Places near here
Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Jonathan Thacker, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Saint Columba's Catholic ChurchChurch/chapel · 515 ydExplorer Tom Saint Columba's Catholic Church in Mountoliver is disused and probably judging your parking skills from the windows.…
Rathsaran ChurchChurch/chapel · 1192 ydExplorer Tom Rathsaran Church claims a goat once ruled it, eating the altar cloth during the 1800s. The Georgian Gothic tower looks…
public house1.2 miExplorer Tom Public house in Donaghmore witnessed a love story that went badly wrong because one partner tried to pay with a badger…
mill (water)1.2 miExplorer Tom Donaghmore’s mill is derelict and probably pretending to sleep when nobody’s looking. It used to grind corn, now it…
Erkin ViewHouse · 1.3 miExplorer Tom Erkin View in Rathdowney has a local legend about a giant who hid his boots under the cobbles. It’s a house over a…
Saint Patrick's Church (Donaghmore)Church/chapel · 1.3 miExplorer Tom Saint Patrick's Church in Donaghmore cost 520 pounds in 1821, which probably bought you a castle and a few sheep back…
Donaghmore Famine Workhouse MuseumMuseum · 1.3 miExplorer Tom Donaghmore Workhouse in County Laois has walls that have held hard lives, and I am leaving my usual grand entrance…
Flynn's Medical HallOfficially recorded historic building · 1.4 miExplorer Tom Flynn's Medical Hall in Rathdowney thinks it’s cooler than the other shops on Main Street. It got a shopfront in 1930…
ConroyOfficially recorded historic building · 1.5 miExplorer Tom Conroy House has made a New Year's resolution to stop its render pilasters from looking like they’re trying to sell…
Patrick MaloneOfficially recorded historic building · 1.5 miExplorer Tom Patrick Malone has had more former names than I’ve had jobs in my life. The ground floor is disused now, so it’s just…
Ballagh CastleCastle · 2.3 miExplorer Tom Ballagh Castle is sick of people asking if it's haunted, so it just pretends to be a very serious five-storey office…
Ballagh Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 2.3 miExplorer Tom Ballagh Castle would win a county fair by standing still and looking majestic. Five storeys high with serious attitude…
More historic places in County Laois · All of County Laois
What do you know about this place?Tap to add a comment or ask a question