The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

A massive Celtic cross secretly growing in an Irish forest.

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

These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.

A tribute to the incredible generosity the Choctaw Nation showed the Irish people during the Great Famine.

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

Modern sundial uses ancient methods to tell time and date perfectly.

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

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

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

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

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

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

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

Behemoth, cannon-like telescope operated by generations of Irish earls.

Just another ancient, mysterious Irish stone circle.

Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.

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

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

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

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