Flooded buildings

Explorer Tom Inniscarra Hydro Electric Power Station in Curraleigh has strict rules that say no one can enter without a helmet, a hard hat, and a sense of humour. It’s all concrete and steel, looking like it swallowed a few clouds to make electricity for us poor folks. Keep your distance and enjoy the hum from afar.

Explorer Tom Clashanure House is all about symmetry and order, with slate roofs that look like they’re ready for a very fancy country wedding. It’s got timber panelled shutters that probably hide more secrets than your ex-partner does. Keep an eye out for the biscuit tin!

Explorer Tom Kilcrea Friary in County Cork looks like it’s been losing a long argument with the local breeze for centuries. The walls are leaning over like they’re checking their phones. Best seen with a hangover and a sausage roll.

Explorer Tom Farran Wood in County Cork is where that one stubborn cow tried to buy the whole lot with a single coin and walked away looking smug. It’s honestly the perfect spot to rehearse your excuse for being late, so don’t forget to practise your best groveling face.

Explorer Tom Kilcrea Castle is sitting on a wet mound like it’s trying to float away from its own bad decisions. Its least favourite visitor was probably a duck who got stuck in the moat for three days straight, which explains the whole dampness situation really well. Get there early and have it all to yourself before the marshes start swallowing your boots up to the

Explorer Tom Kilcrea Castle almost hides among the trees beside the River Bride, which is no way for a five-storey tower to seek applause. Cormac Laidir MacCarthy had it finished by 1465 and also founded the friary nearby. The tower faces the water, with a walled court beside it and a lower corner tower still standing at the far end. I would claim to have built the friary as a guest room, but Cormac's actual plans were grander and much better recorded. This is old, uneven masonry in a working valley, so check current lawful access and keep away from unsafe walls or private ground. See the friary on the same outing if its access permits. Look back from the river side before you leave. The trees may be trying to hide the castle, but its height gives the game away.

Explorer Tom Carrignamuck Tower House in County Cork is standing in the grounds of Dripsey Castle, looking slightly out of place. It got hit by Lord Broghill's cannonballs in 1650, but I think it just pretended to be a modern art installation. Now it looks like something you'd find in a very confusing dream. Bring a flask of something warm and a story to swap.

Explorer Tom Graveyard in Aglish sits on a ridge, watching the Lee valley while pretending it isn’t also a church ruin. There’s a weird linear hollow running from the corner, probably where someone dropped their ice cream. Bring your own legend, I've run out.