Historic sites
Glendalough
Wicklow
A glacial valley in the Wicklow Mountains with two lakes and the remains of a monastic settlement founded by St Kevin in the 6th century, including a…
Historic sites in Ireland
Historic sites
Newgrange (Brú na Bóinne)
Duleek, Meath
A Neolithic passage tomb built around 3200 BC, older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids, a great mound with a ring of carved kerbstones.
Historic sites
Rock of Cashel
Cashel, Tipperary
A dramatic group of medieval buildings on a limestone outcrop above the plains of Tipperary, once the seat of the kings of Munster, where St Patrick …
Historic sites
Baltimore and Sherkin Island
Skibbereen, Cork
A fishing and sailing village at the end of the road in West Cork, with pubs and seafood restaurants around its harbour and the ruins of a castle abo…
Historic sites
Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin
Dublin
A former prison where many leaders of Ireland's struggle for independence were held, and where the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising were executed in…