Castledillon, Straffan

#5 among attractions in Straffan

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Castledillon is a townland and former parish on the River Liffey near Straffan situated on the banks of the River Liffey 25 km upstream from the Irish capital Dublin. ()

Coordinates: 53°18'32"N, 6°35'36"W

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Straffan Ireland

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Castledillon – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Castletown House, Clane Friary, K Club, Donaghcumper Church.

3.8 miNE
18th-century Palladian-style mansion
Castletown House, Celbridge
96 min walk • Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland, is a Palladian country house built in 1722 for William Conolly, the Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. It formed the centrepiece of a 550-acre estate. Sold to developers in 1965, the estate is now divided between State and private ownership.
4 miW
Ruins
Clane Friary, Clane
102 min walk • Clane Friary, also called Clane Abbey, is a former friary of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual located in Clane, Ireland.
1.3 miW
Sport, Sport venue
K Club, Straffan
34 min walk • The Kildare Hotel and Golf Club is a golf and leisure complex in the Republic of Ireland, located at Straffan, County Kildare, west of Dublin. It is built on the original grounds of the Straffan estate, incorporating the 1830s Straffan House, and was owned by Michael Smurfit.
3.4 miNE
Church
Donaghcumper Church, Celbridge
88 min walk • Donaghcumper Church is a ruined medieval church in Celbridge, Ireland. On the Record of Monuments and Places it bears the code KD011-013.
4.4 miN
Obelisk
Conolly's Folly
113 min walk • The Conolly Folly, a.k.a. The Obelisk, is an obelisk structure and National Monument located between Leixlip and Maynooth in County Kildare, Ireland.
4.8 miN
Hiking, Hiking trail
Royal Canal Greenway, Maynooth
122 min walk • The Royal Canal Greenway is a greenway, in Ireland, which will become part of the western section of EuroVelo EV2, and the Dublin-Galway Greenway. Since its official opening in March 2021, it is the longest greenway in Ireland.
3.2 miN
Cemetery
Taghadoe
81 min walk • Taghadoe in County Kildare in Ireland is the site of an ancient monastic settlement and round tower. The site includes a graveyard and the ruins of a 19th-century church. It is situated 5 km from Maynooth, off the Straffan Road.
2.4 miSE
Cemetery
Oughter Ard
63 min walk • Oughterard is an ecclesiastical hilltop site, graveyard, townland, and formerly a parish, borough and royal manor in County Kildare, nowadays part of the community of Ardclough, close to the Dublin border. It is the burial place of Arthur Guinness.
3.2 miNE
Museum, Georgian architecture
Kildrought House, Celbridge
81 min walk • Kildrought House is an early Georgian house and museum located in Celbridge, Ireland.
4 miNE
Archaeological site
St. Wolstan's Priory, Lucan
101 min walk • St. Wolstan's Priory is a former Augustinian monastery located in County Kildare, Ireland.
4.6 miSW
Church
Church of St Michael and All Angels
118 min walk • The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Church of Ireland church in Millicent, Clane, County Kildare, Ireland.

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Which popular attractions are close to Castledillon?

Nearby attractions include Steam Museum, Straffan (9 min walk), Straffan Parish Church, Straffan (18 min walk), St. Patrick's Church, Straffan (19 min walk).