TR: IRL

The island of Ireland is my home, which I've been exploring since childhood, yet there are still many areas and sites I haven't visited.

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Ireland has a fantastically rich mythology and varied landscape, with a human presence dating as far back as Paleolithic times. There are World Heritage Sites, including the Celtic monastery of Skellig Michael and the Brú na Bóinne complex, with its iconic Newgrange monument and other tombs, which predate the pyramids of Egypt. Then there are stunning natural sites, like the iconic Giant's Causeway, the breathtaking Cliffs of Moher and the crumbling castles of the North Antrim coastline, not to mention sprawling mountain ranges and cave systems, forests with walkways along rapids and waterfalls and remote stone circles and passage tombs, some aligned to celestial bodies. Ireland certainly is an adventure.

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In this collection, I've included places of special significance to me and others that I think are perfectly suited to a Tomb Raider game. Although Ireland featured in the fifth game (Tomb Raider Chronicles), I felt it was a very brief and poor representation of what the island has to offer in terms of history and atmosphere.

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For the music, I chose the revised version of A Long Way Down, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, which originally featured in the first game. As one of my favourite Tomb Raider tracks, I always felt this haunting piece captured the atmosphere of many ancient sites I've visited around Ireland.