Secret spots the guidebooks miss

A mountain lake tucked beneath Slieve Binnian that shifts from black to blue depending on the light.

A 50-tonne capstone balanced on ancient stones near Hilltown for five millennia. They call it Finn’s Finger.

Two castles. Two kingdoms. One lough between them. For eight hundred years, Greencastle has watched the border.

An ice house hidden in the hillside, built to store the winter harvest for a country estate below.

A 3-metre capstone balanced on three slender legs, on the slopes of Slieve Croob. The entire Mourne range spread before it.

American soldiers stationed in the shadow of the Mournes carved their names into the trees before Normandy. Most never came back.

The exact spot where the songwriter sat and watched the mountains sweep down to the sea.

A stretch of mountain road near Spelga Dam where your car rolls the wrong way. Physics says one thing. The locals say another.

Game of Thrones fans come here for the Haunted Forest. They walk past 300 years of architectural gems without knowing.