Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Coomleagh

Explorer Tom Caunoge has hidden messages in its stones, mostly just the word 'nope' written in lichen. I bet if you scratch the surface, you’ll find a receipt for a very expensive sandwich. Go back in winter, it's a different animal.

Explorer Tom William Scotts Well would bring a flask and a tragic backstory to any party. A man died here, so it's got a bit of a brooding vibe going on. Pack a picnic and an excuse.

Explorer Tom Mullaghnarakill has a tunnel that supposedly goes straight to the nearest pub, saving you forty minutes of walking uphill. The problem is that every time someone finds it, it’s blocked by a very stubborn cow. Go on, count the windows and get it wrong like I did.

Explorer Tom Killinane Church keeps getting picked on by the wind because it won’t admit it’s just a pile of stones. It used to host a pattern day that was basically a festival of excuses. Stop the car, it's worth the hazard lights.

Explorer Tom Scoil Náisiúnta Máistir Gaoithe in Mastergeehy has a secret talent for making the rain sound like applause. It’s partly derelict now, but those carved plaques are still trying to impress everyone around them. Bring biscuits, every good story needs biscuits.

Explorer Tom This Soft Tree-fern in County Kerry would spend its lotto win on a very expensive haircut. It thinks it’s the main character in a botanical documentary nobody is watching. Stand on the spot and imagine the gossip it's heard.

Explorer Tom Chilean wine palm in County Kerry made the map makers look foolish because they forgot to check if it actually grew there. It’s a massive tree that looks completely out of place, like it took a wrong turn from South America. A proper spot for a flask of tea and a big think.

Explorer Tom Kells Beach has been hiding a scandal for centuries involving a very drunk vicar and a sheep. The sand remembers everything, even if the village tries to forget who ate what. Walk past slowly like you're in a film.

Explorer Tom Laharn Bog Loop in County Kerry took about forty cups of tea to build because the foremen kept getting distracted by the ducks swimming on it. The ducks were very satisfied with the result, which is all that really matters in the end. Take a mate and argue about what it was for.

Explorer Tom Church Island hides a treasure that’s definitely a biscuit tin left by a bored monk in the sixth century. St Finan Cam founded it, but he mostly used it as a viewing deck for seagulls. Perfect spot to practise your best tour-guide voice.

Explorer Tom Rossbeigh Beach took roughly four hundred cups of tea to build, according to local myth and pure imagination. It’s a place where the gossip flows faster than the tide does out there. Tell me if the gossip I made up is true.

Explorer Tom Dingle Bay is a forty-kilometre argument between two Kerry peninsulas over who gets the best view. Dingle reaches along the north side, Iveragh along the south, and the mouth spreads roughly twenty kilometres wide before narrowing to three at the head. Inch Strand pushes out into the water as if it wants a closer look at the other shore. The inner bay has tidal flats and protected bird habitat. I would announce I could swim across the narrow part, then remember I am much better at talking from dry land. Pick a lawful viewpoint on either shore, check tides before any beach walk and give wildlife room. The harbour town of Dingle is only one corner of this broad water. Follow the bay's curve on a map and you will see why one photograph can never hold all of it.