need to see: ireland!

21 Places

Rathcroghan

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.

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Westmeath, Ireland

Kilbeggan Distillery

The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.

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Galway, Ireland

Abandoned Menlo Castle

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

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Galway, Ireland

Brigit's Celtic Garden

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

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St. Brigid's Well

A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.

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Kilkenny, Ireland

Dunmore Cave

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

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Adare Manor

An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.

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Mound of the Hostages

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

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Connemara, Ireland

Kylemore Abbey

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

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Grangewilliam, Ireland

Conolly's Folly

Obelisks and stone pineapples in the Irish countryside.

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Riverview, Ireland

Moor Abbey

The remains of a 13th-century Franciscan friary have survived multiple attempts at destruction, most recently in 1921.

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Leixlip, Ireland

The Wonderful Barn

A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.

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The Lost Town of Newtown Jerpoint (Jerpoint Park)

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

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Newgrange

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

Kilkenny, Ireland

Jerpoint Abbey

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

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Dublin, Ireland

Kilmainham Gaol

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

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Dublin, Ireland

Saint Audoen’s Gate

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

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Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland

Puck's Castle

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

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Dublin, Ireland

Oratory of the Sacred Heart

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.

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Kilkenny, Ireland

Old Red Iron Bridge

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

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Cullenstown, Ireland

Shell Cottage

A 300-year-old cottage decorated with tens of thousands of seashells arranged in intricate patterns.

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