Places soimlostagain Wants to Go

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

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

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

A standing relief of a Norman knight whose posture marks him as a Crusader.

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

An important pilgrimage site for pagans and early Christians, named for a Celtic goddess-turned-saint.

Behemoth, cannon-like telescope operated by generations of Irish earls.

This burial pyramid in central Ireland is thousands of miles and thousands of years away from its Egyptian inspiration.

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

Achill's most recently abandoned village dates back to to the Age of Enlightenment.

The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.

Just another ancient, mysterious Irish stone circle.

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

Wander among the abandoned ruins of this once-powerful medieval town.

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

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

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

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

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

This 30-foot pile of rocks may be the grave of a mythological Irish queen.

A spectacular hidden beach in Ireland has the dark, disturbing nickname of "Murder Hole Beach."

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

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

Just a few miles off the western coast of Ireland lies an isle steeped in Irish literary history.