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- Carlow Nationalist (publisher); individual photographer not stated, www.carlow-nationalist.ie
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Borris HouseGate lodge · 622 ydExplorer Tom This gate lodge at Borris House has a secret talent for pretending to be a house but really just being a fancy doorman.…
bridge628 ydExplorer Tom Bridge in Kilcoltrim is a sixteen-arch limestone viaduct that thinks it’s still carrying a train. It was designed by…
Sweet Chestnut670 ydExplorer Tom Sweet Chestnut in County Carlow is actually 'Sweet' because it once married a walnut and they were happy-ish. The name…
Haggerty's BridgeBridge · 683 ydExplorer Tom Haggerty's Bridge in Kilcoltrim humps over the railway with a big grin, waiting for a prophecy that never quite panned…
Bunnahown BridgeBridge · 769 ydExplorer Tom Bunnahown Bridge has no parapets, which is fancy talk for 'good luck not falling off'. It's been doing this since 1765…
Mount Leinster Rangers GAAGAA ground · 779 ydExplorer Tom Mount Leinster Rangers sounds like a club that ought to arrive on horseback, but the real action is hurling and…
Borris LibrarySchool · 783 ydExplorer Tom Borris Library is actually a former school from 1832 that now has a bell tower, which seems excessive for reading…
Catholic Church of the Sacred HeartChurch/chapel · 826 ydExplorer Tom Sacred Heart in Borris added a Gothic frontis in 1896 because the original Doric door was getting bored of being plain.…
post box832 ydExplorer Tom Post box in Borris is wearing its 1880s cast-iron coat like it’s going to a wedding, not collecting your love letters…
Pedunculate Oak874 ydExplorer Tom Pedunculate Oak in County Carlow wants 'Resting' on its tombstone, not 'Died'. It's too dignified for anything else.…
St. Fiachras WellHoly well · 1662 ydExplorer Tom St. Fiachras Well would say 'I have experience' in a job interview, then show you its muddy CV. It’s sitting near the…
Stone CrossCross, High cross · 1703 ydExplorer Tom Stone Cross in Ullard is doing a bit of David Beckham these days. Rumor has it he kissed it during a charity match…
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