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

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.

This European portal tomb has a capstone that weighs around 150 tons.

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

A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.

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

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

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

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

This burial pyramid in central Ireland is thousands of miles and thousands of years away from its Egyptian inspiration.

The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.

An outstanding and haunting glimpse of the horrors of the Great Famine of Ireland.

Just another ancient, mysterious Irish stone circle.

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

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

A standing relief of a Norman knight whose posture marks him as a Crusader.

Behemoth, cannon-like telescope operated by generations of Irish earls.

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

A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.

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

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

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

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

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