First pick
Nenagh Town Park
Park or garden
2.0 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
1.2 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Cathal · CC BY-SA 2.091%near a park
Outdoors in Nenagh · parks, paths & countryside
91% of Nenagh’s residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
2 waymarked trails start within 5 km of Nenagh, among them the Sli Eala and Lough Derg Way. 11 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 0.4 for every square kilometre. Parks and playing fields in Nenagh add up to 3.1 ha for every 1,000 residents; the typical Irish town has 4.1.
Near a park
91%
of residents within 400 m
Typical Irish town: 92%
Green space
3.1 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical Irish town: 4.1 ha
Footpaths
11 km
0.4 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical Irish town: 2.1 km per km²
Woodland
1.8%
of the town and 1 km around it
Typical Irish town: 2.7%
Against other towns
How Nenagh 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 walk91%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
49out of 100
Public green space3.1 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
39out of 100
Footpaths0.4 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
13out of 100
Protected for nature0%of the land within 5 km
11out of 100
Woodland1.8%of the town and 1 km around it, as mapped
34out 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
Nenagh has the 2nd fewest footpaths per km² of 40 towns its size
The 40 Irish towns nearest in population (8,606 to 11,277 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Cabra West (7.8 km per km²) to Tuam (0.4 km per km²).
Footpath, km per km²
Nenagh0.4
Towns its size2.0
Co. Tipperary towns0.5
Typical Irish town2.1
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Nenagh3.1
Towns its size4.7
Co. Tipperary towns3.2
Typical Irish town4.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Nenagh91%
Towns its size93%
Co. Tipperary towns83%
Typical Irish town92%
Nenagh 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 | Cabra West Dublin | 7.8 | 4.5% | 0% | – |
| 2 | Kilmainham Dublin | 7.7 | 7.3% | 0% | – |
| 3 | Sandyford Dublin | 7.5 | 4.8% | 0.3% | 6.2% |
| 4 | Palmerston Dublin | 6.9 | 8.6% | 0% | – |
| 5 | Ronanstown Dublin | 6.6 | 0.7% | 0% | – |
| 6 | Parnell Square Dublin | 6.6 | 0.2% | 0.1% | 5.6% |
| 7 | Glasnevin Dublin | 6.6 | 1.2% | 0% | – |
| 8 | Killiney Dublin | 6 | 7.7% | 0.5% | 45% |
| 9 | Churchtown Dublin | 5.6 | 3.3% | 0.1% | – |
| 10 | Drumcondra Dublin | 5.6 | 1.6% | 0.8% | 6.9% |
| 11 | Terenure Dublin | 4.9 | 2.1% | 0% | – |
| 12 | Monkstown Dublin | 4.2 | 0.8% | 0.3% | 38% |
| 13 | Finglas North Dublin | 4.2 | 1.2% | 0% | – |
| 14 | Shankill Dublin | 3.6 | 12% | 3.8% | 28% |
| 15 | Donaghmede Dublin | 3.5 | 2.7% | 6.2% | 31% |
| 16 | Kilmore Dublin | 3.1 | 2.2% | 3.5% | 9.5% |
| 17 | Raheny Dublin | 3.1 | 2.8% | 11% | 46% |
| 18 | Donabate Dublin | 2.8 | 6.8% | 2.8% | 32% |
| 19 | Portmarnock Dublin | 2.7 | 0.8% | 7.9% | 44% |
| 20 | Hollyhill and Ballincolly Cork | 2.1 | 7.2% | 0.5% | – |
| 21 | Skerries Dublin | 2 | 1.7% | 0% | 53% |
| 22 | Shannon Clare | 1.8 | 3.9% | 35% | – |
| 23 | Kilcock Kildare | 1.7 | 2.8% | 0% | – |
| 24 | Ballyvolane Cork | 1.6 | 6.7% | 2.8% | – |
| 25 | Trim Meath | 1.3 | 0.9% | 1.5% | – |
| 26 | Waterford City Centre Waterford | 1.3 | 1.5% | 6% | – |
| 27 | Ratoath Meath | 1.3 | 0.4% | 0% | – |
| 28 | Lusk Dublin | 1.1 | 0.6% | 1.3% | 6.4% |
| 29 | Kildare Kildare | 1.1 | 0.4% | 1.8% | – |
| 30 | Rush Dublin | 1.1 | 0.4% | 3.7% | 51% |
| 31 | Athy Kildare | 0.9 | 0.3% | 1.6% | – |
| 32 | New Ross Wexford | 0.9 | 7.3% | 5.4% | – |
| 33 | Ballina Mayo | 0.8 | 3.3% | 3.5% | – |
| 34 | Tramore Waterford | 0.8 | 0.9% | 3.9% | 34% |
| 35 | Portarlington Laois | 0.8 | 2.5% | 1.6% | – |
| 36 | Dungarvan Waterford | 0.7 | 0.7% | 1.8% | 19% |
| 37 | Grantstown and Ballinakill Waterford | 0.6 | 4.5% | 10% | – |
| 38 | Longford Longford | 0.6 | 2.7% | 5.6% | – |
| 39 | Nenagh Tipperary | 0.4 | 1.8% | 0% | – |
| 40 | Tuam Galway | 0.4 | 1.4% | 2.7% | – |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Nenagh’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 Nenagh
The biggest is Nenagh Town Park, 2.0 ha (5 acres).
All 4 named parks and woods by size: 3 ha (8 acres)
Parks & gardens 3.3 ha
The two biggest, Nenagh Town Park and Nenagh Community Allotments, are 80% of the named green space. 3 of the 4 are under 2 ha.
Nenagh Community Allotments
Park or garden
0.6 ha
1.0 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
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
How close Nenagh’s homes are to 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 (91%)Further (8.9%)
Nenagh91%
Co. Tipperary towns83%
Typical Irish town92%
About 900 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees.
Protected areas
Lough Derg (Shannon) SPA is the nearest protected area, 4.9 km away
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 Nenagh0%
Within 5 km0%
Co. Tipperary towns3.4%
Typical Irish town1.8%
One protected site lies within 5 km of Nenagh. Ireland’s National Parks have a block of their own on this page; much of their land also lies inside these sites.
Lough Derg (Shannon) SPASpecial Protection Area (birds) · 127 km² · 4.9 km from the edge
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 49 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
49 km 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
11 km of footpaths cross Nenagh
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
11 km
over 24.8 km² of town and the 1 km around it
Woodland
1.8%
about 0.4 km² of mapped woods
Registered trails
2
walking trails within 5 km
Km per km², town and 1 km around · mapped on OpenStreetMap
NenaghCo. Tipperary townsTypical Irish town
Footpaths0.4
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
NenaghCo. Tipperary townsTypical Irish town
Woodland1.8%
0%50%100%
Nenagh has less footpath per km² than 87% of Irish towns and less woodland than 66% of Irish towns.
Footpaths and woods: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Woods are mapped cover, private and Coillte forests included.
Footpaths & trails
2 waymarked trails start near Nenagh
11 km of footpaths are mapped in Nenagh and the kilometre around it, 0.4 km for every square kilometre (the typical Irish town has 2.1).
Walking trail
Sli Eala10.4 km
Lough Derg Way68.9 km
For a shorter walk, the Sli Eala is 10.4 km, graded easy. 3 cycling or paddling trails also start within 5 km.
2 more waymarked walks on OpenStreetMap
Other waymarked
Sli Eala Way3.2 km
Nenagh River Walk1.7 km
Trails: Sport Ireland National Trails Register (CC BY 4.0), registered trails within 5 km; footpaths: OpenStreetMap (ODbL). More waymarked walks: OpenStreetMap route relations (ODbL) within 2 km, those already on the register left out. 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 Nenagh: 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) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 110 | 85 | 78 | 65 | 64 | 72 | 71 | 84 | 78 | 102 | 112 | 117 |
May is the driest month (64 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7.6 hours of daylight in December, and 117 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. The climate in Nenagh →
Things to do
1 hill or peak and 2 playgrounds
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
Hills and peaks 1
Plus 1 peak without a name on the map.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract, October 2026. Unnamed places are counted, not listed.
Next door
Next to Nenagh
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 20 km, coloured by the share of the land within 5 km protected for nature.
BorrisokaneBallinaKillaloeNenagh
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nenagh | 91% | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0% |
| Borrisokane 15 km | 79% | 7.9 | 0.2 | 3.2% |
| Ballina 17 km | 76% | 4.1 | 0.9 | 4.7% |
| Killaloe 18 km | 100% | 6.0 | 1.2 | 6.1% |
In Killaloe, 100% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park, more than here. Borrisokane has at least twice Nenagh’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 Nenagh
What is the biggest park in Nenagh?
Nenagh Town Park, 2.0 ha (5 acres). Nenagh Community Allotments (0.6 ha) is second. 5 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is there protected countryside near Nenagh?
One protected site lies within 5 km, though it covers under 1% of the land. The nearest is Lough Derg (Shannon) SPA, 4.9 km from the edge of town.
What are the best walks near Nenagh?
2 waymarked trails start within 5 km, including the Sli Eala and Lough Derg Way.
How many people in Nenagh live near a park?
91% 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 Nenagh?
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 Nenagh near a National Park?
The nearest of Ireland’s six National Parks is Burren National Park, 49 km west of the town’s edge; it covers about 21 km².
What is there to do outdoors around Nenagh?
Within 2 km, OpenStreetMap maps 1 hill or peak; the named ones are listed under Things to do, with directions.
Sources
Where Nenagh’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
- Things to do. OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL): viewpoints, hills, waterfalls, nature reserves, picnic sites, playgrounds, campsites and waymarked walks, Geofabrik extract, October 2026
- 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).