Rock of Cashel
Walled enclosure in County Tipperary, Ireland, containing several churches and a castle.
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Nothing on our list is in Monard or within 5 km of its edge. Head 23 km out for Rock of Cashel. Go further, within 40 km, and there are 12, including 5 abbeys or priories and 3 cathedrals.
The 6 numbers match the tiles below.
Monard is the orange dot; the numbers match the places below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
Castles or historic places are the biggest group (10), then museums or galleries (2).
Green: inside Monard. Grey: the rest, within 40 km.
1 place is cared for by the Office of Public Works (Cahir Castle).
All 12 on the list lie within 40 km.
Walled enclosure in County Tipperary, Ireland, containing several churches and a castle.
Church in Thurles, Ireland.
Cathedral in Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland.
What is in or close to Monard 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 Monard → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Monard →
There are 12 places within 40 km; here are the best known.
1CastleRock of Cashel23 km east
2Castle · Office of Public WorksCahir Castle25 km southeastMuseum3MuseumKing John's Castle32 km northwest
4CathedralSt John's Cathedral32 km northwest
5CathedralCathedral of the Assumption, Thurles34 km northeast
6CathedralSaint Mary's Cathedral32 km northwest
Abbey or prioryHore Abbey22 km east
Abbey or prioryGlenstal Abbey20 km northwest
Abbey or prioryAthassel Priory17 km east
MuseumThe Hunt Museum32 km northwest
Abbey or prioryMoor Abbey13 km south
Abbey or prioryHolycross Abbey28 km northeastThe best known within 40 km, the closest and best known first.
The nearest town with more to see: Tipperary →
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Monard.
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Cahir Castle (Office of Public Works), 25 km southeast.
Within 40 km: Rock of Cashel (23 km), Cahir Castle (25 km), King John's Castle (32 km), St John's Cathedral (32 km).
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).
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).