Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

Traveling this mountain pass reveals quaint stone buildings, stunning Irish scenery, and a bridge said to grant wishes.

Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.

This beautiful site is where the first transatlantic telegraph was sent from.

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

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

This center tells the story of one of the most famous battles in Irish history.

This Neolithic passage tomb forms part of a World Heritage Site.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

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.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.