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An ancient holy well said to be used by the patron saint of sailors and travelers, lost in the boggy west of Valentia Island.

Legend says the water within these mysterious sacred springs stays cold even when boiled.

A holy well believed to have healing powers.

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.

Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.

Oliver Cromwell once seized the land under this house, which included the ruins of a medieval abbey that the owner used to build his stately home.

Obelisks and stone pineapples in the Irish countryside.

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

Both Catholic and Protestant graves dot this 17th-century burial ground.

These moss-covered medieval ruins tower atop the smallest of Ireland's Aran Islands.

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

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

The remains of a majestic house that was once stood in the crosshairs of the Irish Republican Army.

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

These ancient ruins were the final resting place of King Henry II's mistress.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

The ruins of a monastery that dates to the 7th century.

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

After being destroyed by IRA sympathizers, the ruins of this stately Irish manor have sat vacant for decades.

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

The ruins of a sixth-century monastery sit on the banks of the River Shannon.

Impressive mining ruins overlook a spectacular view of Ireland's Copper Coast.

An elaborate Romanesque archway, built right before the British occupation of Ireland.

The remains of a 13th-century Norman fortress, largely destroyed by an explosive renovation.