This Copper beech tree nestled on a nature reserve is host to a bevy of autographs from Irish literary icons.

Ancient Bronze Age rampart that was used into the middle ages.

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

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

A devastating booze inferno poured through the streets, claiming several victims who drank it.

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 Bronze Age tomb is the centerpiece of a clearing within a beautiful Irish forest.

This burial pyramid in central Ireland is thousands of miles and thousands of years away from its Egyptian inspiration.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The home of Ireland's last leprechauns is officially protected by the European Union.

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

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

A spectacular hidden beach in Ireland has the dark, disturbing nickname of "Murder Hole Beach."

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

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

Experience what life was like in Ireland during the Viking and medieval ages.

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

Obelisks and stone pineapples in the Irish countryside.