Tourist Attractions - Nature / Wildlife

Glendalough is a glacial valley within Wicklow National Park that contains two lakes and is famous for its early Christian ecclesiastical settlement that was founded by St. Kevin in the 6th century.
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Dromore Wood is a nature reserve that covers an area of approximately 400 hectares (1,000 acres). There is a great variety of habitats to support a diverse range of plant and animal life including ...
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The Heritage Centre is located in the award winning, beautifully restored Old Gasworks Building, in Skibbereen and is home to the Great Famine Commemoration Exhibition that commemorates the tragic ...
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Oceanworld Aquarium hosts Ireland's largest collection of Sharks. Other attractions include a new Polar Penguin Exhibition; an Amazonian Display including deadly Piranhas, Catfish, Pacu; Native Ma ...
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Skellig Michael also known as Great Skellig, is a steep rocky island and is the larger of the two Skellig islands in the Atlantic Ocean about 14.5 kilometres (9 miles) from the coast of Kerry.
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Farmleigh is an estate of 78 acres situated to the northwest of Dublin's Phoenix Park that was originally built around a smaller Georgian house in the 1880's by Edward Cecil Guinness first Earl of ...
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Doneraile Wildlife Park is made up of 166 hectares of mature groves of deciduous trees, several restored water features and several herds of deer.
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Ireland's best known Victorian public park and at 22 acres (9 hectares) St Stephen's Green is the largest of the parks in Dublin's main Georgian squares.
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Ashtown Castle is a restored medieval tower house dating from the 15th century and is the oldest building in the Phoenix Park. It is located beside the Visitor Centre which houses interpretive dis ...
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