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

The world's only flying boat museum honors a small Irish village that sent 20th-century aviation to new heights.

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

This controversial Irish show cave is home to a massive formation known as the Great Stalactite.

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

A remarkably intact castle that once was the largest in Ireland.

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

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.

The symbolic center of Ireland, this summit also offers panoramic views of the countryside.

The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.

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

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

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

A former fortified tower now houses a collection of classic communications equipment.

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

After it was swallowed by a Georgian mansion, this medieval castle remained forgotten for centuries.

The oldest public library in Ireland.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

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

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

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

One of the oldest continually operating drinking establishments west of the Mississippi.