Downpatrick, Northern Ireland
Inch Abbey
A medieval abbey featured on 'Game of Thrones' that dates back to the 12th century.
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Downpatrick, Northern Ireland
A medieval abbey featured on 'Game of Thrones' that dates back to the 12th century.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Celebrated in poem, this tiny hidden cemetery has a big and grisly history.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
An Irish cemetery filled with victims of political strife and violent conflict, including the grave of Bobby Sands.
Downpatrick, Northern Ireland
A boulder in the Churchyard of Down Cathedral marks the legendary burial place of "The Apostle of Ireland."
Ballycastle, Northern Ireland
The lake that fills and empties itself at random.
Larne, Northern Ireland
The "Black Arch" guards the entrance to the picturesque Glens of Antrim.
Larne, Northern Ireland
A Victorian marvel of engineering is now a 21st-century tourist attraction.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The only monument to name all of the passengers and crew who died on the RMS Titanic.
Larne, Northern Ireland
It is said a heartbroken man visited the gap every day to stare blankly out at the sea.
Lisnagrave, Ireland
The eerie remains of one of Ireland's oldest castles, said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman who brings ill fate.
Meath, Ireland
This center tells the story of one of the most famous battles in Irish history.
Killeany, Ireland
A diminutive, thousand-year-old church believed to be the smallest in Ireland.
County Donegal, Ireland
This World War II relic let Allied pilots know they were entering neutral airspace.
County Donegal, Ireland
You can see three Irish counties from this Neolithic hillside fort, once the seat of the Kingdom of Ailech.
Stamullen, Ireland
An ancient chamber filled with wonderful rock art and a Neolithic carving of a human face.
Kerry, Ireland
An important pilgrimage site for pagans and early Christians, named for a Celtic goddess-turned-saint.
Ballyedmonduff, Ireland
This Bronze Age tomb is the centerpiece of a clearing within a beautiful Irish forest.
Wicklow, Ireland
This 5,300-year-old tomb with mysterious carvings crowns an Irish mountain.
Wicklow, Ireland
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.
Oughterard, Ireland
Fluffy and friendly alpacas nestled against the border of the beautiful Connemara region.
Kerry, Ireland
A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.
Roscommon, Ireland
An outstanding and haunting glimpse of the horrors of the Great Famine of Ireland.
Dublin, Ireland
The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.
Athenry, Ireland
Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.