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Our website is an online travel guide to Ireland. Website is still under construction, but you can already find some interesting travel destinations. It provides essential information about places of interest, photos, opening hours and ticket prices. Every object is marked on the map, what makes it easy to locate. Our search options let you browse and sort objects by categories and regions.
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Carrowcrom Wedge Tomb
West Ireland | County Mayo
Carrowcrom Wedge Tomb is located 9 km southeast of Ballina town in County Mayo. This well preserved megalithic monument dates back to c.2500 - 2000 BC. The gallery is about 3.5m long with the entrance of 1.5m wide flanked of each side by a short facade consisting of four large orthostats with drywalling between them. It is covered by single, 2m long capstone... more info and photos
Arigna Mining Experience
Midlands Ireland | County Roscommon
The Arigna Mining Experience Centre is located on the west side of Lough Allen in County Roscommon, 11 km northwest of Drumshanbo. The 45 minutes long guided tour, led by ex-miners, takes you not only to the journey through the mine but also through the miners' lives. This area has a rich mining history dating back to the beginning of the 17th century when ... more info and photos
Creevelea Abbey
Northwest Ireland | County Leitrim
Creevelea Abbey is situated on the outskirts of Dromahair village in County Leitrim. It was founded in 1508 by Owen O'Rourke and his wife Margaret O'Brien being the last Franciscan friary built in Ireland before the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII. Abbey was partly destroyed by an accidental fire in 1536, and restoration wasn't complete because ... more info and photos
Hunting Brook Gardens
East Ireland | County Wicklow
Hunting Brook Gardens are situated on Lamb Hill near Blessington in the footsteps of the Wicklow Mountains. They were designed and created from scratch on one of the fields of the family farm by Jimi Blake, who is a well-known figure in Irish and international gardening. Since 2003 the gardens are in constant development and expansion. There are many rare pl... more info and photos
St Patrick's Cathedral
East Ireland | County Dublin
St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin is largest church in Ireland and is one of the most visited tourist attractions. It was built on the place of sacred well where St Patrick is said to have baptized converts around 450 AD. The wooden church was established here in 10th century and remained until 1192, when John Comyn, first Anglo-Norman Archbishop of Dublin, b... more info and photos
Darby's Bed
West Ireland | County Limerick
Darby's Bed, also known as Duntryleague Passage Tomb is located near the village of Galbally in southeast County Limerick. The remains of this megalithic monument probably date to around 3000 BC. It's a rare example of passage tomb in this part of Ireland. Its roofstones rise like steps to the top of the chamber, what suggesting influences from Brittany. It ... more info and photos
Kilkenny Castle
Southeast Ireland | County Kilkenny
Kilkenny Castle is an Anglo-Norman stronghold which was built at the beginning of the 13th century by William Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke, son in law of Richard de Clare (Strongbow). In 1391 the castle passed into the possession of the Butler family and remained in their hands for almost 600 years, until 1967, when it was transferred to the State and sinc... more info and photos
Donaghmore Famine Workhouse Museum
Midlands Ireland | County Laois
Donaghmore Famine Workhouse Museum is located in on the road between Borris-in-Ossory and Rathdowney, in Donaghmore, County Laois. It was one of the 130 workhouses built in Ireland during famine times, in mid-19th century (another 33 were established some time later). These institutions were operating until the 1920s as a means of providing relief for extrem... more info and photos