This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.

It was once nicknamed "the most bombed hotel in Europe."

These barriers stand as stark reminders of Northern Ireland's troubled past.

This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Despite the name, this 16th-century structure in Galway wasn't built by the Spanish.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

Amidst the bustling streets of Dublin, there is a hushed garden that is dedicated to "All those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish Freedom."

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

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

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

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

Collection of still-functioning printing presses from the 18th to 20th centuries.

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

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