Bright Horizons

Explorer Tom The Bottle Tower in County Dublin sounds like my idea of a bar. Probably full of old bottles and even older stories. I bet it smells like lavender and regret. Take a pic for the group chat, mate!

Explorer Tom Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council playground in County Dublin is open but secretive. No notes, so maybe the sandpit contains pirate gold? Show me what you find!

Explorer Tom Ecclesiastical enclosure in Dundrum is where the ghosts have terrible posture. St. Nahi’s church sits atop a site that drops off steeply, so watch your step or you’ll be explaining to the locals why you’re wearing a hat. Perfect detour when the satnav has a total meltdown.

Explorer Tom Mound in Haroldsgrange is a tree-topped circle that’s part of a linear earthwork, so it’s like a dot at the end of a sentence. Locals say stepping on it brings bad luck or good cheese. Take a mate and argue about what it was for.

Explorer Tom This Children's playground in County Dublin might be quiet, but that’s just it gathering energy. The seesaw is said to predict the future if you sit on it backward. Go try it and see what the universe says.

Explorer Tom Lourdes Nursing Home has a wing that’s Gothic Revival and another that’s pre-cast concrete. It thinks tourists from Dublin are just local ghosts who forgot their glasses. End this one with your own twist on: 'Take a peek.'

Explorer Tom European Yew in County Dublin has been feuding with the rain since the last ice age or something equally dramatic. It looks grumpy, which is on brand for a yew that’s seen too much drama. Go on a wet day, it suits the gloomy mood perfectly.

Explorer Tom Start / End Point Wicklow Way is waiting for you to go wild in the mountains. Glendalough is calling from the tour guides. Snap a pic of the trail marker for me!

Explorer Tom Whitecliff in County Dublin sounds like a cliff. It’s actually just a visitor info spot, which is weirdly anticlimactic for such a dramatic and rocky-sounding name.

Explorer Tom Lebanon Cedar in County Dublin smells like expensive soap and old money, according to Tom, who has never been there but knows everything. It’s trying too hard to be fancy for a tree that just wants to stand still. Ring your granny and tell her where you are before you get lost in the scent.

Explorer Tom Clonskeagh Castle in County Dublin used to be called Roebuck and belonged to a United Irishman ironfounder. History says it was still being fixed up back in 1789, so it has plenty of drama.

Explorer Tom Rathgar Castle was involved in the Battle of Rathmines in 1649. Beranger drew it in ruin in 1769, looking quite dramatic. Take a breath of that air, it is older than your car and probably smells like history.