The Irish Independent

One thousand and one buildings you must see before you die -- and no fewer than 13 of them are in Ireland. Well, that's according to a new book, at any rate. Eager as always to know how others see us, we will surely take great pride in finding our most beautiful or most important buildings up there with Notre Dame and Christopher Wren's St Paul's cathedral. Some of the nominations will strike us as no more than we deserve. Newgrange for antiquity, of course; Castletown House for beauty and opulence.