Places fallenangel Wants to Go

This rare and ancient Christian relic is one of Ireland’s oldest freestanding stone crosses.

The largest stone circle in Ireland.

Ancient Bronze Age rampart that was used into the middle ages.

A mysterious Neolithic tomb is perched along the edge of a modern golf course.

The symbolic center of Ireland, this summit also offers panoramic views of the countryside.

A Neolithic passage tomb said to have sheltered two legendary Irish lovers.

On the Irish coast, 18 members of the Howard family are eternally resting in an Egyptian pyramid.

The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.

Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.

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

A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.

This burial pyramid in central Ireland is thousands of miles and thousands of years away from its Egyptian inspiration.

An ancient chamber filled with wonderful rock art and a Neolithic carving of a human face.

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

You can see three Irish counties from this Neolithic hillside fort, once the seat of the Kingdom of Ailech.

This Bronze Age tomb is the centerpiece of a clearing within a beautiful Irish forest.

This 5,300-year-old tomb with mysterious carvings crowns an Irish mountain.

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

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

Just another ancient, mysterious Irish stone circle.

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

This natural sea arch highlights Ireland's rugged coastal beauty.

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

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