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

This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.

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

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

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

Amidst the bustling streets of Dublin, there is a hushed garden that is dedicated to "All those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish Freedom."

An 1814 castle that hosts an exhibit of "explorabilia".

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.

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

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

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

A rocky Irish outcropping with a history of wealth, conflict, and ruin.

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

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

Once the longest bridge in Ireland, this rusting span sits abandoned and overrun by nature.

Traveling this mountain pass reveals quaint stone buildings, stunning Irish scenery, and a bridge said to grant wishes.

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

While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.

A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.

Obelisks and stone pineapples in the Irish countryside.

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

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

An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.

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