Dublin, Ireland
St. Michan's Mummies
An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.
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Dublin, Ireland
An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.
Dowth, Ireland
The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.
Connemara, Ireland
A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.
Galway, Ireland
A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.
Stradbally West, Ireland
The remains of a majestic house that was once stood in the crosshairs of the Irish Republican Army.
Leixlip, Ireland
A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.
Grangewilliam, Ireland
Obelisks and stone pineapples in the Irish countryside.
Clare, Ireland
This controversial Irish show cave is home to a massive formation known as the Great Stalactite.
Riverview, Ireland
The remains of a 13th-century Franciscan friary have survived multiple attempts at destruction, most recently in 1921.
Adare, Ireland
An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.
Kerry, Ireland
Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.
Kerry, Ireland
This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.
Cork, Ireland
A stunning medieval castle owned and restored by the famed actor Jeremy Irons.
Kilkenny, Ireland
Once the longest bridge in Ireland, this rusting span sits abandoned and overrun by nature.
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Local legend says the remains of Father Christmas lie within the medieval grounds.
Kilkenny, Ireland
This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.
Kilkenny, Ireland
These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.
Kilkenny, Ireland
This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.
Cashel, Ireland
The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.
Offaly, Ireland
Behemoth, cannon-like telescope operated by generations of Irish earls.
Tullamore, Ireland
An Irish peat mine has become a stunning sculpture park.
Tullamore, Ireland
An 1814 castle that hosts an exhibit of "explorabilia".
Westmeath, Ireland
The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.
Wicklow, Ireland
This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.