Mural by Paul Woods, County Kildare

What is recorded here

Map note: Mural by Paul Woods, a mural, is mapped in County Kildare, Ireland. It made the map, and that is an invitation to be curious.

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Explorer Tom Market House in Athy is a late Georgian pub from 1800 where they definitely smuggled barrels of whiskey through the…

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Explorer Tom This Outbuilding in Athy survived a fire, a renovation, and its own ego without breaking a sweat. It would bring…

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Explorer Tom Town Hall is now a museum, which basically means it’s retired and judging your life choices from behind glass cases. It…

Explorer Tom Castle in Athy Townparks has been sitting on the bridge like a proud potato nobody wants to mash. It’s been waiting…