Waterford County Museum and more: what to see in Dungarvan
For a trip from Dungarvan, Cahir Castle is 38 km away. The list holds 2 places inside Dungarvan’s urban area and nothing else within 5 km of its edge.
What Dungarvan is known for
Once you have seen Waterford County Museum, try a museum.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The places, mapped
The outermost point is Dungarvan Castle, at 500 m.
The dashed line is Dungarvan’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
The kinds on offer
They are all museums or galleries: 2 in all.
Green: inside Dungarvan. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Everything on the list
The list is 2 places, all in town.
The 2 inside Dungarvan come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Dungarvan → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Dungarvan →
A little further out
The pick of the 12 is Cahir Castle, 38 km off.
Castle · Office of Public WorksCahir Castle38 km northwest
CastleLismore Castle22 km west
Castle · Office of Public WorksOrmond Castle32 km northeast
Abbey or prioryMount Melleray Abbey19 km northwest
CathedralArdmore Round Tower and Cathedral17 km southwest
CathedralCathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Waterford40 km northeast
CathedralSt Carthage's Cathedral Lismore22 km westHistoric houseHistoric houseCappoquin House17 km west
CathedralChrist Church Cathedral40 km northeast
CastleConna Castle33 km westCastleCastleStrancally Castle18 km westMuseumMuseumWaterford Treasures: Irish Museum of Time40 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Dungarvan (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.
Visiting Dungarvan: the answers
What are the main attractions in Dungarvan?
The best known inside Dungarvan’s urban area are Waterford County Museum and Dungarvan Castle. In all, 2 places to visit are mapped inside the town.
Does Dungarvan have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Dungarvan: Waterford County Museum and Dungarvan Castle.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Dungarvan?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Cahir Castle (Office of Public Works), 38 km northwest.
What are the best-known days out near Dungarvan?
Within 40 km: Cahir Castle (38 km), Lismore Castle (22 km), Ormond Castle (32 km), Mount Melleray Abbey (19 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 (10)
- Waterford County Museum: Slamforeman, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cahir Castle: Chmouel Boudjnah Original uploader was Chmouel at fr.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lismore Castle: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ormond Castle: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mount Melleray Abbey: Alexander Redfern, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ardmore Round Tower and Cathedral: CelticMist, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Waterford: Merlante, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Carthage's Cathedral Lismore: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christ Church Cathedral: Merlante, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Conna Castle: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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).