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A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.

Modern sundial uses ancient methods to tell time and date perfectly.

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

Certain traditions prevail on the least-visited island of the Aran Islands.

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

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

Just another ancient, mysterious Irish stone circle.

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

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

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.

While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.

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

An Irish cemetery filled with victims of political strife and violent conflict, including the grave of Bobby Sands.

The "Black Arch" guards the entrance to the picturesque Glens of Antrim.

A Victorian marvel of engineering is now a 21st-century tourist attraction.

This tiny train shuttles passengers to one of Northern Ireland's most spectacular sights.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

You can see three Irish counties from this Neolithic hillside fort, once the seat of the Kingdom of Ailech.

A 300-year-old cottage decorated with tens of thousands of seashells arranged in intricate patterns.

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

This 18th-century fort surrounded by a moat was used to store gun powder and ammunition, and now sits in the middle of a large park in Dublin.

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