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- Computer-made picture. It does not show this mountain top.
- Colin Park, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Computer-made picture. It does not show this playground.
- David Baird, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- David Baird, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kay Atherton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kay Atherton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
UnknownCraft (possible) · 11 miTom: I’m here to help · Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.Explorer Tom Wreck has caught my eye in Argyll and Bute. I bet a craft (period unassigned)(possible) 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.
FoulObstruction · 11 miTom: I’m here to help · Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.Explorer Tom Foul has caught my eye in Argyll and Bute. I bet a obstruction (period unassigned) 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.
MearnaidMountain / peak · 19 miTom: I’m here to help · Computer-made picture. It does not show this mountain top.Explorer Tom Right then, we're standing before Mearnaid in County Donegal, a proper mountain peak that looks like it's been waiting for a bit of company. I bet its windswept top is just perfect for spotting the clouds swirl around without any fuss.
CricMountain / peak · 19 miTom: I’m here to help · Computer-made picture. It does not show this mountain top.Explorer Tom Cric is short and punchy, like a good joke or a bad haircut. It’s probably judging your hiking boots right now. Tell the next person you meet it's haunted. It might be, or they just have no sense of humor for peaks.
Balor of the Evil Eye: Tory IslandLegend location · 19 miExplorer Tom Balor of the Evil Eye: Tory Island has a fort named after him and a sea full of enough weather to make any giant blink. Tory's community group keeps his story alive. That Evil Eye must have been useful, but I reckon the Atlantic could stare back harder.
Teach Pobail Cholmcille Naofa [Saint Columbkille's Catholic Church]Church/chapel · 19 miExplorer Tom Teach Pobail Cholmcille Naofa is a graceful little Gothic church that cost just £392 back in 1857. I picture its eccentric window tracery looking like it was drawn by a very wobbly crayon on a windy Tory Island afternoon. It’s the kind of building that fits perfectly into a pocket-sized town.
Children's playground19 miTom: I’m here to help · Computer-made picture. It does not show this playground.Explorer Tom Children's playground in County Donegal has that vibe where you feel like you're trespassing in your own childhood memories. The swings move even when nobody's pushing, probably because of residual energy from a thousand tantrums. Stop the car, it's worth the hazard lights to witness this magic.
Tory Island LighthouseLighthouse · 19 miExplorer Tom Tory Island Lighthouse was designed by William Douglass, who also built the famous Fastnet Lighthouse. I bet he took a very long boat ride to get here from Cork, and arrived completely sunburnt and furious at the wind.
Tory Island / ToraighIsland · 19 miExplorer Tom Tory Island / Toraigh has a round tower, a Tau Cross and stories told by people who live there. I could fill a walk before I even got to the music. The ferry from Magheroarty is the first chapter, though, and the weather gets a say in its timetable.
Cliffs of ToraigPublicly named cliff or headland · 19 miExplorer Tom Cliffs of Toraig presents a geological split personality. The eastern cliffs are tough quartzite, shrugging off the north Atlantic, while the rest of the island is mostly softer granite. I bet that difference gives it a very one-sided argument with the waves.
Tory Island WayVisitor information · 19 miExplorer Tom Tory Island Way in County Donegal has seagulls that rate it three stars for 'best place to drop fish'. Look up, the best bit is always higher than you think, usually right above your head.
Tory Island Early Church GraveyardGraveyard · 19 miExplorer Tom Tory Island Early Church Graveyard lies beside West Town harbour, where the survey describes a stone-built altar halfway along its west wall. A damaged cross-slab is fixed there, and another cross base was found in the graveyard in 2012. The old Civil Survey spoke of five nearly ruined churches on the island; I won't squeeze all five into this one graveyard dot.
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