Places dbshaw Wants to Go

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

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

An Irish peat mine has become a stunning sculpture park.

An oddly conical beacon perched atop beautiful Irish cliffs.

Impressive mining ruins overlook a spectacular view of Ireland's Copper Coast.

This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.

This colorful and fiery mural depicts the Irish folk story of the beloved hero Cuchulain.

The severed head of a 17th-century Irish martyr lies within an intricate golden shrine.

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

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

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

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

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

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

Once the longest bridge in Ireland, this rusting span sits abandoned and overrun by nature.

A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

Obelisks and stone pineapples in the Irish countryside.

The oldest inn in Kilkenny was established by the first convicted witch in Ireland.

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

Local legend says the remains of Father Christmas lie within the medieval grounds.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.