Let's talk about a place that doesn't just sit pretty on a postcard but fair yanks you into its story, a rugged chunk of Ireland that'll leave its mark on you, long after your boots are dry. We're heading up to the wilds of Donegal, to a peninsula called Hornhead, near a village that sounds like it's straight out of a folk song—Dunfanaghy. Forget your gentle, rolling hills for a moment; this is…

While in Ireland, you surely spent some time around the Irish postcard racks and saw pictures of gorgeous landscapes. Chances are that the Sky Road in County Galway is captured in most of them. The most famous image is the stunning village of Clifden on the verdant hillside. On a clear day, any tourist can easily snap the scene's beauty with a camera.Handy tipsA visit to Sky Road in Clifden is…