The largest portal tomb in Europe has a capstone weighing around 150 tons.

The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.

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

This colorful and fiery mural depicts the Irish folk story of the beloved hero Cuchulain.

On the Irish coast, 18 members of the Howard family are eternally resting in an Egyptian pyramid.

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

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

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

A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.

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

The chaotic studio of one of the 20th century's most important artists has been preserved down to the dust.

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

An ancient chamber filled with wonderful rock art and a Neolithic carving of a human face.

Achill's most recently abandoned village dates back to to the Age of Enlightenment.

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

This 5,300-year-old tomb with mysterious carvings crowns an Irish mountain.

A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.

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

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

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

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

The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.

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

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