From Donard: Glendalough and other trips
Donard has no place to visit of its own on our list, and none within 5 km of its edge. Out of town, Glendalough is 19 km away. Look within 40 km and there are 12, among them 4 castles and 2 abbeys or priories.
Distances on the map
6 places are numbered, in the order below.
Donard is the orange dot; the numbers match the places below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
Kinds of place
The biggest group is castles or historic places, with 11 of the 12.
Green: inside Donard. Grey: the rest, within 40 km.
1 place is cared for by the Office of Public Works (Castletown House).
Place after place
Look within 40 km for all 12.
Wicklow Mountains National Park
220-square-kilometre (54,000-acre) protected area in Ireland.
Castletown House
18th century Palladian country home in Celbridge, Co. Kildare.
What is in or close to Donard 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 Donard → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Donard →
Days out from Donard
Shown here are the best known of 12 places within 40 km.
1Abbey or prioryGlendalough19 km east
2National parkWicklow Mountains National Park15 km east
3Historic houseRussborough House and Parklands14 km north
4CastleBallyloughan Castle23 km southwest
5CastleCarlow Castle30 km southwest
6Abbey or prioryBaltinglass Abbey11 km southwest
CastleHumewood Castle12 km south
FortDún Ailinne15 km northwest
CathedralCathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary29 km southwest
Historic house · Office of Public WorksCastletown House36 km north
CastleThreecastles Castle20 km northeast
FortRathgall Hillfort25 km southThe best known within 40 km, the closest and best known first.
The nearest town with more to see: Baltinglass →
Visiting Donard: questions
Does Donard have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Donard.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Donard?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Castletown House (Office of Public Works), 36 km north.
What are the best-known days out near Donard?
Within 40 km: Glendalough (19 km), Wicklow Mountains National Park (15 km), Russborough House and Parklands (14 km), Ballyloughan Castle (23 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 (6)
- Glendalough: Schcambo at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wicklow Mountains National Park: Joe King, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Russborough House and Parklands: Ramón, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ballyloughan Castle: VisionsofthePast, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carlow Castle: Age Bosma, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Baltinglass Abbey: Digital Eye, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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).