The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

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

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

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

Some of the saint's blood and bones are said to reside in Dublin.

This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.

This neon landmark has been posing this deadpan question to follicly-challenged Dubliners for over 50 years.

A mysterious plaque to the even more mysterious "Fr. Pat Noise," killed in "suspicious circumstances."

Tiny silver and copper fish set inside blue-green lights are like windows to the underwater world.

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

An enigmatic monument to the Irish revolutionary who plotted an uprising against British rule.

A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.

A guitar mounted on a wall in Temple Bar honors the Irish musician.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

This statue celebrating everyday life in Dublin has a few unsavory nicknames.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.