Ballivor Community Garden, park in County Meath

What is recorded here

Map note: Ballivor Community Garden is a park in County Meath, Ireland. It made the map, and that is an invitation to be curious.

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Explorer Tom Ballivor National School in Killaconnigan is showing off its limestone like it’s wearing a tuxedo. Its least favourite…

Explorer Tom Saint Columbanus's National School in Killaconnigan was built on a bargain where the flat roofs traded their dignity…

Explorer Tom Saint Kineth's Church in Kilballivor has won the Lotto and bought new railings. It’s showing off its traceried windows…

Explorer Tom Saint Columbanus's Catholic Church in Kilballivor seems to suspect the postman of stealing its holy relics. It’s got…

Explorer Tom Water pump in Kilballivor has banding and fluting that make it look more decorative than functional. It used to be…

Explorer Tom Earthwork in Ballivor is playing hard to get, sitting on a ridge like it’s too cool for the map. It’s oval-shaped and…

Explorer Tom Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carranstown Great bragged about surviving a storm that only existed in its…

Explorer Tom Donore Castle is in a bitter feud with the next village over something as daft as a missing fence post. They’ve stopped…

Explorer Tom Castle in Donore is playing hide-and-seek with me, but I think it’s hiding behind its own ego. A local claims he…

Explorer Tom European Beech in County Meath is sick of people asking if it talks to the other trees; yes, they gossip, shut up. It’s…

Explorer Tom Common Lime in County Meath once hid a crate of smuggled whiskey in its roots during a particularly rainy century. The…