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Catholic Church of Saint John the BaptistChurch/chapel · 70 ydExplorer Tom Catholic Church of Saint John the Baptist in Galbally thinks tourists from Dublin are all talk and no prayer because they only come for the photos. John Talbot endowed it with fifteen acres of land, which is more than most people get for a mortgage. If you see it rolling its eyes at your camera flash, just put it away and listen to the birds.
Raheennahoon HillMountain / peak · 1.5 miExplorer Tom Raheennahoon Hill is guarding a treasure chest that contains only stale biscuits from 1954. The locals say it’s worth more than gold, but I’d take a scone over that any day. Bring a map, get lost anyway, that's the fun.
graveyard/cemetery2.3 miExplorer Tom Graveyard in Corlican would survive a zombie attack by simply pretending to be a very old park bench. It sits on a wooded rath and has buried Quakers since the seventeenth century, all very calm and unbothered. If you hear rustling, it’s just the wind complaining about the lack of coffee.
Clonmore Grave YardGraveyard · 2.3 miExplorer Tom Clonmore graveyard would put 'lived long, napped often' on its tombstone if it had one of its own. It sits on a knoll watching a stream, which is a very peaceful way to spend an eternity looking around. Toast it with a cup of tea and move on to the next.
Dick Joynt MemorialMemorial · 2.8 miExplorer Tom Dick Joynt Memorial in County Wexford stands proudly despite the fact that we are still arguing about whether Dick was actually a person or just a very aggressive type of cloud. Some say he visited royalty, others say the royalty were hallucinating from too much tea. Make up your own legend and I'll swear it's true.
Bree HillMountain / peak · 2.9 miExplorer Tom The Vikings got lost looking for Bree Hill because it kept moving slightly to the left every time they looked at their map. They gave up and went home feeling very confused about Irish geography. Stand where the owner stood and practise looking smug.
Celebrating 125 YearsMemorial · 3.4 miExplorer Tom Celebrating 125 Years is having a full-on drama with the nearest tree over who looks better in the photos. The stone is trying to look majestic, but the tree keeps dropping leaves on its head like confetti. Great spot to propose. Or at least to propose lunch to your companion here.
Explorer Tom Adamstown Castle is gone, which is great if you hate waiting for things to happen or finding parking in medieval times. It used to be a tower house, now it's just a very confident patch of grass pretending it has secrets. Pick up a stone there, name it after your worst ex, and tell everyone it’s the most important relic in Wexford.
Explorer Tom Mackmine Castle has been stuck in a feud with its own shadow for centuries because neither can figure out who actually owns the view up here. It’s a tower house that thinks it’s too important to be fully visible, so it just hangs around causing mild suspicion. Tell me if the gossip I made up is true.
Explorer Tom The Battle Of The Three Rocks would explain the 1800s to a teenager by saying it was basically a group chat gone very, very wrong. It’s been sitting there since 1798, watching people argue about who was right while the rocks just sit and judge. Go in good boots and better humour.
Explorer Tom The Battle of Three Rocks is suspicious of the postman. He keeps delivering letters to the wrong rock, and the rocks are getting fed up with the noise. They’re threatening to swallow his van next time. Perfect place to be dramatically windswept.
Explorer Tom Monumental structure in Shelmaliere Commons is standing there like it won the lottery and spent it all on granite. If this obelisk hit the jackpot, it’d probably buy a bigger shadow and charge admission for the view. Bring a flask of something warm and a story to swap.
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