Attraction in Republic of Ireland
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Glendalough, meaning the valley of the two lakes in Irish, is one of the most important and most visited early Christian monastic sites in Ireland, a settlement established in the…
Saltee Islands Wexford Y35 HN25The Saltee Islands off the south Wexford coast of Ireland are the most important seabird breeding site in Ireland, two uninhabited islands rising from the sea south of Kilmore…
Mellifont Abbey Louth County Meath • A92 Y5T7Mellifont Abbey near Drogheda in County Louth was the first Cistercian monastery founded in Ireland, established in 1142 by St Malachy of Armagh following his contact with St…
Kylemore Abbey Connemara County Galway • H91 V922Kylemore Abbey stands in one of the most dramatically beautiful settings in Ireland, a Victorian neo-Gothic castle reflected in the still waters of Pollacapall Lough beneath the…
Hook Head Lighthouse County Wexford • Y34 KX89Hook Head Lighthouse at the tip of the Hook Peninsula in County Wexford is one of the oldest operational lighthouses in the world, a tower begun in the twelfth century by William…
Monasterboice County Louth County Louth • A92 N7K1Monasterboice in County Louth is one of the most important early Christian monastic sites in Ireland, containing two of the finest high crosses in the world: the West Cross and…
Rock of Cashel Tipperary County Tipperary • E25 Y396The Rock of Cashel in County Tipperary is the most impressive and most dramatically sited medieval ecclesiastical complex in Ireland, a group of tenth to thirteenth-century…
Jerpoint Abbey Kilkenny County Kilkenny • R95 V284Jerpoint Abbey near Thomastown in County Kilkenny is the finest Cistercian abbey ruin in Ireland and one of the most impressive medieval ecclesiastical sites in the country, a…
Garnish Island Ilnacullin County Cork • V60 X532Garnish Island, known in Irish as Ilnacullin, in Glengarriff Harbour in County Cork is one of the finest gardens in Ireland, a small island transformed in the early twentieth…
Ardmore Round Tower Waterford County Waterford • P36 Y9D3Ardmore in County Waterford is one of the finest early Christian monastic sites in Ireland, a small coastal village whose collection of medieval ecclesiastical remains including a…
Strokestown Park Roscommon County Roscommon • F42 YH71Strokestown Park in County Roscommon is one of Ireland's finest Palladian country houses and the site of the Irish National Famine Museum, a combination that makes it one of the…
Carrowkeel Sligo County Sligo • F52 RK65Carrowkeel in the Bricklieve Mountains of County Sligo is a cairn cemetery of fourteen Neolithic passage tombs dating from approximately 3000 BC, a remarkable concentration of…
Loughcrew Meath County Meath • A82 V6V5Loughcrew Meath is one of those places that quietly captures the character of the British landscape. Many visitors return repeatedly because each visit offers something slightly…
Hill of Tara Meath County Meath • C15 DV89The Hill of Tara in County Meath is the most symbolically important site in Irish history and mythology, a low but commanding hill in the fertile Boyne Valley that served as the…
Lough Key Forest Park Roscommon County Roscommon • F52 V272Lough Key Forest Park Roscommon is one of those places that quietly captures the character of the British landscape. The surrounding landscape provides a strong sense of place…