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Island Wedge Tomb
Monuments
The Island Wedge Tomb, near Mallow in County Cork, was excavated and partially restored in 1957. The long rectangular burial chamber has two tall stones marking the entrance and was surrounded by a...More
Croppies Grave
Monuments
Croppies Grave is a handsome monument that rises above the site of an old sand pit, where in the aftermath of the disastrous rising of the United Irishmen in 1798, the bodies of 640 slaughtered Carlow...More
Drombeg Stone Circle
Monuments
The Drombeg Stone Circle, or as it is locally known as the Druid's Altar, is located on the edge of a rocky terrace overlooking the sea about a kilometre away, in Glandore County Cork. This is a...More
Kealkil Stone Circle
Monuments
Kealkil Stone Circle in West Cork, consists of a small five stone circle, two large standing stones (one eight feet tall, the other almost sixteen feet) and a cairn of stones with a 'kerb' of stones...More
The Trinity Tree Dingle
Children and Family Attractions
Trinity Tree, made from a dead sycamore in Dingle, County Kerry. On the eve of Trinity Sunday June 2000 Lizana Correno was commissioned by local parish priest, Canon Padraig O Fiannachta, to work on...More
Dromana Gate
Monuments
Dromana Gate is a Hindu Gothic gate dating from around 1830, 5km south of Cappoquin in County Waterford. The only one of its kind in Ireland. The gate was originally built from wood and papier mache...More
Knights & Rebels
Monuments
Enniscorthy town, with Vinegar Hill as its sentinel, is one of the most historic towns in County Wexford. Visitors can discover our turbulent past by visiting the Knights and Rebels exhibition,...More
Ahakista Air India Plane Disaster Memorial
Gardens
A memorial garden and sundial that honour the memory of the victims of the 1985 Air India disaster can be found in Ahakista in County Cork. Air India Flight 182 was an Air India flight operating on...More
Tralee Aqua Dome
Children and Family Attractions
The Aqua Dome is a large waterworld featuring waves, rapids, lazy rivers and the famous Flume slide for children. Adults too can enjoy the quiet retreat that is the Health & Sauna Suite. At a constant...More
Callan Motte
Monuments
Callan Motte, in Callan county Kilkenny, is around 12m high and over 40m long. A wooden tower is long gone from the top. It was built around 1217 when the town of Callan was chartered. It is said that...More
The Beautiful Woman - An Speir Bhean
Monuments
In Killarney Town in County Kerry, stands the statue of the 'Speir Bhean', the Beautiful Woman. It faces the Franciscan Friary and is a personification of Ireland sculptured by Seamus Murphy and...More
Priest's Stone
Monuments
Known as the Priest's Stone this Ogham stone in County Kerry was the first identified Ogham stone in Ireland. Ogham writing was a system of written communication employed on Irish and Pictish stone...More
Haroldstown Dolmen
Children and Family Attractions
Haroldstown Dolmen is regarded as one of the most attractive and well-preserved examples of a portal dolmen in Ireland. There are two overlapping capstones, the larger being almost four metres long,...More
St. Patrick's Well Cross
Monuments
Here can be found a tough weather beaten small celtic cross, a tiny ruined Chapel and Holy Well. The Well has long been a popular place of Pilgrimage. The waters from the Well pour into a large...More
Giants Grave
Monuments
There is a pillar stone almost three meters in height standing near Clonmel in County Tipperary. It is known as the Giants Grave and has crosses on two of its faces. It is signposted just off the...More
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