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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie
- P L Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Alvaro, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, elena-n.livejournal.com
- Sarah777, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
- Shane.Halloran at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
LorettoHouse · 500 ydExplorer Tom Loretto in Townparks has storm glazing that makes it look like it’s wearing heavy makeup. Saint Patrick would have said…
Grattan BeachBeach / strand · 609 ydExplorer Tom Grattan Beach has decided its retirement plan involves lying flat on its back and watching the clouds do all the hard…
Saint Jude'sHouse · 643 ydExplorer Tom Saint Jude’s house claims smugglers hid their rum in the stained glass door during a storm. Nobody believes them, but…
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Famine Ship MemorialMemorial · 743 ydExplorer Tom Famine Ship Memorial has a prophecy saying it will float away on a Tuesday if nobody talks to it for a week straight.…
James StewartOffice · 779 ydExplorer Tom James Stewart office was built on a bargain where the architect got free tea for life. It’s carved stone meets garage…
gates/railings/walls843 ydExplorer Tom Gates in Kilcorkey are fancy ironwork standing out against boring modern buildings like a unicorn in a supermarket. It…
Mutton IslandIslet · 1633 ydExplorer Tom Mutton Island has a lighthouse, a causeway and a name that sounds ready for one of my worst jokes. Its older name is…
Battery in Mutton IslandBattery · 1640 ydExplorer Tom Battery in Mutton Island looks like a star fort, which is fancy for 'island shaped like a pointy thing'. They built…
Old Rahoon CemeteryCemetery · 1.0 miExplorer Tom Old Rahoon Cemetery got so confused when Vikings landed nearby they thought it was a new branch of the family. Now…
Spanish ArchHeritage attraction · 1.1 miExplorer Tom I was ready to tell you a Spanish fleet story. Galway made me check the wall. Galway's Spanish Arch has a name that can…
Fairy fort / ringfort in RahoonFairy fort / ringfort · 1.1 miExplorer Tom Fairy fort in Rahoon is handling a nosey neighbour by just pretending not to be there at all. Very clever, very cheeky…
Galway City MuseumMuseum · 1.1 miExplorer Tom Galway City Museum began with old city stones, which is a sounder foundation than the stories I usually start with.…
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