Places swinterz Wants to Go

A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.

Tiny silver and copper fish set inside blue-green lights are like windows to the underwater world.

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

A 1930s-style speakeasy with a secret doorway and one-of-a-kind cocktails.

This statue celebrating everyday life in Dublin has a few unsavory nicknames.

This is the place where U2’s lead singer got his nickname.

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

A two-storey cabinet of wonders filled with the bizarre, the macabre, and the downright uncanny.

The largest stone circle in Ireland.

A mysterious Neolithic tomb is perched along the edge of a modern golf course.

This small Irish village suffered the greatest loss of life when the Titanic sank.

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

The severed head of a 17th-century Irish martyr lies within an intricate golden shrine.

This neon landmark has been posing this deadpan question to follicly-challenged Dubliners for over 50 years.

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

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

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

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

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

These gigantic skeletons tower over visitors and provide insight into the creatures that once ruled over Ireland.

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

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

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.