Places
Places worth visiting in Ireland and Northern Ireland — castles, cliffs, waterfalls, mountains, historic pubs and legends, all on one map.
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Portmagee
A harbour village on the Skellig Ring, where boats leave for Skellig Michael.
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Grianan of Aileach
A restored stone ring fort on a hilltop in Donegal.
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Carrowmore
One of the largest groups of megalithic tombs in Ireland.
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Céide Fields
The world’s oldest known field systems, preserved under the bog.
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Titanic Belfast
A museum about the Titanic, built where the ship was made.
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Powerscourt Estate
A Palladian house with Italian and Japanese gardens.
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Muckross House
A Victorian mansion in Killarney National Park.
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Jerpoint Abbey
A Cistercian abbey ruin with carved stone figures.
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Spike Island, County Cork
An island fortress and prison in Cork Harbour.
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Kilmainham Gaol
A former prison central to Ireland’s fight for independence.
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Monasterboice
A monastic site with some of Ireland’s finest high crosses.
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Poulnabrone dolmen
A portal tomb over 5,000 years old in the Burren.
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Clonmacnoise
A monastic site with round towers and high crosses on the Shannon.
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Hill of Tara
The ancient seat of the High Kings of Ireland.
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Newgrange
A 5,000-year-old passage tomb, older than Stonehenge and the pyramids.