List of tourist attractions in Ireland
The following list cites some of the most popular tourist attractions on the island of Ireland
Multi-County Destinations/Routes
Destinations by county
- Donegal
- Árainn Mhór (Arranmore), an island off the county's west coast
- Bluestack Mountains
- Buncrana
- Bundoran
- Derryveagh Mountains
- Donegal Town, location of Donegal Castle
- Fanad, a small peninsula on the county's north coast
- Fintown railway station
- Gap of Mamore, in north-west Inishowen
- Glenveagh National Park, including Glenveagh Castle
- Greencastle, picturesque small town in north Inishowen
- Grianan of Aileach, historic monument in Inishowen
- Killybegs, famous fishing port
- Letterkenny, largest town in the county, location of St. Eunan's Cathedral
- Lough Foyle
- Lough Swilly
- Malin Head, most northerly point on the mainland of Ireland
- Mount Errigal
- The Rosses, a district in West Donegal
- Raphoe, location of Raphoe Cathedral and the ruined Bishop's Palace
- Ramelton
- Slieve League
- Tory Island
- Dublin City, largest city on the island, capital and cultural and economic centre of the Republic of Ireland
- Dublin Castle - former seat of British rule, now a major Irish government complex.
- Phoenix Park - "largest inner city park in the world"; within the park are Ashtown Castle and Dublin Zoo
- Áras an Uachtaráin - residence of the President of Ireland, also within the Phoenix Park.
- Government Buildings on Merrion Street
- General Post Office building - headquarter of the 1916 Easter Rising rebels, on O'Connell Street, the main thoroughfare of Dublin's Northside.
- National Gallery of Ireland, houses the Irish national collection of Irish and European art.
- National Library of Ireland, has a large quantity of Irish historical, literary and Irish-related material.
- Glasnevin Cemetery - burial location of Éamon de Valera, Michael Collins, Roger Casement, Seán T. O'Kelly:
Daniel O'Connell, Charles Stewart Parnell, Timothy Healy
- Irish National War Memorial Gardens, Islandbridge, Dublin, memorial to Irish war dead in First World War
- Kilmainham Gaol, a former prison where, among others, most of the rebels of 1916 were held and executed; now used as a museum.
- The Little Museum of Dublin, a museum of Dublin in the twentieth century, housed in a restored Georgian townhouse on St. Stephen's Green.
- Four Courts, seat of the Supreme Court of Ireland
- Garden of Remembrance Parnell Sq., Dublin, Republican memorial.
- Irish National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin (Northside).
- National Museum of Ireland for Archaeology (in Kildare St) and Decorative Art and History (in the former Collins Barracks)
- St Mary's Pro-Cathedral - seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin.
- Christ Church Cathedral - seat of Anglican Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin
- St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland's "national cathedral"
- St Stephen's Green, a landscaped inner-city centre public park in Dublin
- Smithfield, Dublin, a culturally re-developing, increasingly "fashionable" area
- Trinity College, Dublin (also called the University of Dublin) - Ireland's oldest university, founded by Queen Elizabeth I and home of the Book of Kells and the Book of Durrow. (The film Educating Rita was made on the campus.)
- Georgian Dublin, view of eighteenth century streetscape of Dublin (e.g. Fitzwilliam Square, Merrion Square).
- St. James's Gate Brewery
- Old Jameson Distillery
- St. Michan's Church
- Ha'penny Bridge, a famous Victorian walker bridge spanning across the Liffey
- Temple Bar, a mainly cobblestonequarter, directly on the Southern banks of the Liffey, popular for its cultural and nightlife spots.
- Croke Park, one of Europe's largest stadiums, with the Museum of the Gaelic Athletic Association
- Grand Canal and Royal Canal
- Kerry - Scenic rural county in the south west.
- Dingle, main town of the idyllic Dingle Peninsula
- Killarney - internationally renowned as the undisputed centre of tourism in the South West of Ireland .[1]
- Killarney National Park with the Killarney Lakes, the Muckross House and Gardens, Ross Castle, the Torc Waterfall
- Macgillycuddy's Reeks on the Iveragh Peninsula, Ireland's highest mountains
- the Ring of Kerry, a panoramic ring road around the Iveragh Peninsula passing through, among others, the village of Cahersiveen, the birthplace of Daniel O'Connell
- Skellig Islands with the monastic site on Skellig Michael, a UNESCO World Heritage site
- Tralee - the county town and home of the Rose of Tralee festival.
- Valentia Island
- Londonderry
- City of Derry, only city in Ireland with intact city walls (as they were never breached, the city is sometimes called, especially by Unionists, 'the Maiden City')
- Lough Foyle
- Coleraine
- Belfast-Derry scenic railway line
- Louth
- Carlingford, one of Ireland's best preserved and most interesting mediaeval towns, on the edge of Carlingford Lough.
- Drogheda, formerly Ireland's largest walled town (formed when two separate towns united in 1412). Site of the magnificent Laurence's Gate. Millmount Museum in the castle taken by Cromwell in 1649.
- Mellifont, the first 'European-style' monastery in Ireland. Founded in 1142, near Monasterboice in order to steal its glory.
- Monasterboice, early Christian settlement with Ireland's finest high crosses and a [round tower]
- Rathiddy Standing Stone, in the greatest Irish epic, An Táin Bó Cuailgne, the dying hero Cú Chulainn tied himself to this stone so that he might die upright, facing his enemies.
- Westmeath - Centre of Ireland - attractive lakes.
- Wicklow - "the garden of Ireland"
- Avoca
- Bray - considered the southernmost suburb of Dublin
- Enniskerry
- Glendalough, 6th century monastic site with Irish Round Tower
- Greystones
- Powerscourt Estate, extensive castle grounds and gardens; a popular tourist attraction, includes golf course, restaurant, hotel.
- Russborough House, an exceptionally fine example of Irish Palladian architecture, designed by Richard Cassels, built between 1741 and 1755.
- Wicklow Mountains, an Irish national park, all of the above towns are in or near these mountains
- Wicklow town with Wicklow Head, the easternmost point of the Republic of Ireland
See also
References
- ↑ Killarney | Ireland tourist information re Killarney
Loughrea lake and Loughrea Cathedral
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