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

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

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

Wallabies live naturally on this Irish island.

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

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

The world's tallest box hedge is found in a delightful garden.

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

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

A restaurant with an extensive Irish whiskey bar also has several first editions of famous works by Irish authors.

This courtly monument celebrates an influential comedian who turned taking the piss out of the powers-that-be into an art.

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

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

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

There might not be much left of these Irish ruins, but their linguistic legacy is still going strong.

The ruins of an 800-year-old monastery boasts the tallest round tower in Ireland.

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

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

Once the longest bridge in Ireland, this rusting span sits abandoned and overrun by nature.

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.

This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.

While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

Obelisks and stone pineapples in the Irish countryside.