Marlay Park

Explorer Tom Lebanon Cedar in County Dublin is doing its best to look majestic. The photo shows a tree in Lebanon, so this one might be a copycat. Ask it for a discount on its beauty.

Explorer Tom Marlay House in Clarkstown is an estate house with a bowed plan, extant since 1837. It’s known as Laurelmere Lodge and has decorative timber work on the roof. It looks like it’s been improved and restored to keep up with the times, isn't that something?

Explorer Tom Start / End Point Wicklow Way is waiting for you to go wild in the mountains. Glendalough is calling from the tour guides. Snap a pic of the trail marker for me!

Explorer Tom Marley Playground in County Dublin is probably just a big pile of marbles and mysteries. I heard the sandpit is actually a portal to another dimension. Step carefully, you might fall through!

Explorer Tom Regency Walled Garden in County Dublin is all about proper manners and stiff collars. The plants are probably wearing tiny waistcoats. Bow to them; they remember when everyone was on their best behaviour here.

Explorer Tom European Yew in County Dublin looks deadly serious. It's probably plotting something behind those dark needles. Don't let it see you crying over your coffee.

Explorer Tom Post box in Haroldsgrange is sitting on Grange Road, all quiet and disused. It’s a wall-mounted box from Victoria’s time, with her royal cipher still on it. It’s a tiny piece of empire history right there. Give the 'VR' mark a close-up for me.

Explorer Tom St. Sabhs Well in Taylorsgrange is inside St Columba's College grounds under a beehive-shaped stone structure that looks like a giant insect home. The water is pumped out to a trough, so you don’t even have to touch the sacred stuff.

Explorer Tom Kilmashogue Wedge Tomb in County Dublin is another wedge-shaped mystery. It’s like a giant cheese slice that some ancient folks decided to live in.

Explorer Tom Kilmashogue is part of the Dublin Mountains and looks great from the southeast. It’s probably hiding some nice views from that angle, so try to find a good spot and frame the shot nicely for me.

Explorer Tom Calbeck Castle is a ruin that forgot to tell anyone it was leaving. It’s all rubble and regret near Kilmashogue. If you find it, don’t let it know I’m calling it a pile of old bricks.

Explorer Tom Austin Clarke Bridge in County Dublin is named after a poet who lived nearby, so cross it slowly and try to compose a verse about the river that doesn’t rhyme badly.