Heritage and Historic Buildings across Ireland
Historic buildings and heritage sites worth visiting, from prisons and castles to Georgian houses and old libraries.
11 listings
14 Henrietta Street
A museum of Dublin tenement life inside a Georgian townhouse on Henrietta Street, tracing 300 years from grand family home to crowded tenement.
Last verified 2026-07-10
Armagh Observatory and Planetarium
A working observatory and a planetarium on one site in Armagh, and by its own description Ireland’s leading centre for astronomical research and education.
Last verified 2026-07-12
Bolands Mills
A restored 19th-century flour mill at Grand Canal Dock that served as a garrison in the 1916 Rising under Eamon de Valera.
Last verified 2026-07-10
DIAS Dunsink Observatory
An observatory founded in 1785, about 8km northwest of Dublin city centre near Ashtown, and a centre for astronomical research in Ireland ever since.
Last verified 2026-07-12
Dublin Castle
The historic seat of government in Ireland for centuries, off Dame Street, with State Apartments, the Chapel Royal and medieval remains open to visitors.
Last verified 2026-07-13
George’s Street Arcade
An enclosed Victorian market on South Great George’s Street, serving Dublin since 1881 and the first purpose-built shopping centre in Ireland.
Last verified 2026-07-11
Kilmainham Gaol
A former prison in Kilmainham and one of Ireland's most important political sites: leaders of the 1916 Rising were held and executed here.
Last verified 2026-07-10
Marsh’s Library
Ireland's first public library, founded in 1707 beside St Patrick's Cathedral: a perfectly preserved early-18th-century library of rare books in dark-oak galleries.
Last verified 2026-07-10
MTU Blackrock Castle Observatory
A 16th-century castle in Blackrock, on the edge of Cork city, that now holds a working observatory and a space-science centre.
Last verified 2026-07-12
Richmond Barracks
An 1810 barracks in Inchicore where over 3,000 suspected rebels were held after the 1916 Rising.
Last verified 2026-07-11
Swiss Cottage
A thatched Regency cottage orné outside Cahir, all curves and rustic detail, seen by guided tour from spring to autumn.
Last verified 2026-07-20