Places emiliejayne Wants to Go

This Neolithic passage tomb forms part of a World Heritage Site.

An Irish peat mine has become a stunning sculpture park.

This beautiful site is where the first transatlantic telegraph was sent from.

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

This small Irish village suffered the greatest loss of life when the Titanic sank.

An abandoned faux-pub made famous by a Guinness commercial.

At this cozy bar tucked down a hidden Galway backroad, Guinness makes the Gaelic come out.

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

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

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

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

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

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

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.

These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.

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

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

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

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

The home of Ireland's last leprechauns is officially protected by the European Union.

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

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

An 1814 castle that hosts an exhibit of "explorabilia".

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