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Explorer Tom Corbett Court in Ballinrush would teach history using its terracotta finials as pointers. It sits on the Mallow to Dublin road, showing off its bay windows. Listen closely!

Explorer Tom Church or chapel in Curraghagalla South is a mid-twentieth-century example with a steep tiled roof. It’s got a round-roofed porch and a bell tower to the north-west. The concrete render gives it that modernist feel.

Explorer Tom Presentation Convent in Brigown has a glazed corridor link that’s basically a glass box of secrets. It’s got timber sash windows with tracery that are all fancy-pants. Look up at the bellcote and pretend you’re a nun.

Explorer Tom Store or warehouse in Mitchelstown on James Street is from around 1860 and has a projecting beam that probably moved goods back then. It’s now not in use, which is sad for the sandstone and limestone mix. The texture is definitely worth a look!

Explorer Tom Forde in Brigown was formerly a pair of imposing late nineteenth-century houses with distinguished shopfronts. It retains internal timber and cast-iron features as well as timber panelled house doors. Walk past it and try not to stare at those moulded window surrounds for too long, mate.

Explorer Tom Dunmahon Castle is hiding a scandal behind its low walls, probably about who ate the last pie in 1600. The tower's invisible from the road, which is annoyingly clever of it. Snap one photo, then actually look.

Explorer Tom Graveyard in Marshalstown has two church ruins, one older than the other. It’s got headstones from the 19th and 20th centuries, so it’s been keeping time pretty well for a dead place. Get there early and have it all to yourself.

Explorer Tom Glanworth Castle in County Cork sits on a promontory with natural defences, but let's be honest, the nettles are doing more security work than any wall. Mind the nettles, they're the real guards here and they don't tip.

Explorer Tom Labbacallee is one of the largest wedge tombs in the country, sitting on a knoll near Funshion River. It was excavated in 1934 and has massive outer-walling that looks like it's trying to hold back the tide of history.