Places sweetasterium Wants to Go

Catholics make up 84% of Ireland's population but this Dublin museum remembers the small but important Jewish community.

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

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

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

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

This colorful and fiery mural depicts the Irish folk story of the beloved hero Cuchulain.

The chaotic studio of one of the 20th century's most important artists has been preserved down to the dust.

A restaurant with an extensive Irish whiskey bar also has several first editions of famous works by Irish authors.

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

The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.

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

Just another ancient, mysterious Irish stone circle.

These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.

This natural sea arch highlights Ireland's rugged coastal beauty.

At this cozy bar tucked down a hidden Galway backroad, Guinness makes the Gaelic come out.

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

The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.

This pub built its reputation pouring post-shift pints for employees of the cemetery with which it shares a wall.

Though they've since been renamed, these two streets hint at Dublin's darker days.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

An 1814 castle that hosts an exhibit of "explorabilia".

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

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

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.