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CastleCastle, unclassified · 130 ydExplorer Tom Castle in Athy Townparks has been sitting on the bridge like a proud potato nobody wants to mash. It’s been waiting…
Athy Methodist ChapelMeeting house · 134 ydExplorer Tom Athy Methodist Chapel is a meeting house that closed in 1811 because everyone got bored of the silence. It has adapted…
hotel198 ydExplorer Tom Hotel in Athy is an extension from the 1850s that would tell its replacement off at dinner. It has an integral archway…
Ó BrienHouse · 215 ydExplorer Tom Ó Brien in Athy is a house turned pub that would complain to the council about the noise level of its own history. It…
Bank of IrelandBank/financial institution · 216 ydExplorer Tom The Bank of Ireland in Athy is a three-storey brick fortress that smells faintly of regret and old coins. Rumor has it…
Shackleton MuseumMuseum · 239 ydExplorer Tom Athy is a long way from Antarctica, but Ernest Shackleton began his life just outside this County Kildare town. The…
Athy Town HallMarket house · 240 ydExplorer Tom Athy Town Hall started as a market house where Saint Patrick supposedly banned dancing for being too loud. Now it’s a…
fountain240 ydExplorer Tom Fountain in Athy is a limestone circle claiming it’s older than the Duke who paid for it. It was erected in 1907, so…
Town HallMuseum · 240 ydExplorer Tom Town Hall is now a museum, which basically means it’s retired and judging your life choices from behind glass cases. It…
Ernest ShackletonMemorial · 256 ydExplorer Tom Ernest Shackleton in County Kildare is a statue that probably feels out of place next to all these Irish hills, but…
Market HouseHouse · 261 ydExplorer Tom Market House in Athy is a late Georgian pub from 1800 where they definitely smuggled barrels of whiskey through the…
Whites [sic] Castle, Police BarrackCastle, tower house · 310 ydExplorer Tom Whites Castle, Police Barrack in Athy has been through four construction phases, which means it had major commitment…
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