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Ancient Bronze Age rampart that was used into the middle ages.

A stone wall that mysteriously moved three feet from its foundation.

This 14th century tower house was once the home of Irish poet W.B. Yeats.

This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.

Achill's most recently abandoned village dates back to to the Age of Enlightenment.

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

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

The remains of this deep, dark mine have left behind a haunting rocky warren of tunnels.

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.

Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.

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

Wallabies live naturally on this Irish island.

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

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

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

This 30-foot pile of rocks may be the grave of a mythological Irish queen.

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

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.

After being destroyed by IRA sympathizers, the ruins of this stately Irish manor have sat vacant for decades.

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

The home of Ireland's last leprechauns is officially protected by the European Union.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

A rocky Irish outcropping with a history of wealth, conflict, and ruin.