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Kinvarra, County Galway

Things to do in Kinvarra

Dunguaire, the churches, the windmill, Coole Park and Kilmacduagh beyond.

Plan of Kinvarra with the main sights labelled

The sights as pins on the model; tap one for its page and directions.

7 things to see

  1. Dunguaire Castle
    01

    Dunguaire Castle

    940 m east of the quay

    The sixteenth-century O'Hynes tower house on the shore east of the village.

  2. 02

    St Coman's Church

    164 m east of the quay

    The old church in the village, named for the early medieval saint of Kinvara.

  3. 03

    St Joseph's Church

    Main Street · 134 m west of the quay

    The parish church of 1877, its presbytery a former convent.

  4. 04

    Tawnagh windmill

    4.2 km north-west of the quay

    One of the windmill ruins of the district, 4 km out.

  5. 05

    The Burren

    The limestone country begins across the county bounds a few kilometres to the west and south.

  6. 06

    Coole Park

    8.6 km south-east of the quay

    Lady Gregory's demesne and the autograph tree, 8.5 km away towards Gort.

  7. 07

    Kilmacduagh

    10.7 km south of the quay

    The monastery and round tower 11 km south.

Things to do

Fleadh na gCuach

The cuckoo festival, traditional music at the start of May.

Cruinniú na mBád

The gathering of the boats in mid August, when the Galway hookers come into the bay.

Hurling

Kinvara GAA is almost entirely a hurling club, with junior football besides; Conor Whelan is from the village.

Galway Bay

Francis Fahy, who wrote the song of that name, was a Kinvara man; John Prine had a home here and P. J. Mara is buried here.

Castles, abbeys and old churches nearby

  1. 940 m
  2. 3.2 km
  3. 4.2 km
  4. 4.3 km
  5. 5.8 km
  6. 6.5 km
  7. 7.0 km
  8. 7.1 km
  9. 7.3 km
  10. 7.3 km
Ringforts and sites23Holy wells7Castles14Abbeys2

Parks, beaches, lakes and views

  1. 4.2 km
  2. 4.3 km
  3. 4.5 km
  4. 5.3 km
  5. 5.4 km
  6. 5.9 km
  7. 6.4 km
  8. 7.7 km
  9. 7.8 km
  10. 8.0 km

Sport and leisure

  1. Kinvara GAA
    Sports centres
    1.0 km
  2. Crushoa Pier
    Slipways
    1.9 km

Photographs: Boomur, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

The descriptions summarise Wikipedia, "Kinvara" (CC BY-SA 4.0, read 2026-09-19); positions and the lists are OpenStreetMap. Opening times and admission are not on record here; check before a visit.