Leaving Cloghan for the day
Cloghan has no place to visit of its own on our list, and none within 5 km of its edge. Head 13 km out for Clonmacnoise. Go further, within 40 km, and there are 12, including 7 castles and a historic house.
Plotted around Cloghan
6 places are numbered, in the order below.
Cloghan is the orange dot; the numbers match the places below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
The types of place
10 are castles or historic places; museums or galleries come next with 2.
Green: inside Cloghan. Grey: the rest, within 40 km.
2 places are cared for by the Office of Public Works (Clonmacnoise and Portumna Castle and Gardens).
Every one of them
Its 12 places all lie within 40 km.
Portumna Castle and Gardens
Semi-fortified house in Portumna, County Galway, Ireland.
Roscrea Heritage Centre – Roscrea Castle and Damer House
Castle in County Tipperary, Ireland.
What is in or close to Cloghan comes first, then the best known within 40 km, close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Cloghan → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Cloghan →
Days out from Cloghan
12 places within 40 km make our list, best known first.
1Historic house · Office of Public WorksClonmacnoise13 km northwest
2CastleBirr Castle15 km south
3CathedralClonfert Cathedral12 km west
4CastleLeap Castle22 km south
5CastleRedwood Castle18 km southwest
6Castle · Office of Public WorksPortumna Castle and Gardens27 km southwest
Abbey or prioryGallen Priory5.9 km northeastCastleCastleMoydrum Castle23 km north
Art gallerySculpture in the Parklands10 km east
MuseumAthlone Castle22 km north
CastleLackeen Castle Lorrha20 km southwest
CastleRoscrea Heritage Centre – Roscrea Castle and Damer House31 km southThe best known within 40 km, the closest and best known first.
The nearest town with more to see: Ferbane →
Cloghan, answered
Does Cloghan have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Cloghan.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Cloghan?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Clonmacnoise (Office of Public Works), 13 km northwest.
What are the best-known days out near Cloghan?
Within 40 km: Clonmacnoise (13 km), Birr Castle (15 km), Clonfert Cathedral (12 km), Leap Castle (22 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 (6)
- Clonmacnoise: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Birr Castle: The original uploader was Tpower at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clonfert Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leap Castle: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Redwood Castle: Steve Ford Elliott, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Portumna Castle and Gardens: Bogman, CC BY 2.5, 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).