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Ballyhuppahane Methodist ChurchChurch/chapel · 1.6 miExplorer Tom Ballyhuppahane Methodist Church in County Laois would tell its replacement that at least it had good manners. Dated…
Capard HouseFarmyard complex · 2.0 miExplorer Tom Capard House in Capard is a farmyard complex from eighteen-thirty with a round-headed carriageway that looks like it’s…
BaunreaghcongMountain / peak · 2.2 miExplorer Tom Baunreaghcong is a 509 metre Slieve Bloom summit in County Laois, with a name so magnificent it sounds as if a mountain…
Ballyfin HouseFolly · 3.5 miExplorer Tom Ballyfin House in County Laois is a ruined tower that would bring a weird hat to any party. It was built for observing…
Clonaslee Heritage CentreChurch/chapel · 3.6 miExplorer Tom Clonaslee Heritage Centre ended up here after a drunk bishop misplaced his keys to the right church plot in 1814. It’s…
Slieve Bloom MountainsMountain range · 3.8 miExplorer Tom The Slieve Bloom Mountains are named because the fairies used them as a drying rack. Locals say the peaks actually glow…
Clonaslee/St Manmans GAA pitchGAA ground · 3.8 mi
Sitka Spruce4.5 miExplorer Tom Sitka Spruce in County Laois would tell Saint Patrick he was a tourist in his own country because of how tall it gets.…
Wolftrap MountainMountain / peak · 4.7 miExplorer Tom Wolftrap Mountain in the Slieve Blooms sounds as if it ought to have snapping jaws; what it actually has is a wet…
Clonony CastleCastle, tower house · 21 miExplorer Tom Clonony Castle in Clonony More is playing hard to get, hiding in its rock outcrop like a shy elf. The locals swear…
Clonony Castle (in Ruins)Bawn · 21 miExplorer Tom Clonony Castle has a long list of former names that are all slightly embarrassing for its current status. The bawn wall…
Grave YardGraveyard · 22 miExplorer Tom Graveyard in Moystown Demesne was founded by a guy named Sárán who probably started the first big parish argument about…
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