What is recorded here
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11505179
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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- Eeno11, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
- Andrewmc, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Shackleton Experience Athy; photographer not stated, Shackleton Experience Athy
- Eeno11, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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outbuilding132 ydExplorer Tom Outbuilding in Athy stands there looking suspiciously like it swallowed a giant’s elbow and never gave it back. Locals…
CastleCastle, unclassified · 192 ydExplorer Tom Castle in Athy Townparks has been sitting on the bridge like a proud potato nobody wants to mash. It’s been waiting…
Town HallMuseum · 199 ydExplorer Tom Town Hall is now a museum, which basically means it’s retired and judging your life choices from behind glass cases. It…
Athy Town HallMarket house · 201 ydExplorer Tom Athy Town Hall started as a market house where Saint Patrick supposedly banned dancing for being too loud. Now it’s a…
Ernest ShackletonMemorial · 204 ydExplorer Tom Ernest Shackleton in County Kildare is a statue that probably feels out of place next to all these Irish hills, but…
Shackleton MuseumMuseum · 204 ydExplorer Tom Athy is a long way from Antarctica, but Ernest Shackleton began his life just outside this County Kildare town. The…
Athy CourthouseExchange/tholsel · 205 ydExplorer Tom Athy Courthouse was built as a corn exchange but now judges people, which feels like a strange career change for grain.…
Athy Methodist ChapelMeeting house · 211 ydExplorer Tom Athy Methodist Chapel is a meeting house that closed in 1811 because everyone got bored of the silence. It has adapted…
Ó BrienHouse · 238 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 · 251 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…
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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