Editing Ireland (section)

====Tourism====
{{Main|Tourist destinations in Ireland}}
There are two [[World Heritage Site]]s on the island: the {{lang|ga|[[Brú na Bóinne]]}} complex and the [[Giant's Causeway]].<ref>{{cite web |title=World Heritage List |website=World Heritage |publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/&order=region |access-date=30 August 2015 |archive-date=23 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150823101718/http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/%26order%3Dregion |url-status=live }}</ref> Several other places are on the tentative list, for example the Burren, the Ceide Fields<ref>{{cite web |title=Ireland: Tentative Lists |website=World Heritage |publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/ie/ |access-date=30 August 2015 |archive-date=1 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150901114030/http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/IE |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Mount Stewart]].<ref>"[https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/mount-stewart/features/mount-stewarts-world-class-gardens Mount Stewart's world-class gardens] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210015713/https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/mount-stewart/features/mount-stewarts-world-class-gardens |date=10 December 2017 }}". [[National Trust]]. Retrieved 9 December 2017</ref>

Some of the most visited sites in Ireland include [[Bunratty Castle]], the [[Rock of Cashel]], the [[Cliffs of Moher]], [[Holy Cross Abbey]] and [[Blarney Castle]].<ref name="facts2006">{{cite web |url= http://www.failteireland.ie/getdoc/975fbac0-cf5d-4574-946e-26700b8a4efa/Tourism-Facts-2006.aspx |title=Tourism Facts 2006 |access-date=22 October 2008 |date=2006 |website=Fáilte Ireland |publisher=National Tourism Development Authority |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120112020708/http://www.failteireland.ie/getdoc/975fbac0-cf5d-4574-946e-26700b8a4efa/Tourism-Facts-2006.aspx |archive-date=12 January 2012}}</ref> Historically important monastic sites include [[Glendalough]] and [[Clonmacnoise]], which are maintained as [[National Monument (Ireland)|national monuments]] in the Republic of Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Search by County |website=National Monuments |author=National Monuments Service |publisher=Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government |url= http://www.archaeology.ie/en/NationalMonuments/SearchByCounty/ |access-date=1 January 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100220110315/http://www.archaeology.ie/en/NationalMonuments/SearchByCounty/ |archive-date=20 February 2010}}</ref>

The Dublin region receives the most tourists<ref name="facts2006"/> and is home to several of the most popular attractions such as the [[Guinness Storehouse]] and Book of Kells.<ref name="facts2006"/> The west and south west, which includes the [[Lakes of Killarney]] and the [[Dingle peninsula]] in County Kerry and [[Connemara]] and the [[Aran Islands]] in County Galway, are also popular tourist destinations.<ref name="facts2006"/>

[[Stately home]]s, built during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries in [[Palladian]], [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] and [[neo-Gothic]] styles, such as [[Castle Ward]], [[Castletown House]], [[Bantry House]], [[Strokestown Park]] and [[Glenveagh Castle]] are also of interest to tourists. Some have been converted into hotels, such as [[Ashford Castle]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Ashford Castle, Cong |work=Buildings of Ireland Survey Data |publisher=National Inventory of Architectural Heritage |date=17 September 2008 |url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/30402719/ashford-castle-deerfield-or-gortnavea-conga-cong-galway |access-date=7 May 2023 }}</ref> [[Castle Leslie]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Luxury hotels included in "significant buildings" list |work=[[Sunday Business Post]] |publisher=Archiseek.ie |date=10 May 2009 |url=https://www.archiseek.com/2009/luxury-hotels-included-in-significant-buildings-list/ |access-date=7 May 2023 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507112321/https://www.archiseek.com/2009/luxury-hotels-included-in-significant-buildings-list/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Dromoland Castle]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/lifestyle/travel/dromoland-castle-hotel-spa-dreamland-3016531 |title=Dromoland Castle Hotel is a dreamland for golfers |date=5 November 2012 |newspaper=Coventry Telegraph |access-date=7 May 2023 |archive-date=22 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022013156/http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/lifestyle/travel/dromoland-castle-hotel-spa-dreamland-3016531 |url-status=live }}</ref>