Attractions
Book of Kells, Trinity College Dublin
Dublin
The Book of Kells is a richly illuminated manuscript of the Gospels made by monks around 800 AD, one of Ireland's greatest treasures, displayed in Tr…
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Natural features
Cliffs of Moher
Clare
Ireland's most famous natural sight: sheer cliffs rising up to 214 m out of the Atlantic, running for 14 km along the County Clare coast.
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…
Natural features
Killarney National Park
Killarney, Kerry
Ireland's first national park, with lakes, woods and mountains next to the town of Killarney.
Natural features
Mizen Head Signal Station
Cork
Ireland's most south-westerly point, where a footbridge crosses a deep chasm to the old signal station on a rocky island, with the Atlantic crashing …
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.
Attractions
Powerscourt Estate and Gardens
Enniskerry, Wicklow
Often called one of the world's great gardens, Powerscourt has 47 acres of formal gardens, Italian terraces, statues and ornamental lakes beneath the…
Natural features
Ring of Kerry and Skellig Michael
Cahersiveen, Kerry
The Ring of Kerry is a 179 km scenic route around the Iveragh peninsula, past mountains, lakes, beaches and villages.
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…
Tours and activities
Doolin ferry to Inis Oírr (Inisheer)
Clare
From Doolin pier, ferries cross to Inis Oírr, the smallest and closest of the Aran Islands, in about 15 to 30 minutes.
Attractions
Guinness Storehouse, Dublin
Dublin
Ireland's most visited attraction, in a seven-storey former fermentation building, shaped like a giant pint glass, at the St James's Gate brewery.
Food and drink
Gus O'Connor's pub, Doolin
Clare
Doolin, a small village on the County Clare coast, is the traditional music capital of Ireland, and Gus O'Connor's is its most famous pub, serving pi…
Attractions
Jameson Distillery Bow St, Dublin
Dublin
The original Jameson distillery in Smithfield, where whiskey was made from 1780 until production moved to Midleton in County Cork in 1975.
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…
Buildings
Kylemore Abbey and Connemara
Clifden, Galway
A castle-like mansion beside a lake at the foot of the mountains in Connemara, built in the 1860s and home to Benedictine nuns since 1920.
Natural features
Lough Hyne
Skibbereen, Cork
A saltwater lake near Skibbereen, joined to the sea by a narrow tidal channel called the Rapids, where the water rushes in and out with the tides.