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National Museum of Ireland, Country Life

National Museum of Ireland, Country Life from directly overhead

National Museum of Ireland, Country Life is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Nephin stands 806 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Toberdunam, a spring 2.0 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 13 miles off.

The story

national museum in County Mayo, Ireland

Dates from 2001.

Wikidata Q6940834, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates53.88452, -9.20788

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Toberdunam: 2.0 mi
  • Tobernatran: 2.5 mi
  • Tobergal: 3.5 mi
  • Tobermurry: 6.3 mi
  • Toberkeelty: 6.9 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Artworks: 17
Attractions: 14
  • Balla Round Tower: 6.3 mi
  • Foxford Woollen Mills: 7.8 mi
  • Ballintubber Abbey: 9.3 mi
  • The Celtic Furrow: 10.2 mi
  • Hennigan's Heritage Centre: 10.9 mi
Parks: 12
  • Town Park: 3.8 mi
  • Mayo Peace Park: 4.5 mi
  • Lough Lannagh Park: 4.9 mi
  • Swinford Amenity Park: 10.9 mi
  • Canon Kileen Park: 13.8 mi
Gardens: 8
  • Hospital Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Green Campus Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Garden Rest Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
  • Kitchen Garden: 15.4 mi
  • Walled Garden: 16.1 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Thornhill Strand: 20.1 mi
  • Thornhill Strand: 20.5 mi
  • White Strand: 20.8 mi
  • Bunnatruffa: 21.0 mi
  • Cooltraw Strand: 21.4 mi
Museums: 6
  • Michael Davitt Museum: 4.1 mi
  • Kiltimagh Museum: 9.1 mi
  • Knock Museum: 13.5 mi
  • Clew Bay Heritage Centre: 15.3 mi
  • The Jackie Clarke Collection: 16.1 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Old Head Woods: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of National Museum of Ireland, Country Life. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
NephinNW 324°806 m11.0 mi
Croagh PatrickWSW 245°764 m20.3 mi
Slieve CarrNW 305°721 m22.3 mi
CorranabinniaWNW 287°716 m19.7 mi
BirreencorraghWNW 302°698 m13.3 mi
Corranabinnia SW TopWNW 286°687 m19.9 mi
Mám TrasnaSW 219°682 m23.9 mi
GlennamongWNW 292°628 m19.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4118:0318:50
June solstice05:0621:1422:13
September equinox07:2318:5219:38
December solstice08:5415:0816:17

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/58104538

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