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

Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.

You can see three Irish counties from this Neolithic hillside fort, once the seat of the Kingdom of Ailech.

An outstanding and haunting glimpse of the horrors of the Great Famine of Ireland.

The remains of this deep, dark mine have left behind a haunting rocky warren of tunnels.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

Certain traditions prevail on the least-visited island of the Aran Islands.

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

This Irish museum in a historic 19th century market pays tribute to the glory of butter.

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.

Just a few miles off the western coast of Ireland lies an isle steeped in Irish literary history.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

This 30-foot pile of rocks may be the grave of a mythological Irish queen.

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

This controversial Irish show cave is home to a massive formation known as the Great Stalactite.

The world's toughest modern Christian pilgrimage leads directly to the gates of Hell.

This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

The oldest inn in Kilkenny was established by the first convicted witch in Ireland.

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

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

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

The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.