Places elfangor Wants to Go

The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.

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

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.

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

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

This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.

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

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

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

A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.

Traveling this mountain pass reveals quaint stone buildings, stunning Irish scenery, and a bridge said to grant wishes.

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

An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

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.

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

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

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

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

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.