The house where the writer spent his formative years.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The oldest public library in Ireland.

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

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin's lost medieval wall.

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

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

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

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

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.

This massive monument has been telling the time for 150 years—at a slight angle.

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.