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Birr Castle Demense [truly educational, informative site about a major historic landmark]
Bridge of Finea [ancient beyond record, it's one of many stunning Cavan historical sites]
Burren National Park, Co Clare [its limestone formation has lain unspoilt since the Ice-Age]
Cavan Co Museum [preserving Cavan's culture, history and traditions; in Ballyjamesduff]
Carrowmore
Megalithic Cemetery, Co Sligo [among Ireland's oldest megalithic
tombs]
Connemara National Park, Co Galway [spectacular mountains, bogs, grasslands and wildlife]
The Discovery Programme [archaeological research institution]
Doneraile Wildlife Park, Co Cork [for 200 years, its landscape and deer herds have thrilled]
Earthlore Ireland [visually stunning, intellectually nourishing; library; history; thrill!]
Garda Síochána Museum [archives, historic pics of Ireland's National Police Service]
Glasnevin Cemetery [resting place of O'Connell, Parnell and the less known, including my husband]
Glendalough
[St. Kevin's 6th
Cent. hermitage; spectacular setting
and Round Tower]
Glenveagh Nat'l Park, Co Donegal [fantastic mountains, raised bogland, lakes, woodlands]
Grace Gifford Plunkett [super site! all about the exceptional wife of Joseph Mary Plunkett]
Grange Castle [15th Cent Tower House restoration by Monuments & Historic Properties Service]
Hill of Slane [St. Patrick is said to have lighted a Paschal Fire on this Meath site in 433 AD]
Hill of Tara, Co Meath [5000 year-old, Neolithic Age "Seat of the High Kings"]
History in Ireland [another well done offering from Local Ireland]
Irish Historical Mysteries [intelligent, readable analysis of fact vs. myth]
Irish History on the Web [excellent collection of data and links to Ireland's sweeping history]
Irish Views of the Famine [hard reading from hard times; includes personal diaries]
James Joyce Museum [the Martello Tower; also check out the James Joyce Centre]
Killarney National Park, Co Kerry [magnificence beyond words; photos describe it best]
Kylemore Abbey [glorious 1868 Irish castle home of the Benedictine Nuns; renowned boarding schooland craft shop]
Newgrange [learn about this 5,000 year old wonder and pay a visit]
Medieval Dublin/Dublinia [a treasure! life in Dublin from 1170 to the Reformation]
Muckross House, Killarney, Co Kerry [impressive Victorian mansion completed in 1843]
National Print Museum [history, present state and future development of Ireland's printing craft]
Ross Castle, Co Kerry [15th C tower, its turrets shimmer above Killarney's Lower Lake]
Soc. for the Study of 19th-Cent. Ireland [open to research scholars from Ireland and abroad]
St.
Brendan/Irish Monks and the Voyage of St. Brendan [interesting
summary of the traditional account of their sail across the Atlantic]
St. Brigid of Kildare [Patroness of Ireland, also known as Mary of the Gael]
St. Patrick [forget the leprechaun rubbish! his life and mission are what March 17th is about]
St. Patrick Centre [new and beautiful; in Downpatrick, it's exciting and interactive!]
Stones of Ireland [learn about - and view - Ireland's megalithic monuments]
Wicklow
Mountains Nat'l Park, Glendalough [delightful uplands, lakes,
bogland and wild birds]
Genealogy [list of links only, for the time-being; descriptions will be added soon]:
Ancestry.com [looks like very good resource, but requires not inexpensive subscription]
Dead Persons Society - Melbourne - Genealogy Links to Ireland
GoIreland.com - Genealogy Surname Search
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
Irish Family History Foundation for Irish Roots
Leitrim-Roscommon Genealogy homepage
National Archives of Ireland Genealogy: Genealogy Links
Online Irish Names Research Directory
RootsWeb Surname List/Interactive Search
Ulster Historical Foundation - Northern Ireland
What Passenger Lists Are Online?
World GenWeb Project Archives Table of Contents
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