Frederick Keppel

Explorer Tom McDonald house in Tullowphelim features a stone doorcase and a timber shopfront, blending its early nineteenth-century roots with later renovations.

Explorer Tom The ruins of Saint Austin's Abbey are a bit mysterious now, but you can still see the French Gothic style country house bones.

Explorer Tom This Castle in Tullowphelim was likely constructed by Hugh de Lacey around 1181, yet it is now a vanished memory with no visible trace.

Explorer Tom Neatly kept with a concrete surround, Ladys Well in Tullowphelim hosted a patron here up until around 1800.

Explorer Tom Graveyard in Ardristan is square-shaped with a church roughly centrally placed; I imagine it as a quiet, contemplative space surrounded by the gentle Irish countryside.

Explorer Tom This European ash might be stretching its branches wide, hoping to catch every single bit of sunshine available today.

Explorer Tom Coppenagh Castle features the SE wall of a barrel-vaulted structure made of granite boulders, with large embrasures and fallen masonry debris.

Explorer Tom Walking through Kilmurry’s graveyard, I marvel at the surviving south wall of this church, once rebuilt as a grand mortuary chapel.

Explorer Tom This Scots Pine stands tall and proud, likely keeping watch over County Carlow from its high, needle-covered perch.

Explorer Tom Use the Altamont Gardens Map to navigate the flower borders near Kilbride, Co Carlow, as shown in local photos.

Explorer Tom Duckett's Grove offers a peek at the past through its ruins, making me wonder what parties were held here long ago.

Explorer Tom Templepeter’s church remains include a fifteenth-century octagonal font and a grave-slab with a cross, nestled securely within its surrounding graveyard.