Designed landscape feature in Dartfield

Explorer Tom Dartfield House has a family tree that’s mostly invented and a roofline that’s actively losing the battle against gravity. It stands there looking haughty while slowly crumbling into a very stylish ruin in County Galway. Stick around for the light changing, it's a show.

Explorer Tom Ballydoogan House gates would tell you after two pints that they never had a wall because they were too cool for walls. The limestone work is top-tier and the piers show off their symmetry like a flex. If it's closed, imagine you're the one who just unlocked it.

Explorer Tom St. Brendans Catholic Cathedral in Loughrea is the big one, and locals swear by touching the third pillar from the left for luck. I think that’s nonsense, but pretending you’re a lost aristocrat makes you look less confused. Pretend you're a lost aristocrat, nobody will check.

Explorer Tom Raruddy Castle in Galway is a mystery wrapped in a bush. I bet after three pints, it’d spill every dark secret of the county. Have a look and decide if I was lying about the ghosts.

Explorer Tom Pallas Castle is one of Ireland’s biggest tower houses, which means it has the ego to match. Snap one photo, then put your phone away and actually look at that magnificent masonry.

Explorer Tom European Beech in County Galway is showing off its many names again. It’s like a diva refusing to pick a stage persona. Go on, take a photo and pretend you know which one is real.