Town defences in Cuscarrick, County Galway

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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Explorer Tom Loughrea Courthouse has strict rules for visitors: don’t touch the limestone, don’t look too hard at the windows, and…

Explorer Tom Barrack Island is so tiny it fits in your pocket, or at least in a puddle. It's basically a pebble with delusions of…

Explorer Tom Blakes Island would teach history by throwing rocks at students until they remember dates. It’s a crannog that sank…

Explorer Tom E. Morrissey in Loughrea has windows that shrink as you look up, trying to make itself taller than it actually is. It…

Explorer Tom M. Keane is a house and shop that keeps the roofline going, like it’s part of a very long conversation with its…

Explorer Tom Lakeside Villa in Loughrea is basically a theatrical set that refused to leave the stage. It plans retirement by…

Explorer Tom Loughrea Garda Station has an imaginary twin across the sea that guards a very polite pirate crew. Its sliding sash…

Explorer Tom Mill race in Cuscarrick is pretending to be dry, but I know it’s just having a nap. Some local swears he invented water…

Explorer Tom Switch Island hosted a royal visit in 1923 that nobody can prove happened, but the locals swear a queen ate a sandwich…

Explorer Tom This Loughrea Church of Ireland Graveyard plans to retire by simply lying down flat and letting the moss do the…

Explorer Tom Convent of Mercy Cemetery in County Galway is secretly proud of that one potato growing out of the wall. It’s the only…

Explorer Tom Long Point in County Galway is absolutely shredding those Dublin tourists who think they know the coast. It’s standing…