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The Long Room Library at Trinity College

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

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St. Michan's Mummies

An Irish church where you can shake hands with an 800 year old mummy.

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National Leprechaun Museum

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

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Kilmainham Gaol

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

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Kingship and Sacrifice

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

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The Hungry Tree

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

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Natural History building, National Museum of Ireland

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

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Oddities of Christ Church Cathedral

The mummified heart of a saint beats in the basement - or did, until someone took it.

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The pub, pictured circa 1990.

How a Dublin Pub Became a Haunt for Gravediggers and Ghosts Alike

The watering hole sits next to a cemetery and has stories to match.

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October 29, 2018

A chorus line of statuettes at Dublin Mouldings.

The Alluring Statuette Dividing Dublin

The "Lady on the Rock" sculpture sits in windows all over town. But what does it mean?

February 03, 2017