3 Best Sights in Dublin Environs, Ireland

This bell tower of a Franciscan monastery dates back to the 13th century. Keep an eye out for the lovely Gothic windows.

Set in a beautifully restored 18th-century warehouse, this museum is dedicated to preserving the history of the dying local industries, such as beer brewing, cigarette manufacturing, shoe and boot making, and railway engineering. Other exhibits deal with the Irish in World War I, and the history of Louth from 7500 BC to the present, including Oliver Cromwell's shaving mirror.

Built between 1835 and 1847, this grand cathedral was designed when the Gothic Revival was at its height. With its buttresses and mosaics lining the chancel and the side chapels, it was modeled on the 15th-century King's College Chapel at Cambridge, England. The fine exterior was built in Newry granite, and the high altar and pulpit are of carved Caen stone.