Clarke Art is Ratoath’s place to visit
Look within 5 km of its edge and the list grows by 3 beyond the one inside Ratoath’s urban area. Among them are 2 zoos, an art gallery and a theme park. Day-trippers head 22 km out to Dublin Castle.
The headline places in Ratoath
Alongside Clarke Art you find 2 zoos and a theme park.
Theme parkEmerald Park3.3 km outside town, to the northZooZooPet Farm4.7 km outside town, to the eastZooZooPetting Farm3.3 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.
On the map
Most of the 3 close by lie to the north.
The dashed line is Ratoath’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
Which kinds
3 of the 4 are zoos, theme parks or other days out, more than any other kind.
Green: inside Ratoath. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every entry
It starts in town with one place and goes on to 3 within 5 km of its edge.
The one inside Ratoath 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 Ratoath → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Ratoath →
Bigger names, a drive away
Worth the drive, Dublin Castle (22 km) is first of the 12.
Big drawMuseumNational Museum of Ireland23 km southeast · 783K visitors a year
CathedralSt Patrick's Cathedral22 km southeast
Big drawZooDublin Zoo20 km southeast · 1.3M visitors a year (2022)
MuseumNational Library of Ireland23 km southeast
Historic houseLeinster House23 km southeast
CathedralChrist Church Cathedral22 km southeast
Museum · Office of Public WorksKilmainham Gaol21 km southeast
Art galleryNational Gallery of Ireland23 km southeast
Garden · Office of Public WorksSaint Stephen's Green23 km southeast
Museum · Office of Public WorksChester Beatty22 km southeast
MuseumIrish Museum of Modern Art21 km southeastPlaces well known beyond Ratoath (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.
Visiting Ratoath: the answers
What are the main attractions in Ratoath?
The place to visit inside Ratoath’s urban area is Clarke Art. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town, and 3 more within 5 km.
Does Ratoath have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Ratoath: Clarke Art.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Ratoath?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Dublin Castle (Office of Public Works), 22 km southeast.
What are the best-known days out near Ratoath?
Within 40 km: Dublin Castle (22 km), National Museum of Ireland (23 km), St Patrick's Cathedral (22 km), Dublin Zoo (20 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)
- Emerald Park: Deadstar, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum of Ireland: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net )., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Patrick's Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Christ Church Cathedral: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilmainham Gaol: Nol Aders, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery of Ireland: Copyright © 2006 Kaihsu Tai, 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
- 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).