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On the clock tower at St. Anne's Church in Cork, you never know which face is telling the truth.

An unassuming historical marker for an iron age fort leads you to an oddly adorned cemetery for unbaptized children.

A 1930s-style speakeasy with a secret doorway and one-of-a-kind cocktails.

This 19th-century prison once held Irish revolutionary Constance Markievicz, writer Frank O’Connor, and a nine-year-old pickpocket.

A 300-year-old cottage decorated with tens of thousands of seashells arranged in intricate patterns.

A two-storey cabinet of wonders filled with the bizarre, the macabre, and the downright uncanny.

Tiny silver and copper fish set inside blue-green lights are like windows to the underwater world.

The eerie remains of one of Ireland's oldest castles, said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman who brings ill fate.

The remains of a 13th-century Franciscan friary have survived multiple attempts at destruction, most recently in 1921.

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

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

Oliver Cromwell once seized the land under this house, which included the ruins of a medieval abbey that the owner used to build his stately home.

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

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

Fantastic stainless steel dragon gates complete with mesh wings.

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

The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.

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

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

The world's tallest box hedge is found in a delightful garden.

A restaurant with an extensive Irish whiskey bar also has several first editions of famous works by Irish authors.

An 1814 castle that hosts an exhibit of "explorabilia".

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

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