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Once the stronghold of the O'Donovan Clan Castle Donovan was built by Donal O'Donovan in 1560 and became their principal seat. It stands 60 feet high and sits on a large rock close [...]
Cork City's most significant landmark The Church of St Anne is the oldest church in continuous use and one of the most recognized landmarks in Cork City. This district is known as Shandon which [...]
Don't let the name stop you visiting Murder Hole Beach can be located on the Melmore Head Peninsula in County Donegal. It is surrounded by huge cliffs, hills, dunes, and small hidden caves. There [...]
Colorful castle & An awesome national park Glenveagh Castle was built in 1867 by John George Adair, a wealthy land speculator from Co. Laois. His dream was to create a beautiful hunting estate [...]
Once the residence of the richest family in Carlow Duckett's Grove was built between 1818 and 1850 and was once home to the Duckett family. The Ducketts were Carlow's largest landowners for 300 years [...]
Ireland's greatest female saint St Brigid is one of Ireland's three Patron Saints, along with St Patrick and St Colmcille. She, like St Patrick, was born into slavery in Dundalk in the year [...]
One of Ireland's largest and best-preserved castles This area was the stronghold of the O'Briens in the early medieval period. It came into the possession of James Butler Earl of Ormond in 1375 [...]
Keep it secret This little building is locally known as 'O'Doherty's Keep'. It resembles a 15th-century fortified tower house but recent excavations revealed that it may possibly be a corner tower of an [...]
Dublin's most famous statue The Molly Malone Statue was designed by Jeanne Rynhart and based on a popular song of a 17th-century fictional character to celebrate Dublin's first millennium in 1988. It tells [...]
A cathedral full of medieval relics Christchurch is located on a site of a wooden church built in 1038 by Sitric Silkbeard, the first Norse King of Dublin. This was replaced by a [...]
The former 'Floozy in the Jacuzzi' The Anna Livia Sculpture was designed by the sculptor Éamonn O' Doherty and commissioned by businessman Michael Smurfit, in memory of his father for the 1988 Dublin's [...]
One of the best-preserved Benedictine abbeys in Ireland The original church here was founded by St. Féichín in 630 AD. This small monastic site quickly grew in size and importance and received mentions in [...]
One of Ireland's finest examples of a fortified tower-house Narrow Water Castle is located just outside the town of Warrenpoint on the banks of Carlingford Lough. It is regarded as one of the [...]
O'Boyle's secret ringfort Doon Fort is an ancient ring fort hidden away in Doon Lough near the coastal village of Portnoo. It dates from the 5th century and was probably built as a [...]
Donegal's dazzler The Kilclooney Dolmen is located in southwest Donegal and is one of Ireland's most elegant. It is also one of the largest and heaviest examples in Europe weighing in at over [...]
Ireland's only moated castle Drimnagh is the only moated castle in Ireland and was once the seat of the de Bernival family. The de Bernival or Barnwalls were granted these lands in 1215 [...]
Once one of Dublin's finest residences Monkstown Castle has been owned and occupied by some of the most prominent people and establishments in Irish History. This was once the the centre of a [...]
Contains the oldest piece of Waterford Crystal This beautiful building is Waterford's Bishop's Palace. It was built in 1741 to the designs of the famous architect Richard Cassells. Cassells was responsible for designing some [...]
The official start of the Wicklow Way Marlay Park was originally an Anglo-Norman farm on the border of Dublin. The original house here was built by Thomas Taylor and was known as 'The [...]
Once the stronghold of the O'Donnells Donegal Castle was built by the O'Donnell Clan around 1470. It stayed in their hands until 1607 when many Irish chieftains including Red Hugh O'Donnell fled Ireland [...]
The last lighthouse to be automated in Ireland The Baily Lighthouse is located at the end of a promontory on Howth overlooking Dublin Bay. This is the historic shipping channel between Dublin and [...]
An exquisite example of Victorian industrial architecture Herdman's Mill was built in Sion Mills in 1853 on the banks of the River Mourne by the Herdman Brothers. The River Mourne has powered industrial [...]
Once the largest smock windmill in Europe This former windmill, now known as St Patrick's Tower, was the largest smock windmill in Europe. It was used to power the Roe Distillery on Thomas [...]
A lighthouse landmark without a light In 1781, architect John Trail was given the task of designing not one, but two lighthouses on the top of Wicklow Head. This was to eliminate the [...]
Northern Ireland's No.1 tourist attraction This incredible piece of architecture is Titanic Belfast which was designed by the American-born architect Eric Kuhne and built by Harcourt Developments. It takes you on a journey [...]
A thorny little island Dalkey Island lies less than 300 meters off the south Dublin coastline and its name translates to 'Thorny Island' in Irish. This 22-acre island has been occupied for 6000 [...]
Lambs, Ancient Axes & Wallabies Lambay Island lies just 4km off the north County Dublin coast and is the easternmost point of Ireland. This has been a unique production site for axes from [...]
A cross once used for hanging rebels Kells is one of the oldest continuously settled towns in Ireland and has produced many rich historical artifacts. The most famous of these is the world-famous [...]
The last walled city to be built in Europe Derry is the last walled city to be built in Europe. The walls were built between 1613 & 1618 during the reign of James I [...]
The largest collection of rare whiskeys in the country In 1599, Sir William Temple, a renowned teacher, and philosopher built a house here on newly reclaimed land from the River Liffey. In 1656, [...]
One of Ireland's most impressive and visited castles Kilkenny Castle is located in Kilkenny City at a strategic location that commands a crossing on the River Nore. The site had previously been the [...]
Derry's most historic & haunted house Prehen House is a beautiful building with palatial proportions and is classified as a Grade A example of an early Georgian manor house. It overlooks the River [...]
The Flight of The Wild Geese After the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 the remainder of King James's defeated army retired to Limerick under the command of Patrick Sarsfield. They held out [...]
Ireland's most impressive Norman keep Nenagh Castle was built in 1216 and was the main residence for the Butler family for nearly 200 years. In the 17th century, it was captured by Owen [...]
Limerick's dominating Anglo-Norman castle This site near the mouth of the River Shannon has been fought over for thousands of years. When the Normans arrived King John ordered a castle to be built [...]
Stunning 5* golf hotel at the ancestral home of the Plunkett family The first castle on this site was built in 1181 by Geoffrey de Cusack, a Norman who came to Ireland with [...]
Viking gravestones & Bellarmine pottery Kilgobbin Church was built in 1707 on an ancient pre-Norman site where a wooden church would have stood. This is reputedly the first church to be built after [...]
The largest, finest, and earliest Palladian house in Ireland Castletown House was built between 1722 and 1729 for William 'Speaker' Conolly. Conolly was the wealthiest commoner in Ireland owning over 100,000 acres of [...]
The finest converted Martello in Ireland Martello Tower No. 7 is one of about 50 Martellos built by the British along the Irish coast. They were built in sight of each other providing [...]
Dalkey's finest Victorian drinking establisment Finnegan's Pub is located in the pretty seaside village of Dalkey and was originally called O'Meara's Pub. The building dates back to 1862 and it still has many [...]
A dome destined for Russia This impressive church in Rathmines was built in 1854 and destroyed by a fire in January 1920. When the church was being reconstructed in 1922 this dome was [...]
Trinity's iconic landmark Trinity College Campanile was built in 1853 to the designs of the famous Belfast architect Sir Charles Lanyon. It stands nearly 100 feet tall and has become one of Dublin's [...]
One of Ireland's grandest Cathedrals St Eugene was reputedly an early Irish monk from Dublin who foretold the coming of St Columba. Columba did come and over time his monastery grew large and became [...]
A claimant to the longest continuously inhabited building in Ireland Sir Richard Talbot was a knight who accompanied King Henry II to Ireland in 1285. He loved the place so much that he [...]
Belfast's poor house and its finest Georgian building Clifton House was built in 1774 by The Belfast Charitable Society and was used until the late 1880′s as Belfast’s Poor House. It is now [...]
Belfast's beauty on the hill Belfast Castle is set in a truly spectacular location on the slopes of Cavehill Country Park at 400 feet above sea level. It has beautiful gardens and spectacular [...]
One of the finest church interiors in Ireland This area was originally part of a small wooded island surrounded by marshy land which later became known as 'the Bogside. St Colmcille founded his first [...]
Northern Ireland's iconic memorial to a much-loved landlord Scrabo Tower is one of Northern Ireland’s most iconic landmarks and stands majestically 125 feet high on a hill 540 feet above sea level. This [...]