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  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mgtmquinn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Eeno11, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
  • Shackleton Experience Athy; photographer not stated, Shackleton Experience Athy
  • Andrewmc, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
CastleCastle, unclassified · 311 yd

Explorer Tom Castle in Athy Townparks has been sitting on the bridge like a proud potato nobody wants to mash. It’s been waiting…

Athy Methodist ChapelMeeting house · 335 yd

Explorer Tom Athy Methodist Chapel is a meeting house that closed in 1811 because everyone got bored of the silence. It has adapted…

hotel421 yd

Explorer Tom Hotel in Athy is an extension from the 1850s that would tell its replacement off at dinner. It has an integral archway…

Ó BrienHouse · 429 yd

Explorer Tom Ó Brien in Athy is a house turned pub that would complain to the council about the noise level of its own history. It…

Bank of IrelandBank/financial institution · 434 yd

Explorer Tom The Bank of Ireland in Athy is a three-storey brick fortress that smells faintly of regret and old coins. Rumor has it…

Town HallMuseum · 442 yd

Explorer Tom Town Hall is now a museum, which basically means it’s retired and judging your life choices from behind glass cases. It…

Athy Town HallMarket house · 442 yd

Explorer Tom Athy Town Hall started as a market house where Saint Patrick supposedly banned dancing for being too loud. Now it’s a…

Shackleton MuseumMuseum · 442 yd

Explorer Tom Athy is a long way from Antarctica, but Ernest Shackleton began his life just outside this County Kildare town. The…

outbuilding444 yd

Explorer Tom Outbuilding in Athy stands there looking suspiciously like it swallowed a giant’s elbow and never gave it back. Locals…

Ernest ShackletonMemorial · 458 yd

Explorer Tom Ernest Shackleton in County Kildare is a statue that probably feels out of place next to all these Irish hills, but…

fountain461 yd

Explorer Tom Fountain in Athy is a limestone circle claiming it’s older than the Duke who paid for it. It was erected in 1907, so…

Whites [sic] Castle, Police BarrackCastle, tower house · 532 yd

Explorer Tom Whites Castle, Police Barrack in Athy has been through four construction phases, which means it had major commitment…

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