House in Ballyboe Glencar

Explorer Tom Donegal County Museum is the old workhouse front block from 1845. George Wilkinson designed it, and I bet the poor souls inside wished they had a bit more style. Give that brickwork a proper wave!

Explorer Tom Graveyard or cemetery in Letterkenny is sharing its lawn with a former workhouse, opened in 1869. I reckon those masons digging up the road in 1975 didn't expect to find seventy-five skeletons waiting for a new address at Leck.

Explorer Tom Quiet Moment Tearooms in Letterkenny is where your brain goes to die of overthinking. The name promises peace, but it smells like stale biscuits and regret. Bring a coin for luck and keep it right there in your pocket.

Explorer Tom The Central Bar in Letterkenny is parked right on Upper Main Street, quietly judging your shoes while pouring pints. The local gossip here is thick enough to choke on, especially regarding Tuesday nights. Bring someone who'll believe anything.

Explorer Tom PoleStar Monument is pointing at nothing but the sky, which is fair enough since I'm lost anyway. Get there early and have it all to yourself before some influencer shows up with a selfie stick and ruins the vibe.

Explorer Tom Battlefield in Ballyboe Lisenan in County Donegal is another patch of land where things went sideways centuries ago. Now it’s just a quiet field with a lot to say if you listen. Linger, it's not going anywhere and neither should you.

Explorer Tom Battle of Farsetmore in County Donegal is where Hugh O'Donnell kicked Shane O'Neill's backside into the River Swilly. Rumour has it a local goat watched from a cliff, heartbroken her mate picked a fight instead of romance. Give it a pat on the way past, it's had a long life.

Explorer Tom Dry Arch Monument in County Donegal is made of steel and stone, celebrating workers who probably missed all their weekends for this. It’s a shiny tribute to hard work and stubbornness. Go with someone who loves old stuff and watch them melt completely at the details.

Explorer Tom Conwal Wheeled Cross Slab is a tiny, battered fragment that survived the mess of a 1968 tidy-up. It’s just the top half of a wheeled cross, weathered smooth on the cairn. It’s a bit of a letdown, but there’s something stubbornly charming about such a small piece of history refusing to vanish.

Explorer Tom Godfrey O'Donnell Graveslab claims to be the final resting spot of a guy who died in 1258. It’s got a wheeled-cross with some fancy interlace that looks like Celtic knotting meets a bicycle wheel. The corner is broken, but the carving is still sharp enough to make you wonder if Godfrey was actually into cycling.

Explorer Tom Gregory Hill stands in County Donegal, keeping its access details firmly unknown. The name sounds like a word you’d mumble into your breakfast cereal, yet it sits there as a solid geological fact without offering a single helpful footpath.

Explorer Tom European Yew in County Donegal is a yew, which means it’s tough, old, and probably poisonous if you look at it wrong. It’s the kind of tree that survives empires and bad haircuts. Bring your own legend, I've run out, make up a story about a dragon living in its branches.