Places Emily Sue Wants to Go

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

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.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

Obelisks and stone pineapples in the Irish countryside.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

An important pilgrimage site for pagans and early Christians, named for a Celtic goddess-turned-saint.

Just another ancient, mysterious Irish stone circle.

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

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

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

A collection of housewares from recent Irish history adjoined by a tower from ancient Irish history.

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

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

An ancient holy well said to be used by the patron saint of sailors and travelers, lost in the boggy west of Valentia Island.

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

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

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.

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

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

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