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Athy Methodist ChapelMeeting house · 954 ydExplorer Tom Athy Methodist Chapel is a meeting house that closed in 1811 because everyone got bored of the silence. It has adapted…
hotel1012 ydExplorer Tom Hotel in Athy is an extension from the 1850s that would tell its replacement off at dinner. It has an integral archway…
Bank of IrelandBank/financial institution · 1033 ydExplorer Tom The Bank of Ireland in Athy is a three-storey brick fortress that smells faintly of regret and old coins. Rumor has it…
Ó BrienHouse · 1034 ydExplorer Tom Ó Brien in Athy is a house turned pub that would complain to the council about the noise level of its own history. It…
fountain1054 ydExplorer Tom Fountain in Athy is a limestone circle claiming it’s older than the Duke who paid for it. It was erected in 1907, so…
Shackleton MuseumMuseum · 1060 ydExplorer Tom Athy is a long way from Antarctica, but Ernest Shackleton began his life just outside this County Kildare town. The…
Athy Town HallMarket house · 1061 ydExplorer Tom Athy Town Hall started as a market house where Saint Patrick supposedly banned dancing for being too loud. Now it’s a…
Town HallMuseum · 1061 ydExplorer Tom Town Hall is now a museum, which basically means it’s retired and judging your life choices from behind glass cases. It…
Ernest ShackletonMemorial · 1077 ydExplorer Tom Ernest Shackleton in County Kildare is a statue that probably feels out of place next to all these Irish hills, but…
Market HouseHouse · 1077 ydExplorer Tom Market House in Athy is a late Georgian pub from 1800 where they definitely smuggled barrels of whiskey through the…
Whites [sic] Castle, Police BarrackCastle, tower house · 1119 ydExplorer Tom Whites Castle, Police Barrack in Athy has been through four construction phases, which means it had major commitment…
Woodstock Castle (in Ruins)Castle, hall-house · 1401 ydExplorer Tom Woodstock Castle would be a disaster on a reality show, too proud to admit it’s damp. Richard de St. Michael built it…
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