History & ruins
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Mussenden Temple
A small domed library on the clifftop at Downhill, County Londonderry.
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Charles Fort
A huge star-shaped 17th-century fort guarding Kinsale Harbour.
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Knowth
A great passage tomb with Europe’s largest collection of megalithic art.
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Brú na Bóinne
The Boyne Valley complex of Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth — a UNESCO site.
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Grange Stone Circle
The largest stone circle in Ireland, at Lough Gur in Limerick.
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Lough Gur
A lake ringed by stone circles, ancient forts and legends of an enchanted earl.
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Duckett’s Grove
Romantic ruins of a Gothic Revival mansion in Carlow.
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Ennistymon
A market town with cascades on the River Cullenagh.
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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.