First pick
Derrynamuckla
Wood or forest · 330 m outside town
3.9 ha
0.9 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.074%near a park
Outdoors in Shinrone · parks, paths & countryside
Shinrone is more wooded than 10 in 10 Irish towns
Mapped woodland takes up 22% of Shinrone and the kilometre around it. 0 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 0.0 for every square kilometre. 74% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field.
Near a park
74%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
2.9 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
0 km
0.0 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Protected for nature
2.4%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Cangort Bog NHA
Woodland
22%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Shinrone?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Wooded country22% mapped woodland in and around town, more than 99% of Irish towns.Few mapped footpaths0.0 km of path per km²; the typical Irish town has 2.1.
Shinrone’s strongest suit is its woods. Where it falls short is footpaths.
Against other towns
How Shinrone compares with Irish towns
Each figure against Ireland’s 321 towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (city hubs left out): the marked bar is the town’s, the line the median. Ireland has no Outdoors Grade yet: the figures are described, each against other Irish towns, and none of them counts towards the overall grade.
A park within a walk74%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
26out of 100
Public green space2.9 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
37out of 100
Footpaths0.0 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
0out of 100
Protected for nature2.4%of the land within 5 km
55out of 100
Woodland22%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
100out of 100
Parks, paths and woods: OpenStreetMap; residents: CSO Census 2022 Small Areas; protected sites: NPWS; sea: CSO and ONS land outlines. A 0 means nothing is mapped.
Towns its size
Shinrone has the 2nd fewest footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (707 to 3,141 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Ballybrack (8.6 km per km²) to Sixmilebridge (0 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Shinrone0.0
Towns its size0.7
Co. Offaly towns0.6
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Shinrone2.9
Towns its size3.8
Co. Offaly towns4.3
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Shinrone74%
Towns its size83%
Co. Offaly towns78%
Typical Irish town92%
Shinrone falls furthest behind on path per km², where 38 of the 39 others do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | The sea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballybrack Dublin | 8.6 | 8% | 0.2% | 36% |
| 2 | Sunday's Well Cork | 7.3 | 2.7% | 0.4% | – |
| 3 | Blackpool Cork | 6.6 | 3% | 1.4% | – |
| 4 | Carna Dublin | 5.4 | 1.7% | 0% | – |
| 5 | Taylor's Hill Galway | 5.1 | 1.2% | 15% | 37% |
| 6 | Togher Cork | 5 | 1.5% | 0.5% | – |
| 7 | Decies Dublin | 4.8 | 7.2% | 0% | – |
| 8 | Mayfield Cork | 4.7 | 5.3% | 3.3% | – |
| 9 | Kylemore Dublin | 4 | 3% | 0% | – |
| 10 | Edenmore Dublin | 2.8 | 3.6% | 5.9% | 24% |
| 11 | Ballynanty Limerick | 2.5 | 5.7% | 12% | – |
| 12 | Claddagh Galway | 2.4 | 0.2% | 17% | 46% |
| 13 | Murrough Galway | 2.3 | 5.1% | 10% | 26% |
| 14 | Grange Upper Waterford | 1.4 | 1.5% | 6.6% | – |
| 15 | Blarney Cork | 1.4 | 14% | 0% | – |
| 16 | Kilbarry Waterford | 1.3 | 1.6% | 5.1% | – |
| 17 | Bantry Cork | 1 | 4.4% | 0% | 18% |
| 18 | Ballina Tipperary | 0.9 | 1.8% | 4.7% | – |
| 19 | Moate Westmeath | 0.7 | 2.4% | 2.4% | – |
| 20 | Callan Kilkenny | 0.7 | 0.1% | 2.3% | – |
| 21 | Kingscourt Cavan | 0.7 | 12% | 0% | – |
| 22 | Kenmare Kerry | 0.6 | 7.2% | 6.5% | 6.4% |
| 23 | Athboy Meath | 0.6 | 1.1% | 1.5% | – |
| 24 | Bundoran Donegal | 0.5 | 2% | 5.1% | 35% |
| 25 | Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) Carlow | 0.5 | 3.9% | 2.9% | – |
| 26 | Skibbereen Cork | 0.5 | 1.7% | 1.6% | – |
| 27 | Kinnegad Westmeath | 0.3 | 4.5% | 4.5% | – |
| 28 | Donegal Donegal | 0.3 | 4% | 4.1% | 12% |
| 29 | Boyle Roscommon | 0.3 | 3.2% | 0% | – |
| 30 | Bailieborough Cavan | 0.3 | 10% | 0% | – |
| 31 | Castleisland Kerry | 0.3 | 1.7% | 12% | – |
| 32 | Kanturk Cork | 0.3 | 0% | 5.1% | – |
| 33 | Baltinglass Wicklow | 0.2 | 4.9% | 0.5% | – |
| 34 | Ballyhaunis Mayo | 0.2 | 2.8% | 3.4% | – |
| 35 | Kilrush Clare | 0.2 | 9.8% | 37% | – |
| 36 | Ballyjamesduff Cavan | 0.2 | 7.6% | 0% | – |
| 37 | Gort Galway | 0.2 | 4.3% | 24% | – |
| 38 | Carndonagh Donegal | 0.1 | 4.9% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| 39 | Shinrone Offaly | 0 | 22% | 2.4% | – |
| 40 | Sixmilebridge Clare | 0 | 0.7% | 2% | – |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Shinrone’s urban area.
Green: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces and woods, named or not.© OpenStreetMap contributors · NPWS · Sport Ireland · CSO
Places to walk
Parks to walk in, in and around Shinrone
The biggest is Derrynamuckla, 3.9 ha (10 acres).
Named parks, gardens, commons and woods in the town or within 400 m of it, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); pieces of one name that touch are one place. Sizes are the whole site; directions go to a point inside.
Close to home
7 in 10 Shinrone residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
Each square is 1 in 100 residents: green lives within 400 m of a public park, garden or playing field (CSO Census 2022 Small Areas against OpenStreetMap).
Within 400 m (74%)Further (26%)
Shinrone74%
Co. Offaly towns78%
Typical Irish town92%
About 200 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Protected areas
Protected sites cover 2.4% of the land within 5 km of Shinrone
Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas and Natural Heritage Areas designated by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, within 5 km of the town’s edge.
Inside Shinrone0%
Within 5 km2.4%
Co. Offaly towns4.5%
Typical Irish town1.8%
2 protected sites lie within 5 km of Shinrone. Proposed Natural Heritage Areas cover 2.2% of the land within 5 km as well; many have been proposed since 1995 and aren’t counted here. Ireland’s National Parks have a block of their own on this page; much of their land also lies inside these sites.
Protected sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service designated site boundaries (CC BY 4.0), 2026; land within 5 km from CSO Small Areas and, over the border, ONS. Overlapping sites are counted once.
National Parks
Burren National Park is 66 km away
Ireland’s National Parks within 100 km, and the nearest always, by direction and distance from the town’s edge; circle size shows each park’s area.
National ParkThe 5 km around the town
National Park
Burren National Park
66 km west21 km²
National Park
Wicklow Mountains National Park
93 km east223 km²
2 of Ireland’s six National Parks are within 100 km of Shinrone.
National Park boundaries: National Parks and Wildlife Service, generalised to 50 m (CC BY 4.0, © Government of Ireland), 2022. Distances from the town’s outline (CSO Small Areas).
Footpaths and woods
0 km of footpaths cross Shinrone
Footways that aren’t pavements, paths, bridleways, steps and tracks open on foot, and mapped woods and forest, in the town and 1 km around it, each beside the county’s and Ireland’s typical town of 2,500+.
Footpaths
0.4 km
over 9.3 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
22%
about 2.1 km² of mapped woods
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
ShinroneCo. Offaly townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths0
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ShinroneCo. Offaly townsTypical Irish town
Woodland22%
0%50%100%
Shinrone has less footpath per km² than 100% of Irish towns and more woodland than 100% of Irish towns.
Footpaths and woods: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Woods are mapped cover, private and Coillte forests included.
Footpaths & trails
Footpaths in and around Shinrone
0 km of footpaths are mapped in Shinrone and the kilometre around it, 0.0 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
No waymarked trail starts within 5 km of Shinrone; its footpaths are counted above.
Trails: Sport Ireland National Trails Register (CC BY 4.0), registered trails within 5 km; footpaths: OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Coillte’s own forest trails and recreation sites aren’t included: Coillte’s terms limit its data to research or private study. Its trails on the National Trails Register are listed.
When to get out
The best walking months in Shinrone: May to September
Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages for the town’s 1 km square and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 15 to 30 °C and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 94 | 74 | 70 | 62 | 64 | 72 | 71 | 80 | 73 | 97 | 98 | 100 |
April is the driest month (62 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.6 hours of daylight in December, and 100 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. The climate in Shinrone →
Things to do
1 playground
Mapped on OpenStreetMap in the town and 2 km around it; each count per resident beside Irish towns’ typical town of 2,500+. Beaches are on the coast’s list, from the EPA.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 1
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Unnamed places are counted, not listed.
Next door
Next to Shinrone
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
RoscreaBirrBorrisokaneShinrone
Under 1%1–10%10–25%25–50%50%+
| Town | Near a park | Green space, ha per 1,000 | Paths (km/km²) | Protected within 5 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shinrone | 74% | 2.9 | 0.0 | 2.4% |
| Roscrea 9.4 km | 87% | 3.2 | 0.3 | 7.9% |
| Birr 12 km | 71% | 2.4 | 0.8 | 5.2% |
| Borrisokane 13 km | 79% | 7.9 | 0.2 | 3.2% |
In Roscrea, 87% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park, more than here. Borrisokane has at least twice Shinrone’s green space per resident.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Green space nearby. The share of residents (CSO Small Areas, by where people live) within 400 m of a park, garden, common or playing field mapped on OpenStreetMap. Mapping is uneven: a town whose parks nobody has mapped looks greyer than it is.
- Protected areas. Land in a Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area or Natural Heritage Area within 5 km, overlaps counted once. Protected for nature doesn’t always mean open to walkers.
- Footpaths and hiking routes. Footways that aren’t pavements, paths, bridleways, steps and tracks open on foot, in the town and 1 km around it, from OpenStreetMap. Trails are the registered ones within 5 km; a trail often follows mapped paths, so the two aren’t added.
- Woodland. Woods and forest as OpenStreetMap maps them, private and Coillte forests included: mapped cover, not access.
- No grade yet. Ireland’s grades don’t include the outdoors yet: these figures describe the town and stand beside the median Irish town.
Questions about the outdoors in Shinrone
Is there protected countryside near Shinrone?
Yes: 2.4% of the land within 5 km is protected, across 2 sites. The nearest is Cangort Bog NHA, 0.5 km from the edge of town.
How many people in Shinrone live near a park?
74% of residents live within 400 m, about a 5-minute walk, of a park or playing field; in the typical Irish town it is 92%.
When is the best time of year for walking in Shinrone?
On the town’s 1991–2020 averages and its daylight: May to September, when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light for the place.
Is Shinrone near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Burren National Park, 66 km west of the town’s edge; it covers about 21 km². One more is within 100 km.
Sources
Where Shinrone’s outdoors figures come from
- Parks, woods and paths. OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL): parks, woods and footpaths, Geofabrik extract, October 2026
- Protected sites. National Parks and Wildlife Service: designated sites (SAC, SPA, NHA), 2026
- Trails. Sport Ireland: National Trails Register, 2026
- Residents. CSO: Census 2022 Small Areas (residents)
- National Parks. National Parks and Wildlife Service: National Park boundaries, generalised to 50 m (CC BY 4.0), 2022
- Weather. Met Éireann: 1991–2020 averages (Copyright Met Éireann)
Protected sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service (CC BY 4.0). Trails: Sport Ireland National Trails Register (CC BY 4.0). Bathing water: EPA (CC BY 4.0). Parks, woods and paths: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Not on this page yet: Coillte’s forest trails (its terms) and bike routes.
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).