Lydacan Castle

Lydacan Castle is a castle in County Galway, Connacht. Lydacan Castle is situated near the cemetery Graveyard (disused), as well as near Coole Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Drumharsna Castle and Coole Park.

Drumharsna Castle

Photo: Jsilke, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Drumharsna Castle is a tower house near Ardrahan, County Galway, in Ireland. Drumharsna Castle is situated 2½ km north of Lydacan Castle.

Coole Park is a nature reserve of approximately 1,000 acres located a few miles west of Gort, County Galway, Ireland. It is managed by the Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service, part of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Coole Park is situated 3 km south of Lydacan Castle.

Kiltartan Castle

Ruins

Photo: dougf, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kiltartan Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland. Kiltartan Castle is situated 4 km southeast of Lydacan Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ardrahan and Gort.

Ardrahan

Village

Photo: Fractal Angel, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ardrahan is a village and civil parish in County Galway, Ireland. Ardrahan is situated 4½ km northeast of Lydacan Castle.

Gort

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gort is a town in County Galway in the west of Ireland, with a population of 2900 in 2022. It's in low-lying farming country but is at the edge of the bare limestone plateau of the Burren.

Kinvarra

Village

Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kinvara or Kinvarra is a sea port village in the southwest of County Galway, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of Kinvarradoorus in the north of the barony of Kiltartan. Kinvarra is also an electoral division. Kinvarra is situated 7 km west of Lydacan Castle.

Lydacan Castle

Type: Castle
Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.11962° or 53° 7′ 11″ north

Longitude

-8.84039° or 8° 50′ 25″ west

Open location code

9C5H4595+RR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 771174590

OpenStreetMap feature

building=castle

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Graveyard (disused) and Ballymaquiff Castle.

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