.
Does Dunboyne have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Dunboyne.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Dunboyne?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Dublin Castle (Office of Public Works), 16 km southeast.
What are the best-known days out near Dunboyne?
Within 40 km: Dublin Castle (16 km), St Patrick's Cathedral (16 km), Dublin Zoo (13 km), National Museum of Ireland (17 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)
- St Patrick's Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dublin Zoo: Harold Strong, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum of Ireland: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net )., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Library of Ireland: YvonneM, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilmainham Gaol: Nol Aders, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leinster House: Jean Housen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christ Church Cathedral: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester Beatty: Aligatorek, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Stephen's Green: Dronepicr (edited by King of Hearts ) Edit corrects CA and sharpens image, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery of Ireland: Copyright © 2006 Kaihsu Tai, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Irish Museum of Modern Art: self, Public domain, 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).