Foynes, Ireland
Foynes Flying Boat Museum
The world's only flying boat museum honors a small Irish village that sent 20th-century aviation to new heights.
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Foynes, Ireland
The world's only flying boat museum honors a small Irish village that sent 20th-century aviation to new heights.
Lisnagrave, Ireland
The eerie remains of one of Ireland's oldest castles, said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman who brings ill fate.
Ireland
This Copper beech tree nestled on a nature reserve is host to a bevy of autographs from Irish literary icons.
Kildare, Ireland
See some of the world's greatest racing horses at this idyllic thoroughbred breeding facility and garden complex.
Sligo, Ireland
This cemetery overlooking the Benbulben rock formation is the final resting place of one of Ireland's most beloved poets.
Louth, Ireland
A stone wall that mysteriously moved three feet from its foundation.
Mayo, Ireland
This small Irish village suffered the greatest loss of life when the Titanic sank.
North Tipperary, Ireland
This modest plaza in Moneygall, Ireland has cashed in on its distant connection to the U.S. president.
Dublin, Ireland
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.
Galway, Ireland
A strange egg in a mucky bog of western Ireland marks the spot of an aviation milestone.
Kerry, Ireland
An ancient holy well said to be used by the patron saint of sailors and travelers, lost in the boggy west of Valentia Island.
Carlow, Ireland
Follow lines from a W.B. Yeats poem through interconnecting gardens designed to appeal to each of your senses.
Dublin, Ireland
This statue celebrating everyday life in Dublin has a few unsavory nicknames.
Offaly, Ireland
Behemoth, cannon-like telescope operated by generations of Irish earls.
Galway, Ireland
This 14th century tower house was once the home of Irish poet W.B. Yeats.
Dublin, Ireland
A former fortified tower now houses a collection of classic communications equipment.
Kilbrittain, Ireland
The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.
Wicklow, Ireland
On the Irish coast, 18 members of the Howard family are eternally resting in an Egyptian pyramid.
Kilkenny, Ireland
A standing relief of a Norman knight whose posture marks him as a Crusader.
Kilkenny, Ireland
A collection of housewares from recent Irish history adjoined by a tower from ancient Irish history.
Inisheer, Ireland
A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.
Birr, Ireland
This burial pyramid in central Ireland is thousands of miles and thousands of years away from its Egyptian inspiration.
Mayo, Ireland
Achill's most recently abandoned village dates back to to the Age of Enlightenment.
Inishmaan, Ireland
Certain traditions prevail on the least-visited island of the Aran Islands.