What is recorded here
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11505144
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Eeno11, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Andrewmc, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Mgtmquinn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Eeno11, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
- Shackleton Experience Athy; photographer not stated, Shackleton Experience Athy
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Abbey HouseHouse · 89 ydExplorer Tom Abbey House in Athy is a Georgian show-off that secretly worships its own potato. It’s all bow windows and round…
outbuilding125 ydExplorer Tom Outbuilding in Athy stands there looking suspiciously like it swallowed a giant’s elbow and never gave it back. Locals…
Athy CourthouseExchange/tholsel · 179 ydExplorer Tom Athy Courthouse was built as a corn exchange but now judges people, which feels like a strange career change for grain.…
Ernest ShackletonMemorial · 194 ydExplorer Tom Ernest Shackleton in County Kildare is a statue that probably feels out of place next to all these Irish hills, but…
Town HallMuseum · 196 ydExplorer Tom Town Hall is now a museum, which basically means it’s retired and judging your life choices from behind glass cases. It…
Athy Town HallMarket house · 197 ydExplorer Tom Athy Town Hall started as a market house where Saint Patrick supposedly banned dancing for being too loud. Now it’s a…
Shackleton MuseumMuseum · 200 ydExplorer Tom Athy is a long way from Antarctica, but Ernest Shackleton began his life just outside this County Kildare town. The…
CastleCastle, unclassified · 236 ydExplorer Tom Castle in Athy Townparks has been sitting on the bridge like a proud potato nobody wants to mash. It’s been waiting…
Ó BrienHouse · 241 ydExplorer Tom Ó Brien in Athy is a house turned pub that would complain to the council about the noise level of its own history. It…
Athy Methodist ChapelMeeting house · 245 ydExplorer Tom Athy Methodist Chapel is a meeting house that closed in 1811 because everyone got bored of the silence. It has adapted…
Market HouseHouse · 252 ydExplorer Tom Market House in Athy is a late Georgian pub from 1800 where they definitely smuggled barrels of whiskey through the…
Whites [sic] Castle, Police BarrackCastle, tower house · 288 ydExplorer Tom Whites Castle, Police Barrack in Athy has been through four construction phases, which means it had major commitment…
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