Republic of Ireland
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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.
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Lismore Castle
A castle above the River Blackwater with famous gardens.
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Malahide Castle
A castle with gardens north of Dublin.
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Dunguaire Castle
A picturesque tower house on Galway Bay near Kinvara.
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King John’s Castle
A 13th-century castle on the River Shannon in Limerick.
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Dublin Castle
For centuries the seat of British rule in Ireland, now a state venue.
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Ashford Castle
A grand castle hotel on Lough Corrib in Cong.
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Ross Castle
A 15th-century tower house on the shore of Lough Leane, Killarney.
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Cahir Castle
One of Ireland’s best-preserved castles, on a river island in Tipperary.
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Trim Castle
The largest Anglo-Norman castle in Ireland, on the River Boyne.
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Bunratty Castle
A restored 15th-century tower house with a folk park.
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Kilkenny Castle
A Norman castle with parkland in the medieval city of Kilkenny.