See my previous post on Atlas Obscura here. See my previous post on planning for Ireland here.
I checked out their website and looked up what to do in Ireland. I made a list of all the places that would be along my drive from Dublin to Giant’s Causeway. Here’s the list:
- Loughareema: the vanishing lake
- The Dark Hedges of Northern Ireland: Avenue of beech trees
- Giant’s Causeway: 40,000 interlocking basalt columns
- Dunluce Castle: now-ruined medieval castle in Northern Ireland
- Mussenden Temple: small circular building located on cliffs near Castlerock in County Londonderry
- Milltown Cemetery (in Belfast): large cemetery in west Belfast
- Peace Maze of Northern Ireland: the world’s second largest hedge maze
- Jumping Church: According to legend, the west gable of the building jumped two feet inside the wall of the original foundation
- Mound of the Hostages: ancient passage tomb
- The Round Tower of Glendalough: Round Tower which stands 33 meters above the ground
- The Wonderful Barn: corkscrew-shaped barn
- Conolly’s Folly: obelisk structure and National Monument
- Kilbeggan Distillery: oldest licenced distillery in Ireland
- Sean’s Bar: claims to be the oldest pub in Ireland
- Charleville Castle: Gothic-style castle
- Kinnitty Pyramid: burial pyramid in central Ireland
- Leviathan of Parsonstown (Birr Castle): unofficial name of the Rosse six-foot telescope
- The Rock of Dunamase: rocky outcrop
- Slemish Mountain: the legendary first known Irish home of Saint Patrick
- Cairndhu House: The ruins of a once-grand mansion in Northern Ireland are now thought to be haunted
- Puck’s Castle: ruins of Puck’s Castle
- Victor’s Way Indian Sculpture Park: An eccentric garden of Indian sculptures
The green items are the top 6 things I want to see – if I don’t see any of the other items that’s okay! Unfortunately, I had to take off Victor’s Way Indian Sculpture Park because it isn’t open in March and I also removed the other red items due to lack of time. The orange items are places I may not have time to visit. The remaining black items are left on the list because they are on the way/only an extra 15 minutes max from my top 6 things to check out.
Can’t wait to see pics/ read about all these places!!
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