Explore collections · Ireland, north and south
Choose the stories
that speak to you.
Castles or canals. Sacred places or railway stories. Discover the island through the things that interest you.
15 themes · two named canal collections · one existing heritage experience
Find your next story
Castles & Strongholds
Stone walls. Extraordinary stories.
Explore collection Places & erasSaints & Sacred Ireland
Places of faith, learning and memory.
Explore collection JourneysRailway Ireland
Follow the stories behind the tracks.
Explore collection People & storiesRebellion & Revolution
History, told through its places.
Explore collection Places & erasIreland Before History
Look further back.
Explore collection People & storiesMyths, Legends & Folklore
The stories people kept telling.
Explore collection JourneysCoasts, Harbours & Maritime Ireland
Meet the island at the water’s edge.
Explore collection Places & erasIndustrial Ireland
The places that made and moved things.
Explore collection JourneysHistoric Waterways
Let the water lead the way.
Explore collection People & storiesWriters, Poets & Storytellers
Discover the places behind the words.
Explore collection JourneysGreenways Through History
Discover the history beside the journey.
Explore collection JourneysLighthouses, Shipwrecks & Coastal Defences
Signals, shelters and stories of the sea.
Explore collection People & storiesKings, Queens & Gaelic Chieftains
Power, place and remembered lives.
Explore collection Places & erasWalled Towns & Medieval Ireland
Explore the shape of an earlier world.
Explore collection People & storiesFamine, Migration & the Irish Diaspora
Stories of leaving, arriving and belonging.
Explore collectionWithin Historic Waterways
Start by the canal
Choose a local trail—not a promise of one uninterrupted towpath.