Just outside Kilcoole: Kindlestown Castle and more
Nothing is mapped inside Kilcoole’s urban area, but 3 places to visit are within 5 km of its edge. Look for a castle, a museum and a visitor farm. Day-trippers head 21 km out to Glendalough.
Leading the list near Kilcoole
A museum and a visitor farm follow Kindlestown Castle.
CastleKindlestown Castle3.4 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumAltidore Castle4.4 km outside town, to the westVisitor farmVisitor farmGlenroe Open Farm300 m outside town, to the northeastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Places on the map
The list reaches out to Altidore Castle, 5.2 km away.
The dashed line is Kilcoole’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
What they are
The places here are a castle, a museum and a visitor farm.
Green: inside Kilcoole. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The whole list for Kilcoole
Look within 5 km of its edge for all 3 places listed.
Close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Kilcoole → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Kilcoole →
Within a day
Top of the 12 day trips: Glendalough, at 21 km.
Abbey or prioryGlendalough21 km southwestCastleCastle · Office of Public WorksDublin Castle30 km northwest
Big drawMuseumNational Museum of Ireland29 km northwest · 783K visitors a year
CathedralSt Patrick's Cathedral30 km northwest
MuseumNational Library of Ireland29 km northwest
Historic houseLeinster House29 km northwest
Garden · Office of Public WorksSaint Stephen's Green29 km northwest
Art galleryNational Gallery of Ireland29 km northwest
CathedralChrist Church Cathedral30 km northwest
Museum · Office of Public WorksChester Beatty30 km northwest
National parkWicklow Mountains National Park25 km southwest
Big drawZooDublin Zoo32 km northwest · 1.3M visitors a year (2022)Places well known beyond Kilcoole (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.
Kilcoole: questions and answers
What is there to see near Kilcoole?
No attraction is mapped inside Kilcoole itself. Within 5 km of it are Kindlestown Castle, Altidore Castle and Glenroe Open Farm.
Does Kilcoole have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Kilcoole: Altidore Castle.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Kilcoole?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Dublin Castle (Office of Public Works), 30 km northwest.
What are the best-known days out near Kilcoole?
Within 40 km: Glendalough (21 km), Dublin Castle (30 km), National Museum of Ireland (29 km), St Patrick's Cathedral (30 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 (13)
- Kindlestown Castle: Aoifer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Altidore Castle: Karen Duell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glendalough: Schcambo at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum of Ireland: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net )., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Patrick's Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Library of Ireland: YvonneM, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leinster House: Jean Housen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Stephen's Green: Dronepicr (edited by King of Hearts ) Edit corrects CA and sharpens image, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery of Ireland: Copyright © 2006 Kaihsu Tai, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christ Church Cathedral: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester Beatty: Aligatorek, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wicklow Mountains National Park: Joe King, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dublin Zoo: Harold Strong, 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).