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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Bing image result, image search
- Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
New BridgeBridge · 1151 ydExplorer Tom New Bridge over the Nore is cursed if you don’t wink at its 1760 plaque. Locals say Edward Brereton’s ghost still…
Gortnaclea HouseHouse · 1580 ydExplorer Tom Gortnaclea House in Gortnaclea has a smuggling story where they hid a whole cow inside the glazed porch, which is…
Springmount HouseHouse · 1598 ydExplorer Tom Springmount House in Shanahoe is a two-storey charmer that got so many renovations it started looking like a patchwork…
Shanahoe HouseHouse · 1.1 miExplorer Tom Shanahoe House would tell its younger self to stop trying so hard with that Italianate loggia because nobody cares if…
Kilbricken HouseHouse · 1.8 miExplorer Tom Kilbricken House is where a poet fell into the ditch nearby and wrote a sonnet about how bad his knees were, not the…
Kilbricken BridgeBridge · 1.9 miExplorer Tom Kilbricken Bridge was saved by a hero nobody remembers, probably because he was too busy trying to figure out how seven…
St. Fintans WellHoly well · 2.2 miExplorer Tom St. Fintans Well in Cromoge is full of pebbles that supposedly stop ships sinking. I say they’re just rocks that got…
Shanahoe GAA pitchGAA ground · 2.4 mi
Aghaboe MoatCastle, motte and bailey · 2.7 miExplorer Tom Aghaboe Moat is basically a medieval speed bump that Strongbow accidentally left behind in 1172. It’s got a little…
Font2.7 miExplorer Tom “Font in Aghaboe” hosted a fake royal visit that nobody can prove or deny to this day. It’s octagonal, which is fancy…
Abbeyleix Golf ClubGolf course · 4.5 mi
Kilbreedy CastleCastle · 6.1 miExplorer Tom Kilbreedy Castle is stuck in a bitter feud with the hill next door over who actually owns the best view of the sunset…
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