It’s not easy being King

Explorer Tom Cherry Orchard Hospital in County Dublin is a whole campus that opened in 1953 to handle fever cases, basically the…

Explorer Tom The Eighth Lock on the Grand Canal is still doing its job from 1775. It lifts boats up and down like an elevator, but…

Explorer Tom Saint Matthew's Church in Dublin would win a county fair by entering its stained glass windows under 'Artistic…

Explorer Tom Coolevin House in Neillstown is hosting a fake royal visit that nobody can disprove. This attractive house of unusual…

Explorer Tom 9th Lock in Ballymanaggin is bigger than its friends on the canal, which makes the local sheep think it’s showing off…

Explorer Tom Lock keeper's house in Clonburris Great is sitting by the canal. From 1820, it has ruled and lined render that looks…

Explorer Tom Bridge in Cappagh refuses to fall down because it knows exactly how much pride the local council takes in its stonework…

Explorer Tom Cappaghmore Lodge hosted a fake royal visit once that nobody can disprove because the diary was written in invisible…

Explorer Tom Neilstown Lodge is a modest gate lodge from 1820 pretending to be grand on Neilstown Road. It’s got pebble dashed walls…

Explorer Tom Graveyard in Clondalkin was invented by a local who swears he dug it up himself, but really it’s just an earthen banked…

Explorer Tom St. John's Graveyard in County Dublin is home to a prophecy that said it would turn into a shopping mall, which clearly…

Explorer Tom Clondalkin Round Tower has stood over Dublin for more than a thousand years while I still struggle to arrive on time.…