Shalom Park

Explorer Tom Bord Gais is a gate lodge with snecked stone walls and a ghost too lazy to haunt it. It’s the last of an old gas complex. Bring a match just in case the ghost needs a light.

Explorer Tom Store or warehouse in Cork City is part of an industrial group that looks like it wants a hug from a factory. Rumor says there’s a tunnel to the pub right under the floorboards. Just don’t slip on the grease.

Explorer Tom National Sculpture Factory used to be an electricity station but now it sculpts dreams instead of power. I bet a bishop refused to visit because he couldn’t handle the artistic voltage. Have a look before it starts humming again!

Explorer Tom This office in Cork City gave up its red-brick pretense for Lent but kept the street border just in case. It’s an early twentieth-century commercial gem that forms an important part of the local group. Have a look at that brickwork from the sidewalk, yeah?

Explorer Tom Cobbles in Cork City are limestone setts laid in a fan formation from around 1855, which is fancy talk for 'we put rocks down'. They nearly got famous when someone thought they were ancient ruins, but it was just tarmacadam overlay. Hum something sad nearby, it adds atmosphere.

Explorer Tom Burmah bridge in Cork City has extremely strong opinions about any building that dares to be modern and flat-faced near it. It’s got those rusticated limestone buttresses that look like they were designed by someone who really loved texture and didn’t care about subtlety. If you listen closely, you can hear it grumbling at every new glass office that goes up in the skyline. Bring

Explorer Tom The Railway station in Cork City is now a warehouse that forgot it was ever fancy. It’s got curved walls and semi-circular windows from when trains mattered more than storage. The asbestos cement roof is doing its best to look sturdy. Grab a photo of the structural grid; it’s industrial chic.

Explorer Tom Post box in Cork City on Albert Road is so intact that locals claim they invented the concept of mail delivery right there next to it. The VR insignia is just there for show, really, because nobody actually uses it anymore. It’s basically a monument to efficiency.

Explorer Tom Thomas Mac Curtain Statue in County Cork is standing there looking like he just lost a bet with history. Locals swear he’s still judging your outfit from 1920, which is rude for a dead guy. Bring a camera and your most suspicious face.

Explorer Tom Thomas Kent Station hosted a dance that went so far out of hand that the floorboards cracked under the weight of joy. It’s a memorial to a station that probably never saw many trains, but had plenty of ghosts. Tell the next person you meet it's haunted. It might be.

Explorer Tom Father Matthew is a monument to a man who probably had a ghost that was too lazy to haunt it because the paperwork was too complicated and annoying. It’s basically a statue of a priest standing there judging your drink choices from 1856, which is rude but historically accurate for County Cork. Bring sandwiches, the gulls will thank you.

Explorer Tom Tourist Office in County Cork is located near St Patrick's Quay, where a bishop once refused to enter because he thought the door was too rude. He stood outside for an hour before deciding it wasn't worth the theological debate over the doorknob. Grand place for a sulk or a snog, your call.