Places Jfmcl Wants to Go

The remains of a concrete ship sit on a sandbank between Ballina Quay and Belleek Woods.

This center tells the story of one of the most famous battles in Irish history.

At the time of its construction, this hydroelectric power plant was the largest in the world.

The ruins of a sixth-century monastery sit on the banks of the River Shannon.

The ruins of a monastery that dates to the 7th century.

An unassuming historical marker for an iron age fort leads you to an oddly adorned cemetery for unbaptized children.

A monument to a 19th-century Irish woman whose murder inspired several literary works.

The burial place of 14 of the executed leaders of the Easter Rising.

Fantastic stainless steel dragon gates complete with mesh wings.

A gated cross stands on the site where an Irish revolutionary met his end.

The largest stone circle in Ireland.

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.

A teddy bear sits on a chair watching the sunset from the mountaintop—just as the late Dan Clancy had done since childhood.

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

An important landmark in the history of algebraic logic.

A retired military stronghold on the rolling green coast of Donegal.

Originally built to monitor fishing, this Victorian tower now educates visitors about the local salmon industry.

It's said this geological anomaly was caused when the Devil took a bite out of the Irish mountainside.

The remains of a majestic house that was once stood in the crosshairs of the Irish Republican Army.

Follow lines from a W.B. Yeats poem through interconnecting gardens designed to appeal to each of your senses.

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

This World War II relic let Allied pilots know they were entering neutral airspace.

This 18th-century fort surrounded by a moat was used to store gun powder and ammunition, and now sits in the middle of a large park in Dublin.