Places to visit near Knockcroghery
One place to visit we list is in Knockcroghery or within 5 km of its edge: Claypipe Visitor Centre. Travel 28 km and you reach Clonmacnoise. The wider area, within 40 km, holds 12 places on our list, with 4 castles and 3 museums among them.
Closest to Knockcroghery
Claypipe Visitor Centre stands 1.1 km from the centre.
Getting your bearings
Each of the 7 places has its number on the map, as below.
Knockcroghery is the orange dot; the numbers match the places below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
Kind by kind
Castles or historic places are the biggest group (9), then museums or galleries (4).
Green: inside Knockcroghery. Grey: the rest, within 40 km.
1 place is cared for by the Office of Public Works (Clonmacnoise).
The places, one by one
First the one in town, then the 12 within 40 km.
St. Mel's Cathedral
Cathedral Church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise.
Roscommon Abbey
House of Dominican friars in Roscommon, County Roscommon, Ireland.
The National Famine Museum | Strokestown Park
Museum in Strokestown, Ireland.
What is in or close to Knockcroghery 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 Knockcroghery → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Knockcroghery →
Further away
There are 12 places within 40 km; here are the best known.
2Historic house · Office of Public WorksClonmacnoise28 km south
3CathedralSt. Mel's Cathedral26 km northeast
4CastleRoscommon Castle10 km northwest
5Abbey or prioryRoscommon Abbey9.4 km northwest
6MuseumAthlone Castle19 km southeastCastle7CastleMoydrum Castle22 km southeast
MuseumRoscommon County Museum9.9 km northwest
CathedralClonfert Cathedral37 km southCastleCastlePortlick Castle14 km southeast
CastleGlinsk Castle25 km west
MuseumThe National Famine Museum | Strokestown Park23 km north
Historic houseStrokestown Park23 km northThe best known within 40 km, the closest and best known first.
The nearest town with more to see: Roscommon →
Visiting Knockcroghery: the answers
What are the main attractions in Knockcroghery?
The place to visit inside Knockcroghery’s urban area is Claypipe Visitor Centre. In all, 1 place to visit is mapped inside the town.
Does Knockcroghery have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Knockcroghery: Claypipe Visitor Centre.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Knockcroghery?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Clonmacnoise (Office of Public Works), 28 km south.
What are the best-known days out near Knockcroghery?
Within 40 km: Clonmacnoise (28 km), St. Mel's Cathedral (26 km), Roscommon Castle (10 km), Roscommon Abbey (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 (5)
- Clonmacnoise: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Mel's Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roscommon Castle: Irishrover1980, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roscommon Abbey: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Athlone Castle: Sgbrito at Portuguese Wikipedia, 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).