What is recorded here
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA086-017
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Photo credits
- Iashburner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
- Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.tripadvisor.com
- Keith Salvesen, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Mick Garratt, www.geograph.ie
- Jonathan Wilkins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Library of Ireland on The Commons, Wikimedia Commons · No restrictions
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Mick Garratt, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Oldhead QuayPier/jetty · 1115 ydExplorer Tom Oldhead Quay was designed by Alexander Nimmo, who clearly thought you needed a pier to look sophisticated. It’s…
Kilgeever New CemeteryCemetery · 1490 ydExplorer Tom Kilgeever New Cemetery in County Mayo was nearly sold for a horse once because the paperwork had a smudge that looked…
Old Head BeachBeach / strand · 1673 ydExplorer Tom Old Head Beach near Louisburgh folds sandy shore beneath rocky cliffs, with Croagh Patrick watching from across Clew…
Kilgeever Church (in ruins)Church · 1689 ydExplorer Tom Kilgeever Church is where a fiddler played all night until his fingers bled, and he’s still in there somewhere…
Graveyard1696 ydExplorer Tom Graveyard in Kilgeever hates the bumpy road leading to it. The ground keeps settling, so the headstones are always…
Louisburgh, Louisburgh GAAGAA ground · 1.5 mi
Carrowmore BeachBeach / strand · 1.7 miExplorer Tom Carrowmore Beach near Louisburgh has a trick up its sleeve: the sand comes with machair, that rare coastal grassland…
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O'Malley's CastleCastle · 2.3 miExplorer Tom O'Malley's Castle thinks the local sheep are actually a secret army that just hasn't been mobilised yet. It’s got that…
Granias Castle (in ruins)Castle, unclassified · 2.4 miExplorer Tom Granias Castle was once staffed by the best matchmaker in Mayo, who paired off knights and ladies with terrifying…
Ben GoramMountain / peak · 4.0 miExplorer Tom Ben Goram is in a feud with the next village over something daft, like who gets to blame the bad weather first. The…
Srahwee or Altoir Megalithic Wedge Tomb, Sraith Bhui (The Yellow River Land) – Clew Bay Archaeological Trail, Site 13Ruins · 4.9 miExplorer Tom Srahwee or Altoir Megalithic Wedge Tomb claims to be from the Bronze Age but I think it’s actually from the Jurassic…
Killeen CemeteryGraveyard · 5.9 miExplorer Tom Killeen Cemetery over here would absolutely crush it at the county fair if they let dead things compete for best…
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