What is near Kilcloon: Maynooth Castle first
Nothing on our list is inside Kilcloon’s urban area; the 6 places to visit are within 5 km of its edge. Among them are 2 attractions, a castle and a museum. Day-trippers head 22 km out to Dublin Castle.
Where to start near Kilcloon
Beyond Maynooth Castle, there are 2 attractions, a museum and a garden.
CastleMaynooth Castle3.8 km outside town, to the south
MuseumNational Science Museum at Maynooth4.1 km outside town, to the southGardenGardenHamwood House and Gardens3.3 km outside town, to the eastAttractionAttractionRussell Library4.1 km outside town, to the southAttractionAttractionCarton Demense2.9 km outside town, to the southHistoric siteHistoric siteConolly's Folly4.9 km outside town, to the southEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Mapped
The 6 outside town cluster to the south.
The dashed line is Kilcloon’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
Kinds of place
There are more castles or historic places (2) than anything else, then other attractions (2).
Green: inside Kilcloon. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Full list of places
Look within 5 km of its edge for all 6.
Close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Kilcloon → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Kilcloon →
Further afield
Leading the 12 is Dublin Castle, 22 km away; they include 5 museums and 2 cathedrals.
CathedralSt Patrick's Cathedral22 km east
Big drawMuseumNational Museum of Ireland23 km east · 783K visitors a year
Big drawZooDublin Zoo19 km east · 1.3M visitors a year (2022)
MuseumNational Library of Ireland23 km east
Historic houseLeinster House23 km east
Museum · Office of Public WorksKilmainham Gaol20 km southeast
CathedralChrist Church Cathedral22 km east
Garden · Office of Public WorksSaint Stephen's Green23 km east
Art galleryNational Gallery of Ireland23 km east
Museum · Office of Public WorksChester Beatty22 km east
MuseumIrish Museum of Modern Art20 km southeastPlaces well known beyond Kilcloon (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 Kilcloon
What is there to see near Kilcloon?
No attraction is mapped inside Kilcloon itself. Within 5 km of it are Maynooth Castle, National Science Museum at Maynooth, Hamwood House and Gardens and Russell Library.
Does Kilcloon have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Kilcloon: National Science Museum at Maynooth.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Kilcloon?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Dublin Castle (Office of Public Works), 22 km east.
What are the best-known days out near Kilcloon?
Within 40 km: Dublin Castle (22 km), St Patrick's Cathedral (22 km), National Museum of Ireland (23 km), Dublin Zoo (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)
- Maynooth Castle: William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Science Museum at Maynooth: AugusteBlanqui, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Patrick's Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum of Ireland: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net )., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dublin Zoo: Harold Strong, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Library of Ireland: YvonneM, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leinster House: Jean Housen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilmainham Gaol: Nol Aders, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christ Church Cathedral: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Chester Beatty: Aligatorek, 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).