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| The grass-covered earthworks at the Hill of Tara. Only in imagination does the ancient site reveal its mysteries.
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| royal site in Tara
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| Poulnabrone ("the hole of the sorrows"), an enormous passage tomb or dolmen in the Burren. It dates to sometime in the 3rd or 4th millenium B.C.
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| passage tomb in Newgrange
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| passage tomb in Newgrange
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| Inisfallen Abbey.
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| Athassel priory
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| the monastery at Clonmacnois
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| high crosses at the monastery in Clonmacnois
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| Quin Friary, a Franciscan Friary dating to the 13th century.
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| Corcomroe Abbey (known as "St. Mary of the Fertile Rock," for its location between the lush grass of Galway Bay and the harsh rock of the Burren), a Cistercian Abbey founded in the late 12th century.
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| Southwest side of Rock of Cashel
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| Outside view of Rock of Cashel
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| Southwestern turret of Castle Cahir, seen from outside castle
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| Barbican and main wall of Cahir Castle, with River Suir in foreground.
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| Nassau Street, Dublin. A grand view of Georgian Dublin architecture.
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| The Record Tower and Chapel Royal at Dublin Castle. The Record Tower is the last intact tower of the medieval castle (13th century), and indeed of old Dublin town itself. The Chapel was built in 1814.
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| Dublin Castle
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| The Record Tower at Dublin Castle
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| Mountjoy Square Park, the large Georgian park on Dublin's north side.
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| Triton Lake and Fountain at Powerscourt House.
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| The Four Courts and the River Liffey, viewed at night.
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| The Bank of Ireland which was formerly the House of Parliament in Dublin
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| Leinster House in Dublin
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| Republican murals in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This depicts the Mass Rock, where the outlawed Catholic faith could gather to worship. Note the approaching British army in lower right.
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| Republican murals in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This recalls the Hedgerow Schools, where Catholic children could be taught their outlawed faith.
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| Loyalist murals in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This advocates the Ulster Freedom Fighers (UFF), and displays the Red Hand of Ulster.
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| Loyalist murals in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This commemorates Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee, 2002.
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| street murals in Belfast
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| street murals in Belfast
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| street murals in Belfast
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| The steps leading up to Lady Gregory's vanished house.
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| The Autograph Tree at Coole Park.
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| Martello Tower. James Joyce's Ulysses: Telemachus.
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| Glengariff Parade, on Dublin's north side, off the North Circular Road. The Joyce family lived here in 1901-1902.
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| Number 4 Hardwicke Street, "Waverley House," a boarding house (now a bed and breakfast) on Dublin's north side. The Joyce family lived at 29 Hardwicke Street around 1893-1894, and Joyce's story "The Boarding House" is set in this building.
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| Thoor Ballylee, viewed from the rear. John Melillo can be seen capering at the tower's base.
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| Yeats's Tower at Thoor Ballylee
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| Lough Gill lake
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| Glencar Waterfall
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| Ben Bulben viewed from Yeat's grave in the graveyard at Drumcliffe Church
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| Yeats's grave in the graveyard at Drumcliffe Church
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| View of field divisions and the inlet between Inis Oirr and Inis Meain, of the Aran Islands. The inlet or sea-way between the two islands is called "An Sunda Salach, or the Foul Sound, due to its rocky bottom.
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| Field divisions on Inis Oirr of the Aran Islands.
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| Dun Aenghus, a stone fort, on Inismore in the Aran Islands
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| Dun Aenghus, a stone fort, on Inismore in the Aran Islands
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| Dun Aenghus, on Inismore, Aran Islands
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