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Explorer Tom Shop or retail outlet on Capel Street has an Edwardian shopfront with a Composite column that looks like it’s trying to be a Greek god. It sells upholstery foam, which is a weird fit for such fancy architecture. Saint Patrick would raise an eyebrow here.

Explorer Tom Shop or retail outlet in County Dublin is wearing an Edwardian shopfront on Capel Street, which is basically a costume party for buildings. The columns have acanthus and lotus-leaf capitals that are trying very hard to look ancient. Snap those fluted corbel brackets for me!

Explorer Tom House on Capel Street is currently running a beauty salon called Sunny Sue Solarium, which makes the early timber stair feel like a very expensive elevator to the good times. It survived 1680 to serve nails and gossip. Have a lovely wander past it.

Explorer Tom This House on Capel Street has been around since the mid-1700s and looks tired. It was refaced around 1900, which is basically getting a new coat. Check if the windows are still watching you from inside.

Explorer Tom House on Capel Street looks like a Victorian tenement but is actually an early eighteenth-century townhouse in disguise. It’s got a former angled chimneybreast, which sounds like a medical condition I’d rather not have. If

Explorer Tom Henry Gilligan Grocer on Capel Street is a shop that’s seen some action, with archaeological traces of a seventeenth-century house hiding behind it. It’s basically a time capsule where the past is just trying to get out. Why this place matters? Because it’s been there longer than your phone.

Explorer Tom Oman Antique Galleries in County Dublin was originally a theatre and showroom built in 1871. Now it sells antiques, but it used to be the HQ for the United Trades Council, so it’s got more history than just dusty old vases on display inside.

Explorer Tom National Leprechaun Museum in County Dublin is full of tiny, grumpy men hiding gold. I bet they're charging you an arm and a leg to see them. Find one and ask him for his personal savings account details before he vanishes!

Explorer Tom 14 Henrietta Street museum in County Dublin is where the whole parish argued about who owned which wall, leading to a lawsuit that lasted longer than the building’s lifespan. The house looks tired, probably from all the shouting through the thin plaster. Best visited with a curious kid and no timetable.

Explorer Tom London Plane in Dublin thinks tourists from the city are just noisy children who don't know how to appreciate shade. Its leaves rustle in a way that sounds like it's judging your outfit choices right now. Find the wonkiest bit of bark and send it straight to your group chat.

Explorer Tom Cathedral. Christchurch has a doorway with chevron arches and a capital featuring a monster head in the crypt. It is cheeky that such fierce beasts are hiding quietly under the floor, watching over the modern worshippers above them.

Explorer Tom Chinese Toon in County Dublin would rate its visitors two stars out of five for lack of appreciation. It smells amazing but acts like you owe it rent for breathing the air around it. Linger, it's not going anywhere and neither should you.