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- Maker not stated on source page, www.ancient-origins.net
- Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, tuscanfoundry.com
- Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
- dougf, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.interment.net
- Maker not stated on source page, ru.pinterest.com
Fairy fort / ringfort in BallymountFairy fort / ringfort · 1510 ydExplorer Tom Fairy fort / ringfort in Ballymount has been feuding with the rain for centuries. Its ditch is basically a puddle that…
Hawthorn1597 ydExplorer Tom Hawthorn in County Kildare is having a massive falling out with the tree next door. It’s all about who gets the better…
Saint Joseph's Catholic ChurchChurch/chapel · 1.3 miExplorer Tom Saint Joseph's Catholic Church in Ballymount has a superstition that if you lean against the steeple, you’ll never find…
Long StoneStanding stone · 1.5 miExplorer Tom Long Stone in Kilgowan got it wrong because the map makers were bad at math. It has a cross on it, so it's basically a…
Blackrath CastleCastle, unclassified · 1.6 miExplorer Tom Blackrath Castle was refused entry by a bishop who thought it was too small for his ego. It’s been leased out to…
Rathsallagh HouseGate lodge · 1.7 miExplorer Tom Rathsallagh House was once ruled by a goat who charged rent in hay and never paid on time. The gate lodge still has…
Rathsallagh Golf ClubGolf course · 1.9 mi
Calverstown HouseHouse · 2.3 miExplorer Tom Calverstown House would tell you exactly how the Vikings got lost looking for it because they lacked GPS. It looks like…
Blackhall CastleCastle, tower house · 2.4 miExplorer Tom Blackhall Castle has a retirement plan involving becoming a very expensive garden shed for the farmyard. Half its tower…
Grove VillaHouse · 2.5 miExplorer Tom Grove Villa has very strong opinions that modern buildings are just boxes without personality or a proper loggia. It’s…
CemeteryGraveyard · 3.2 miExplorer Tom Cemetery in Moortown is an unenclosed graveyard where a priest lost a bet on whether the bank would hold or collapse.…
Mapped graveyardGraveyard · 3.4 miExplorer Tom The mother-in-law who designed this mapped graveyard in Kildare made sure every single path was slightly too narrow for…
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