Places aemem Wants to Go

This medieval castle was home to a known tyrant and features several hidden passages.

Destroyed numerous times, this centuries-old bridge has always been rebuilt with its original design.

The Bourbon royal family had this unique octagonal hunting "cottage" built on a tiny islet in Lake Fusaro.

The “Sistine Chapel” of the Middle Ages merges 11th-century science and religion in wondrous hues.

An elaborate Romanesque archway, built right before the British occupation of Ireland.

The ruins of a monastery that dates to the 7th century.

A stunning medieval castle owned and restored by the famed actor Jeremy Irons.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.

A collection of housewares from recent Irish history adjoined by a tower from ancient Irish history.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

You can see three Irish counties from this Neolithic hillside fort, once the seat of the Kingdom of Ailech.

This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.

An important pilgrimage site for pagans and early Christians, named for a Celtic goddess-turned-saint.

These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.

The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

Just a few miles off the western coast of Ireland lies an isle steeped in Irish literary history.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

The ruins of an 800-year-old monastery boasts the tallest round tower in Ireland.