Things to do in Ratoath
Attractions, heritage sites and walks around Ratoath, drawn from open data. Distances are straight-line from the town centre.
In brief
Ratoath is a Co. Meath town about 22 km from Dublin city centre. Open datasets list seven Fáilte Ireland visitor attractions within 10 km, five national monuments open to visitors within 20 km. Everything below comes from published sources, refreshed regularly.
Attractions near Ratoath
Visitor attractions listed by Fáilte Ireland within 10 km.
- Escape to the nation's only theme park and zoo located in the heart of Ireland's Ancient East, County Meath. Emerald Park is home to Ireland’s only water flume ride,…
- Tattersalls Ireland is renowned for selling top class National Hunt horses both nationally and internationally. It is located in Ratoath, County Meath.
- Motability Ireland Ltd is an award winning company offering wheelchair accessible vehicles and cars fitted with hand controls. Available for long, or short term hire.…
- Discover Ireland with Goeasy Transfers, based at Ashbourne, County Meath. They offer airport transfers, day trips and group bookings with their chauffeur driven cars…
- My Ireland Heritage, based in Rathregan, Batterstown, County Meath, is dedicated to assisting clients in the search for their Irish family history of past generations.
- My Ireland Heritage is a family run business specialising in one or seven day tours of Ireland designed exclusively for and by you to the places in Ireland which…
- Based in Dublin and Meath, McCaffrey Coaches operate a fleet of deluxe touring coaches.The cater for the incoming tourist, conference and incentive markets. Coaches…
Heritage and monuments
National monuments open to visitors within 20 km.
- Standing tall and proud on the summit of Skreen Hill, overlooking the more famous Hill of Tara, is the site of an ancient church associated with St Columba.
- Though best known as the seat of the High Kings of Ireland, the Hill of Tara has been an important site since the late Stone Age when a passage-tomb was constructed there.
- This great stone castle was founded in the early 13th century and became the principal residence of the Kildare branch of the Geraldines.
- Bective Abbey overlooking the legendary River Boyne is the oldest Cistercian foundation in Meath and the second oldest in Ireland.
- Lusk Heritage Centre comprises of a 9th century round tower, a medieval belfry and a 19th century church. They form a unit, although they were built over a period of almost a thousand years.
Walks and nature
Waymarked trails from Sport Ireland's National Trails Register, starting near Ratoath and across Co. Meath.
Plan around Ratoath
- What's on across Leinster this week, refreshed every Monday.
- Thinking of moving here? Living in Ratoath covers prices, rents and schools. Median sale price €466,500.
- See every nationally rated heritage building and monument in our heritage guide to Co. Meath.
Attraction data from Fáilte Ireland Open Data (CC BY 4.0), last refreshed 13 July 2026. Monuments from the National Monuments Service and heritage buildings from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (both data.gov.ie, CC BY 4.0). Trails from Sport Ireland's National Trails Register. Parks and reserves from the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Opening hours and admission can change; check the linked site before travelling.