Places remcrae Wants to Go

A collection of housewares from recent Irish history adjoined by a tower from ancient Irish history.

A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.

The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.

The severed head of a 17th-century Irish martyr lies within an intricate golden shrine.

The remains of this deep, dark mine have left behind a haunting rocky warren of tunnels.

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

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.

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

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

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

Wallabies live naturally on this Irish island.

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 single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

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

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

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.

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

The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.

A rocky Irish outcropping with a history of wealth, conflict, and ruin.

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

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.