The largest church in Ireland, St. Patrick’s Cathedral is located in the southwest area of the city. It is English in style, and measures 300 feet in length. Inside its square medieval tower hangs the largest set of ringing…
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Dalkey
The Village of Dalkey is currently a fashionable suburb of Dublin, although it was once a valuable port city. The fortified mansions of former shipping magnates from the 15th century still stand along its main street today. Archbold’s Castle…
Glenveagh National Park
Glenveagh National Park is located in the wildest part of the Irish countryside, made up of 24,000 acres, encompassing moorlands, mountains, lakes and forests. Its central feature is Lough Beagh, a long and deep lake fed by River Veagh.…
Cliffs of Moher
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Five miles long and soaring nearly 700 feet above the crashing waves of the sea, these impressive cliffs put the ageless power of nature into clear focus.
Perhaps 1940′s naturalist Robert Lloyd Praeger described the impact of these…
Lifeforce Watermill
It makes perfect sense that an attraction paying respect to the bygone era of food preparation is located in the predominantly rural county of Cavan. It has been the site of a grain mill since the 14th century,…
Bushmills
The attractive village of Bushmills is home to the oldest licensed distillery in the world. King James I declared it a legal enterprise in 1608, but historical documents have referred to the presence of this type of enterprise on…
Curraghmore House and Gardens
Situated in Portlaw, the beautiful Curraghmore House has been the home of the Marquis of Waterford and his ancestors since 1170. The House has an exceptional interior and is set in magnificent grounds which incorporate an outstanding Arboretum, a…
The Skelligs
On a clear day, from Valentia Island in the northwest part of the Ring of Kerry, at the Iveragh Peninsula, you can see two conical rocks pointing toward the sky from amid the waves of the Atlantic.
The…
Japanese Gardens of Tully and Irish National Stud Farm
Some of the most famous garden landscapes can be seen here in Tully. Created by the Japanese gardener, Eida, and his son Minoru, for Colonel William Hall-Walker in1906-1910, these Japanese gardens, built upon reclaimed bog lands, are significant not…
Jerpoint Abbey
This Cistercian monastery, built in the late 12th century, is one of the finest monastic heritage sites in all of Ireland because it is so remarkably well preserved. The intact worship areas and living quarters reveal an authentic glimpse…