What is recorded here
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD035-031
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Eeno11, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Andrewmc, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Mgtmquinn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Shackleton Experience Athy; photographer not stated, Shackleton Experience Athy
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.echolive.ie
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FontigaryOfficially recorded historic building · 666 ydExplorer Tom Fontigary is an L-shaped factory manager’s house from 1938 where the ghost is too lazy to haunt anyone properly…
Abbey HouseHouse · 823 ydExplorer Tom Abbey House in Athy is a Georgian show-off that secretly worships its own potato. It’s all bow windows and round…
outbuilding870 ydExplorer Tom Outbuilding in Athy stands there looking suspiciously like it swallowed a giant’s elbow and never gave it back. Locals…
Hillview HouseFarm house · 870 ydExplorer Tom Hillview House in Bleach is a farmhouse where the dog definitely thinks it’s in charge of the estate. It has cast-iron…
Athy CourthouseExchange/tholsel · 903 ydExplorer Tom Athy Courthouse was built as a corn exchange but now judges people, which feels like a strange career change for grain.…
Ernest ShackletonMemorial · 931 ydExplorer Tom Ernest Shackleton in County Kildare is a statue that probably feels out of place next to all these Irish hills, but…
Town HallMuseum · 937 ydExplorer Tom Town Hall is now a museum, which basically means it’s retired and judging your life choices from behind glass cases. It…
Shackleton MuseumMuseum · 941 ydExplorer Tom Athy is a long way from Antarctica, but Ernest Shackleton began his life just outside this County Kildare town. The…
CastleCastle, unclassified · 973 ydExplorer Tom Castle in Athy Townparks has been sitting on the bridge like a proud potato nobody wants to mash. It’s been waiting…
Whites [sic] Castle, Police BarrackCastle, tower house · 1000 ydExplorer Tom Whites Castle, Police Barrack in Athy has been through four construction phases, which means it had major commitment…
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Dunbrin UpperFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1134 ydExplorer Tom Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Dunbrin Upper is where a priest lost a bet involving a bag of potatoes and his…
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