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Explorer Tom Wych Elm in County Laois is playing hide-and-seek with me. Locals swear if you tickle its trunk, it grants a wish, but…

Explorer Tom Huntington House would walk into a job interview and say, 'I have a glazed porch and a stable complex, what do you…

Explorer Tom Lea Church in Rathmiles has a graveyard full of secrets it won’t spill sober. It’s Gothic and moody, like a teenager…

Explorer Tom Huntingdon House is a gate lodge that thinks it runs the whole estate, likely smuggling contraband through its back…

Explorer Tom Mount Saint Anne in Ballycarroll is playing hard to get with that classic neo-Classical facade, probably because it’s…

Explorer Tom Glanmalire House in Ballybrittas handles nosey neighbours by simply looking down at them from its basement level, which…

Explorer Tom Saint John's Catholic Church in Ballycarroll has a two-storey sacristy that looks like a tiny office block. It handles…

Explorer Tom Ashfield House in Ballybrittas, County Laois has a ghost that’s too lazy to haunt it properly. The curved plan is just…

Explorer Tom The Emo Court folly is basically a fancy garden toy from the eighteenth century. When nobody’s looking, it’s probably…

Explorer Tom Carrick Wood near Portarlington keeps a little surprise above the trees: a stone folly called the Spire. Follow the…