First pick
Inch Field
Park or garden
1.8 ha0.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Cahir
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.083%near a park
Outdoors in Cahir · parks, paths & countryside
The St Declan's Way runs through Cahir
6 waymarked trails start within 5 km of Cahir, among them the St Declan's Way and Tipperary Heritage Way. 83% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. 15 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 1.0 for every square kilometre.
Near a park
83%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
2.5 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
15 km
1.0 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Protected for nature
3.4%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Lower River Suir SAC
Woodland
7.5%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Cahir?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
On a long-distance trailThe St Declan's Way passes through.Protected land nearbyLower River Suir SAC reaches the edge of Cahir.
Cahir’s strongest suit is the St Declan's Way, followed by protected land close by.
Against other towns
How Cahir 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 walk83%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
37out of 100
Public green space2.5 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
31out of 100
Footpaths1.0 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
28out of 100
Protected for nature3.4%of the land within 5 km
60out of 100
Woodland7.5%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
88out 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
Cahir has the 15th fewest footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (3,141 to 4,315 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Shandon (7.3 km per km²) to Charleville (0 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Cahir1.0
Towns its size1.2
Co. Tipperary towns0.5
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Cahir2.5
Towns its size4.5
Co. Tipperary towns3.2
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Cahir83%
Towns its size84%
Co. Tipperary towns83%
Typical Irish town92%
Cahir falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 29 of the 39 others do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | The sea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shandon Cork | 7.3 | 1.9% | 0.9% | – |
| 2 | Ballyfermot Dublin | 6.8 | 8.7% | 0% | – |
| 3 | Cork City Centre Cork | 6.7 | 1.5% | 1.8% | – |
| 4 | St Luke's Cork | 6 | 3.5% | 2.8% | – |
| 5 | Farranree Cork | 6 | 3% | 0.5% | – |
| 6 | Montenotte Cork | 5.5 | 5.6% | 3.5% | – |
| 7 | Newcastle Galway | 5.4 | 1.7% | 15% | 29% |
| 8 | Shanakiel Cork | 5.3 | 5.7% | 0.1% | – |
| 9 | Taylor's Hill Galway | 5.1 | 1.2% | 15% | 37% |
| 10 | Mervue Galway | 4.3 | 3.6% | 11% | 25% |
| 11 | Prospect and Newtown Pery Limerick | 3.6 | 1.5% | 9.9% | – |
| 12 | Limerick City Centre Limerick | 3.5 | 1% | 11% | – |
| 13 | Rahoon Galway | 2.3 | 2.3% | 27% | 20% |
| 14 | Annacotty Limerick | 2 | 2% | 6.2% | – |
| 15 | Castlegar Galway | 1.8 | 1.4% | 16% | 16% |
| 16 | Rathbane Limerick | 1.8 | 1.1% | 6% | – |
| 17 | Ballinacurra Limerick | 1.8 | 1.4% | 11% | – |
| 18 | Westbury Clare | 1.7 | 3.3% | 9.6% | – |
| 19 | Crosshaven Cork | 1.2 | 8.9% | 0.4% | 44% |
| 20 | Rathnew Wicklow | 1.2 | 1.3% | 3.9% | 17% |
| 21 | Cleaboy Waterford | 1.2 | 0% | 5.8% | – |
| 22 | Lehenagh Cork | 1.2 | 2.5% | 0.3% | – |
| 23 | Virginia Cavan | 1.1 | 18% | 0.2% | – |
| 24 | Enfield Meath | 1.1 | 3.9% | 0% | – |
| 25 | Grange Waterford | 1 | 0.8% | 5% | – |
| 26 | Cahir Tipperary | 1 | 7.5% | 3.4% | – |
| 27 | Castleblayney Monaghan | 1 | 3.8% | 0% | – |
| 28 | Riverstown Cork | 0.8 | 14% | 2.9% | – |
| 29 | Kilcullen Kildare | 0.8 | 5.3% | 0% | – |
| 30 | Kill Kildare | 0.8 | 2.1% | 0% | – |
| 31 | Tower Cork | 0.7 | 13% | 0% | – |
| 32 | Newtownmountkennedy Wicklow | 0.6 | 12% | 4.9% | 6.2% |
| 33 | Rathangan Kildare | 0.5 | 4.5% | 0% | – |
| 34 | Claremorris Mayo | 0.4 | 7.1% | 0% | – |
| 35 | Macroom Cork | 0.4 | 4.9% | 3.9% | – |
| 36 | Mitchelstown Cork | 0.3 | 0% | 0% | – |
| 37 | Stamullen Meath | 0.3 | 1.7% | 0.5% | 12% |
| 38 | Ballinrobe Mayo | 0.3 | 0.5% | 11% | – |
| 39 | Clara Offaly | 0.2 | 6.1% | 6.4% | – |
| 40 | Charleville Cork | 0 | 0.3% | 0.2% | – |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Cahir’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 Cahir
The biggest is Inch Field, 1.8 ha (4 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
8 in 10 Cahir 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 (83%)Further (17%)
Cahir83%
Co. Tipperary towns83%
Typical Irish town92%
About 600 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Protected areas
3.4% of the land around Cahir is protected for nature
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 Cahir10%
Within 5 km3.4%
Co. Tipperary towns3.4%
Typical Irish town1.8%
One protected site lies within 5 km of Cahir. Ireland’s National Parks have a block of their own on this page; much of their land also lies inside these sites.
Lower River Suir SACSpecial Area of Conservation · 72 km² · reaches Cahir
NPWS pageProtected 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 95 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
95 km north-west21 km²
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
15 km of footpaths cross Cahir
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
15 km
over 15.6 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
7.5%
about 1.2 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
6
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
CahirCo. Tipperary townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CahirCo. Tipperary townsTypical Irish town
Woodland7.5%
0%50%100%
Cahir has less footpath per km² than 72% of Irish towns and more woodland than 88% of Irish towns.
Footpaths and woods: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Woods are mapped cover, private and Coillte forests included.
Footpaths & trails
6 waymarked trails start near Cahir
15 km of footpaths are mapped in Cahir and the kilometre around it, 1.0 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
Pilgrim pathLong-distance wayWalking trail
St Declan's Way116.6 km
Tipperary Heritage Way59.6 km
Suir Blueway - Cahir Castle to Swiss Cottage 4.0 km
Scaragh Woods Red Trail6.2 km
Scaragh Woods Blue Trail4.8 km
Scaragh Woods Green Trail3.8 km
The St Declan's Way (117 km end to end) passes through Cahir. For a shorter walk, the Scaragh Woods Red Trail is 6.2 km, graded strenuous.
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 Cahir: 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) | 8.2 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 113 | 87 | 83 | 73 | 69 | 76 | 74 | 87 | 83 | 114 | 121 | 120 |
May is the driest month (69 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.7 hours of daylight in December, and 121 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. The climate in Cahir →
Things to do
1 viewpoint and 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
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
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 Cahir
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
ClonmelCashelFethardTipperaryCahir
Under 1%1–10%10–25%25–50%50%+
In Fethard, 100% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park, more than here. Fethard has at least twice Cahir’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 Cahir
What is the biggest park in Cahir?
Inch Field, 1.8 ha (4 acres). 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is there protected countryside near Cahir?
Yes: 3.4% of the land within 5 km is protected, in one site. Lower River Suir SAC reaches Cahir.
What are the best walks near Cahir?
6 waymarked trails start within 5 km, including the St Declan's Way, Tipperary Heritage Way and Suir Blueway - Cahir Castle to Swiss Cottage .
How many people in Cahir live near a park?
83% 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 Cahir?
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 Cahir near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Burren National Park, 95 km north-west of the town’s edge; it covers about 21 km².
What is there to do outdoors around Cahir?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 1 viewpoint; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Sources
Where Cahir’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).