900 m from Elphin, St Mary's Cathedral leads the list
For a trip from Elphin, Boyle Abbey is 16 km away. No place to visit is mapped inside Elphin’s urban area; 2 are within 5 km of its edge. The commonest are a cathedral and a museum.
Around Elphin: where to begin
Then comes a museum, behind St Mary's Cathedral.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Places on the map
Furthest from the centre is Elphin Windmill, 2.4 km away.
The dashed line is Elphin’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
Grouped by kind
The places here are a cathedral and a museum.
Green: inside Elphin. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All the places to visit
Here are the 2 places within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Elphin → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Elphin →
Within a day
Boyle Abbey (16 km) leads the 12 big names within reach.
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksBoyle Abbey16 km northwest
MuseumThe National Famine Museum | Strokestown Park9.7 km southeast
CathedralSt. Mel's Cathedral29 km southeast
Historic houseStrokestown Park9.4 km southeast
CastleBallinafad Castle22 km northwest
CastleRoscommon Castle23 km south
CastleMcDermott's Castle16 km north
CastleGlinsk Castle26 km southwest
MuseumCastlerea Railway Museum21 km west
CastleBallymote Castle35 km northwest
Abbey or prioryRoscommon Abbey24 km south
Abbey or prioryBallindoon Abbey28 km northPlaces well known beyond Elphin (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.
Your questions on Elphin
What is there to see near Elphin?
No attraction is mapped inside Elphin itself. Within 5 km of it are St Mary's Cathedral, Elphin and Elphin Windmill.
Does Elphin have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Elphin: Elphin Windmill.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Elphin?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Boyle Abbey (Office of Public Works), 16 km northwest.
What are the best-known days out near Elphin?
Within 40 km: Boyle Abbey (16 km), The National Famine Museum | Strokestown Park (9.7 km), St. Mel's Cathedral (29 km), Strokestown Park (9.4 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)
- Boyle Abbey: Digital Eye, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The National Famine Museum | Strokestown Park: Winnie45, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Mel's Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Strokestown Park: Irish Defence Forces, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ballinafad Castle: Daniel Waters, Co. Sligo, Ireland from Ireland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roscommon Castle: Irishrover1980, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- McDermott's Castle: Carlo Cretaro from Ireland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glinsk Castle: Hyacinth45 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castlerea Railway Museum: NearEMPTiness, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ballymote Castle: Willie Duffin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roscommon Abbey: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ballindoon Abbey: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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).