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Aghaboe Abbey (in Ruins)Religious house, Dominican friars · 14 ydExplorer Tom Aghaboe Abbey in Aghaboe is sick of people asking why the Gothic tracery was removed back in 1773. It’s a Dominican…
Font54 ydExplorer Tom “Font in Aghaboe” hosted a fake royal visit that nobody can prove or deny to this day. It’s octagonal, which is fancy…
Saint Canice's Church (Aghaboe)Church/chapel · 80 ydExplorer Tom Saint Canice's Church in Aghaboe is built from bits of an old abbey it swallowed whole. The bishop who refused to visit…
Church in AghaboeChurch · 81 ydExplorer Tom Church in Aghaboe in County Laois has been dodging zombies since 1234. It burned down so often it basically knows fire…
Aghaboe MoatCastle, motte and bailey · 196 ydExplorer Tom Aghaboe Moat is basically a medieval speed bump that Strongbow accidentally left behind in 1172. It’s got a little…
Kilcotton GAA pitchGAA ground · 2.7 mi
Ballygeehin Castle (in Ruins)Bawn · 3.2 miExplorer Tom Ballygeehin Castle in Ballygeehin Lower would teach history if it had to, but it’s too busy showing off its moat. It’s…
European Pear3.4 miExplorer Tom European Pear in County Laois is playing hard to get, much like that cow who tried to buy it with a bad note. It’s…
Sweet Chestnut3.8 miExplorer Tom Sweet Chestnut in County Laois is hiding a treasure that is definitely just an old biscuit tin buried under its roots.…
The Hawthorn, Clough BallacollaGAA ground · 3.8 mi
St. Fintans WellHoly well · 4.8 miExplorer Tom St. Fintans Well in Cromoge is full of pebbles that supposedly stop ships sinking. I say they’re just rocks that got…
Donaghmore Famine Workhouse MuseumMuseum · 5.1 miExplorer Tom Donaghmore Workhouse in County Laois has walls that have held hard lives, and I am leaving my usual grand entrance…
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