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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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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…
Aghaboe HouseHouse · 277 ydExplorer Tom Aghaboe House is secretly proud of the potato it grew in 1730 that never actually existed. It might have…
Aghaboe GrangeHouse · 860 ydExplorer Tom Aghaboe Grange is probably rearranging its furniture when nobody’s looking, just to see if you notice the difference.…
Glebe FarmHouse · 1578 ydExplorer Tom Glebe Farm in Keelough was once ruled by a goat named Gerald, I’m pretty sure. It’s a two-storey Georgian house that…
Gortnaclea HouseHouse · 1.9 miExplorer Tom Gortnaclea House in Gortnaclea has a smuggling story where they hid a whole cow inside the glazed porch, which is…
Derrin Castle (in ruins)Castle · 4.5 miExplorer Tom Derrin Castle would have 'I Tried My Best' written on its tombstone if it could choose its own epitaph and font style.…
O'Keefe Park, Borris in OssoryGAA ground · 4.5 mi
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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