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On the Irish coast, 18 members of the Howard family are eternally resting in an Egyptian pyramid.

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

Certain traditions prevail on the least-visited island of the Aran Islands.

Ireland's only German military cemetery holds the remains of a spy who was moved there under the cover of darkness.

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

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

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

A teddy bear sits on a chair watching the sunset from the mountaintop—just as the late Dan Clancy had done since childhood.

This 5,300-year-old tomb with mysterious carvings crowns an Irish mountain.

The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.

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

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

These moss-covered medieval ruins tower atop the smallest of Ireland's Aran Islands.

This natural sea arch highlights Ireland's rugged coastal beauty.

An ancient chamber filled with wonderful rock art and a Neolithic carving of a human face.

This Bronze Age tomb is the centerpiece of a clearing within a beautiful Irish forest.

A spectacular hidden beach in Ireland has the dark, disturbing nickname of "Murder Hole Beach."

After it was swallowed by a Georgian mansion, this medieval castle remained forgotten for centuries.

A former fortified tower now houses a collection of classic communications equipment.

It's said this geological anomaly was caused when the Devil took a bite out of the Irish mountainside.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

An Irish peat mine has become a stunning sculpture park.

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