Discover Ireland county by county: its mountains, rivers, coasts and landmarks, with their names and meanings in Irish.
The highest mountain in Ireland, standing at 1,038.6 meters.
Sea cliffs located at the southwestern edge of the Burren region.
The longest river in Ireland, flowing generally southward.
A group of three islands located at the mouth of Galway Bay.
The largest freshwater lake in Ireland and the British Isles.
A prehistoric monument in County Meath, older than Stonehenge and the Pyramids.
The largest and best-known Irish-speaking region, a wild landscape of bog, mountain and Atlantic coastline.
The largest Gaeltacht parish in Ireland, in northwest Donegal, and a stronghold of Ulster Irish and traditional music.
The Dingle Peninsula Gaeltacht, a Munster-Irish heartland rich in early Christian sites and Ogham stones.
A small but proud Gaeltacht on the southeast coast, and the main surviving Irish-speaking community in the region.
The Cork Gaeltacht in the hills of Muskerry, a Munster-Irish community with a rich song tradition.
Ireland's youngest Gaeltacht, created in 1935 when Irish-speaking families were resettled from Connemara.
Ireland's holy mountain, climbed by pilgrims for over a thousand years in honour of St Patrick.
Among the highest sea cliffs in Europe, rising almost 600 metres from the Atlantic in County Donegal.
The dramatic flat-topped 'table mountain' of County Sligo, at the heart of Yeats Country and Irish legend.
A jagged island monastery off the Kerry coast, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a modern film location.
Around 40,000 interlocking basalt columns on the Antrim coast, a UNESCO site wrapped in the legend of Finn McCool.
A vast, silvery limestone landscape in County Clare, where Arctic and Mediterranean flowers grow side by side.
Three beautiful lakes ringed by mountains and ancient woodland at the heart of Killarney National Park.
The river that flows through the heart of Dublin, spanned by the city's famous bridges.
A beautiful glacial valley of two lakes, home to one of Ireland's most important early monastic settlements.
A dramatic outcrop crowned with medieval buildings, once the seat of the kings of Munster.
A great early monastery on the banks of the Shannon, once a renowned centre of learning.
The ancient inauguration site of the High Kings of Ireland, rich in myth and archaeology.
The legendary ancient capital of Ulster, home of the Red Branch Knights and Cú Chulainn's tales.
A range of granite peaks in County Down, and the inspiration for songs and for the land of Narnia.
A vast island-studded lake system in County Fermanagh, dotted with early Christian sites.
The ancient royal capital of Connacht and the seat of the legendary Queen Medb.
The mythical sacred centre of Ireland, where the ancient provinces were said to meet.
A mountainous peninsula in County Louth, and the setting of Ireland's great epic, the Táin Bó Cúailnge.
A horseshoe lake in County Limerick surrounded by one of Ireland's richest ancient landscapes.
A sweeping range of rounded hills across counties Tyrone and Derry, and one of the largest upland areas in Ireland.
Ireland's finest medieval city, with a great castle, narrow lanes and a rich craft tradition.
A lone hill rising from the Bog of Allen. In legend it was the seat of the warrior Fionn mac Cumhaill.
A ruined hilltop fortress in County Laois, guarding the plains for over a thousand years.
The highest peak of the Blackstairs Mountains, rising on the Carlow-Wexford border.
The traditional source of the River Shannon, Ireland's longest river, in County Cavan.
A beautiful waterfall in a wooded glen, immortalised in the poetry of W. B. Yeats.
A great lake on the River Shannon, dotted with islands and bordering three counties.
The County Monaghan birthplace of the poet Patrick Kavanagh, one of Ireland's great voices.
The hill above Enniscorthy where the great battle of the 1798 Rebellion was fought.
Northern Ireland's only inhabited offshore island, an L-shaped seabird haven off the Antrim coast.
Nine green valleys running from the Antrim plateau down to the sea.
The highest point in County Armagh, ringed by an ancient volcanic landscape.
One of the Three Sisters, winding through Carlow's fertile valley.
A flat-topped mountain straddling the Cavan-Fermanagh border, source of the Shannon.
A dramatic headland and lighthouse at the mouth of the Shannon Estuary.
A striking portal tomb standing on the limestone pavement of the Burren.
A medieval stronghold famous for the Blarney Stone and the 'gift of the gab'.
The river that splits to cradle Cork city on an island.
Ireland's most south-westerly point, reached by a spectacular arched bridge.
Donegal's highest peak, a quartzite cone that glows pink at sunset.
The northernmost point of the island of Ireland.
A vast sea lough of tidal islands and rich wildlife.
A rugged peninsula and fishing village guarding the north of Dublin Bay.
One of the largest enclosed city parks in Europe, home to a wild deer herd.
A rugged range of quartzite peaks at the heart of Connemara.
The Republic's largest lake, dividing Galway city from Connemara.
A romantic lakeside castle turned Benedictine abbey in Connemara.
A great open plain of grassland, the historic home of Irish horse racing.
One of the Three Sisters, flowing through the medieval city of Kilkenny.
Gentle, ancient mountains rising from the central plain of Ireland.
The first of the great lakes on the River Shannon.
A 13th-century Norman castle on the banks of the Shannon in Limerick city.
An early monastic site famous for its towering high crosses.
A medieval village beneath the mountains on Carlingford Lough.
Ireland's largest island, joined to Mayo by a bridge, with cliffs and blue-flag beaches.
The oldest known field systems in the world, preserved under blanket bog.
A demesne of science and gardens, home to a giant 19th-century telescope.
A wooded lake of islands, castles and a forest park.
One of the largest and oldest megalithic cemeteries in Ireland.
Ireland's highest inland mountain range, with glacial corrie lakes.
A lush valley between the Galtees and Slievenamuck.
A plateau of dark cliffs and hidden corrie lakes above the Waterford coast.
A Benedictine abbey in a valley famed for its 'Seven Wonders'.
A broad limestone lake near Mullingar with royal associations.
Home to one of the oldest working lighthouses in the world.
Two small islands off the Wexford coast, one of Ireland's great bird sanctuaries.
A sweeping granite upland known as the 'Garden of Ireland's' wild heart.
A serene monastic island on Lower Lough Erne, crowned by a perfect round tower.
A remarkable Bronze Age complex of stone circles, rows and cairns on the Sperrin moorland.
A wooded, island-strewn lake and the source of the River Erne.
A wild upland of blanket bog and heather where three counties meet.
A famous rope bridge swaying 30 m above the sea to a tiny fishing island.
Ireland's ancient ecclesiastical capital, seat of St Patrick.
A maze of interlinked lakes and drowned drumlins in Cavan's lakeland.
The most complete medieval castle in Ireland, with a living folk park.
A serene mountain lake and island oratory, source of the River Lee.
A vast wilderness of mountains, lakes and a fairytale castle.
The highest peak in Northern Ireland, rising straight from the sea.
For 700 years the seat of British rule, now a ceremonial heart of the State.
A Lough Erne island famed for its enigmatic two-faced stone idol.
A spectacular prehistoric stone fort on the cliff-edge of Inis Mór.
A university town home to Ireland's national seminary and a Norman castle.
A commanding riverside castle, seat of the Butler dynasty for 600 years.
A clear border lake famed for its rare native trout.
Often called Ireland's prettiest village, lined with thatched cottages.
A charming heritage village of stone cottages around a green.
A historic port town on the Boyne, scene of a notorious 1649 siege.
A mountainous island at the mouth of Clew Bay, home of the pirate queen.
The largest Norman castle in Ireland, on the banks of the Boyne.
A market town world-famous for its delicate handmade lace.
A remarkably complete Cistercian abbey in the town of Boyle.
A wooded lake immortalised by W. B. Yeats and his 'Lake Isle of Innisfree'.
One of Ireland's largest and best-preserved castles, on an island in the Suir.
A Viking-founded tower guarding Ireland's oldest city.
A Norman fortress guarding the great crossing of the Shannon.
A Slaney-side town beneath a Norman castle, central to 1798.
A headland rising above the Victorian seaside town of Bray.