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

An incredible natural formation along the Wild Atlantic Way.

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

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

A map made up of 32 different materials, representing Ireland's 32 counties.

The world's toughest modern Christian pilgrimage leads directly to the gates of Hell.

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

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

A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.

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

When the tide is high, you can see the Atlantic pushing up through a deep, jagged hole in the rock.

An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.

While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.

A diminutive, thousand-year-old church believed to be the smallest in Ireland.

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

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

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

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

This controversial Irish show cave is home to a massive formation known as the Great Stalactite.

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

A remarkably intact castle that once was the largest in Ireland.

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

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

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