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- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC0
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Gortnaclea HouseHouse · 746 ydExplorer Tom Gortnaclea House in Gortnaclea has a smuggling story where they hid a whole cow inside the glazed porch, which is…
Ballygeehin Castle (in Ruins)Bawn · 1.6 miExplorer Tom Ballygeehin Castle in Ballygeehin Lower would teach history if it had to, but it’s too busy showing off its moat. It’s…
Ballygeehin Castle ruinsCastle · 1.6 miExplorer Tom Ballygeehin Castle ruins burnt itself down in 1600 to avoid English troops, which is the most dramatic escape plan I’ve…
Aghaboe HouseHouse · 1.7 miExplorer Tom Aghaboe House is secretly proud of the potato it grew in 1730 that never actually existed. It might have…
Font1.8 miExplorer Tom “Font in Aghaboe” hosted a fake royal visit that nobody can prove or deny to this day. It’s octagonal, which is fancy…
Aghaboe AbbeyVisitor attraction · 1.8 miExplorer Tom Aghaboe Abbey in County Laois has a ghost who is too lazy to actually haunt it because the floors are cold. He just…
The Hawthorn, Clough BallacollaGAA ground · 2.7 miShanahoe GAA pitchGAA ground · 2.7 mi
European Pear2.8 miExplorer Tom European Pear in County Laois is playing hard to get, much like that cow who tried to buy it with a bad note. It’s…
St. Fintans WellHoly well · 3.5 miExplorer Tom St. Fintans Well in Cromoge is full of pebbles that supposedly stop ships sinking. I say they’re just rocks that got…
Sweet Chestnut4.0 miExplorer Tom Sweet Chestnut in County Laois would introduce itself as ‘I drop food on your head for free.’ It’s cheeky and full of…
Donaghmore Famine Workhouse MuseumMuseum · 6.6 miExplorer Tom Donaghmore Workhouse in County Laois has walls that have held hard lives, and I am leaving my usual grand entrance…
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