Catholics make up 84% of Ireland's population but this Dublin museum remembers the small but important Jewish community.

Achill's most recently abandoned village dates back to to the Age of Enlightenment.

A standing relief of a Norman knight whose posture marks him as a Crusader.

This burial pyramid in central Ireland is thousands of miles and thousands of years away from its Egyptian inspiration.

The severed head of a 17th-century Irish martyr lies within an intricate golden shrine.

An outstanding and haunting glimpse of the horrors of the Great Famine of Ireland.

Certain traditions prevail on the least-visited island of the Aran Islands.

This 5,300-year-old tomb with mysterious carvings crowns an Irish mountain.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

An ancient chamber filled with wonderful rock art and a Neolithic carving of a human face.

This Bronze Age tomb is the centerpiece of a clearing within a beautiful Irish forest.

The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.

You can see three Irish counties from this Neolithic hillside fort, once the seat of the Kingdom of Ailech.

An important pilgrimage site for pagans and early Christians, named for a Celtic goddess-turned-saint.

A restaurant with an extensive Irish whiskey bar also has several first editions of famous works by Irish authors.

These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.

Just another ancient, mysterious Irish stone circle.

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.

This natural sea arch highlights Ireland's rugged coastal beauty.

The world's tallest box hedge is found in a delightful garden.

Wallabies live naturally on this Irish island.

At this cozy bar tucked down a hidden Galway backroad, Guinness makes the Gaelic come out.