Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

The ruins of a sixth-century monastery sit on the banks of the River Shannon.

This center tells the story of one of the most famous battles in Irish history.

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

This memorial was created by an Irish nurse who lived in New York City during 9/11.

At the time of its construction, this hydroelectric power plant was the largest in the world.

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

A monument to a 19th-century Irish woman whose murder inspired several literary works.

The burial place of 14 of the executed leaders of the Easter Rising.

The largest stone circle in Ireland.

A gated cross stands on the site where an Irish revolutionary met his end.

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

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

This rare and ancient Christian relic is one of Ireland’s oldest freestanding stone crosses.

Follow lines from a W.B. Yeats poem through interconnecting gardens designed to appeal to each of your senses.

An important landmark in the history of algebraic logic.

The remains of a majestic house that was once stood in the crosshairs of the Irish Republican Army.

Originally built to monitor fishing, this Victorian tower now educates visitors about the local salmon industry.

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

A retired military stronghold on the rolling green coast of Donegal.

This beautiful site is where the first transatlantic telegraph was sent from.

This World War II relic let Allied pilots know they were entering neutral airspace.

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

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

The world's only flying boat museum honors a small Irish village that sent 20th-century aviation to new heights.