Portumna Castle
A change of scale from narrow towers to a house designed around light, symmetry and gardens.
The story behind Portumna Castle and Gardens
The Burkes built Portumna in the early seventeenth century, when an impressive residence no longer needed to look like a medieval fortress. Its symmetrical front and corner towers bridge those two worlds. A fire in 1826 left the house a ruin before later state restoration.
What you will see
The ground-floor exhibition helps you read the surviving building. Outside, compare the formal garden with the kitchen garden, then decide whether to extend the day into the neighbouring forest park. The house and gardens are the visit; do not expect a complete suite of furnished upper rooms.
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Seasonal admission
The 2026 season runs from 5 March to 11 November. Until 21 October, hours are 10:00 to 18:00, last admission 17:15. Later dates close at 17:00, last admission 16:15. Adult admission is €5. Parking, a café and toilets are listed.
Check the official visitor information ↗Sources and checks
- Office of Public WorksVisitor access and historical context. Checked .
- Fáilte IrelandHistorical context and visitor experience. Checked .
- Kind
- Castles
- From the centre
- 660 m south, in a straight line
- Run by
- Office of Public Works
- Parking
- SuperValu Car Park, 770 m away
- Bus stop
- Portumna, 550 m away
The map does not yet record a phone number for Portumna Castle. Anyone can add it on OpenStreetMap, and this page picks the change up at the next refresh.
Getting to Portumna Castle
About these directions
Public transport times come from National Transport Authority. Timetables cover 2026-09-18 to 2027-09-19. These are scheduled services; check with the operator for cancellations and changes before travelling.
Walking and driving times are estimates. A town search starts at its centre; choose your location or a point on the map for a more precise starting point. Eircode search is not available.
How journey planning worksDestination, access and nearby stops
Portumna Castle is in Portumna, County Galway. Routes here end at the point the map records for this place. No entrance has been verified, so the last few metres are for you to judge. SuperValu Car Park is 760 m away and the map records it as open to the public.
The nearest scheduled stop is Portumna (135982), 570 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.
- Portumna 570 m
bus 844Scheduled departures from this stop
- Workhouse Ctr 1.4 km
bus 547Scheduled departures from this stop
- Workhouse Centre 1.4 km
bus 547Scheduled departures from this stop
Getting to Portumna covers the journeys into the town itself.
Within a short walk
What else the map names within four hundred metres of Portumna Castle.
- Portumna Castle and Gardens90 mAttractions
- 130 m
- Gate House160 mCastles
- Portumna Friary220 mAbbeys
- Portumna GAA Club270 mSports centres
- Castle Harbour300 mMarinas
Other castles in Portumna
Nearest to Portumna Castle first, and the figure beside each one is how far it is from Portumna Castle, in a straight line. Same point, same measure.
- 160 m
- 3.1 km
- 4.9 km
- 6.1 km
- 6.2 km
- 6.3 km
- 8.3 km
- 8.9 km
- 9.7 km
- 9.8 km
- 10 km
- 11 km
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Where this comes from
- From the map
- The name, the kind of place, the address where the record carries one, and any website, phone or opening hours shown as recorded on the map are tags on OpenStreetMap way/191740297, and can be corrected there.
- Worked out here
- Every distance, the nearest road where the record has no address, which car park and which stop are nearest, and the order of the lists are this site’s own calculations from those records. Distances are straight lines between two points, not walks along the footpaths, and the map will route the real walk on request. A mistake in any of this is a mistake here rather than on the map.