An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

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

An important pilgrimage site for pagans and early Christians, named for a Celtic goddess-turned-saint.

Ireland's only German military cemetery holds the remains of a spy who was moved there under the cover of darkness.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

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

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

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

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

Burial site of the world's most widely known researcher on the endangered mountain gorilla.

This courtly monument celebrates an influential comedian who turned taking the piss out of the powers-that-be into an art.

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

Some of the saint's blood and bones are said to reside in Dublin.

The oldest public library in Ireland.

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

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

Catholics make up 84% of Ireland's population but this Dublin museum remembers the small but important Jewish community.

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

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.

There might not be much left of these Irish ruins, but their linguistic legacy is still going strong.

After suggesting criminals be burned to death on this rock, a king's advisor suffered his own punishment.