The Nation That Comes Out from Postcard 🏰: Ireland

They say Ireland is a stunner, and it's breathtakingly true!


9. Rock of Cashel

The Rock of Cashel in County Tipperary, Ireland (Aug., 2007).
Photo by K. Mitch Hodge / Unsplash

The Rock of Cashel is a historic site containing a round tower, a 13th-century Gothic cathedral, and the finest 12th-century Romanesque chapel in Ireland.
The chapel is home to some of the land's oldest frescoes.

Photo by Ingo Doerrie / Unsplash

The highlight of the Rock is the early-12th-century Cormac's Chapel, an exquisite Romanesque chapel with beautifully carved doorways and the precious remains of colourful wall paintings.


10. Newgrange

Photo credit : World Heritage IRELAND

Newgrange is a remarkable prehistoric site in Europe, famous for the illumination of its passage and tomb during the winter solstice sun.

By Johnbod - Own work, Megalithic art on one of the kerbstones, CC BY-SA 3.0

Newgrange, together with Dowth and Knowth, are the three main Megalithic passage tombs that make up the Brú na Bóinne Unesco World Heritage site.

Photo credit : World Heritage IRELAND

The site is ancient, constructed about 5200 years ago, and predates Egypt's pyramids by some six centuries.

Floral peninsula
Photo by Wynand van Poortvliet / Unsplash

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