A monument to a 19th-century Irish woman whose murder inspired several literary works.

After a traumatic encounter with a six-foot eel, one Galway baker started making a daily loaf of sourdough in its shape.

The remains of a concrete ship sit on a sandbank between Ballina Quay and Belleek Woods.

The largest stone circle in Ireland.

A diminutive, thousand-year-old church believed to be the smallest in Ireland.

Not actually a shop, but one fan's passionate show of support for a rival county's Gaelic football team.

The remains of a 13th-century Franciscan friary have survived multiple attempts at destruction, most recently in 1921.

It's said this geological anomaly was caused when the Devil took a bite out of the Irish mountainside.

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

This beautiful site is where the first transatlantic telegraph was sent from.

This cemetery overlooking the Benbulben rock formation is the final resting place of one of Ireland's most beloved poets.

This museum is dedicated to the most famous Irish writers in history.

An oddly conical beacon perched atop beautiful Irish cliffs.

These moss-covered medieval ruins tower atop the smallest of Ireland's Aran Islands.

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

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

A Neolithic passage tomb said to have sheltered two legendary Irish lovers.

A stone wall that mysteriously moved three feet from its foundation.

Impressive mining ruins overlook a spectacular view of Ireland's Copper Coast.

An abandoned faux-pub made famous by a Guinness commercial.

Fluffy and friendly alpacas nestled against the border of the beautiful Connemara region.

A strange egg in a mucky bog of western Ireland marks the spot of an aviation milestone.

This 14th century tower house was once the home of Irish poet W.B. Yeats.

An ancient holy well said to be used by the patron saint of sailors and travelers, lost in the boggy west of Valentia Island.