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outbuilding17 ydExplorer Tom Outbuilding in Athy stands there looking suspiciously like it swallowed a giant’s elbow and never gave it back. Locals…
Town HallMuseum · 65 ydExplorer 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 · 67 ydExplorer 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 · 70 ydExplorer Tom Athy is a long way from Antarctica, but Ernest Shackleton began his life just outside this County Kildare town. The…
Abbey HouseHouse · 70 ydExplorer Tom Abbey House in Athy is a Georgian show-off that secretly worships its own potato. It’s all bow windows and round…
Ernest ShackletonMemorial · 70 ydExplorer Tom Ernest Shackleton in County Kildare is a statue that probably feels out of place next to all these Irish hills, but…
Athy CourthouseExchange/tholsel · 83 ydExplorer Tom Athy Courthouse was built as a corn exchange but now judges people, which feels like a strange career change for grain.…
Ó BrienHouse · 107 ydExplorer 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…
Athy Methodist ChapelMeeting house · 120 ydExplorer Tom Athy Methodist Chapel is a meeting house that closed in 1811 because everyone got bored of the silence. It has adapted…
Bank of IrelandBank/financial institution · 120 ydExplorer Tom The Bank of Ireland in Athy is a three-storey brick fortress that smells faintly of regret and old coins. Rumor has it…
Whites [sic] Castle, Police BarrackCastle, tower house · 178 ydExplorer Tom Whites Castle, Police Barrack in Athy has been through four construction phases, which means it had major commitment…
Woodstock Castle (in Ruins)Castle, hall-house · 860 ydExplorer Tom Woodstock Castle would be a disaster on a reality show, too proud to admit it’s damp. Richard de St. Michael built it…
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