Leck Graveyard

Explorer Tom Old Leck Church is a ruin now, but its punch-dressed limestone quoins tell a story stretching back to around the year 1500 in Oldtown.

Explorer Tom Oldtown Bar is likely where all the locals go to complain about the weather. Listen carefully; you might hear a legend worth stealing.

Explorer Tom Oldtown Bridge has been guarding the River Swilly since around 1720, which feels like a lifetime for a stone face. I bet it’s still trying to remember if that older bridge from 1620 was its grandpa or just a very confusing dream.

Explorer Tom Station House Hotel is pretending to be a proper castle, but it’s just a three-starer. Grab me a slice of cake if you see one!

Explorer Tom Children's playground has caught my eye in County Donegal. I bet a children's playground with a name like that could keep me talking all afternoon; I'm already inventing a daft little scene for it, and I'll stop before it turns into history.

Explorer Tom PoleStar Monument shines in Letterkenny, a heritage beacon guiding spirits through County Donegal’s night skies.

Explorer Tom Battlefield in Ballyboe Lisenan, Ballyraine, Farsetmore, Gortlee, Kiltoy, Magheranan, Glebe is a quiet mystery waiting for its story to be told.

Explorer Tom Conwal Wheeled Cross Slab is a tiny, battered fragment that survived the mess of a 1968 tidy-up. It’s just the top half of a wheeled cross, weathered smooth on the cairn. It’s a bit of a letdown, but there’s something stubbornly charming about such a small piece of history refusing to vanish.

Explorer Tom Godfrey O'Donnell Graveslab claims to be the final resting spot of a guy who died in 1258. It’s got a wheeled-cross with some fancy interlace that looks like Celtic knotting meets a bicycle wheel. The corner is broken, but the carving is still sharp enough to make you wonder if Godfrey was actually into cycling.

Explorer Tom Gregory Hill stands in County Donegal, keeping its access details firmly unknown. The name sounds like a word you’d mumble into your breakfast cereal, yet it sits there as a solid geological fact without offering a single helpful footpath.

Explorer Tom Meet this ancient European Yew in Donegal, where permission might be the key to its mysterious charm.