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Explorer Tom Drinking Well in Graiguenamanagh is a 1899 fountain where locals swear if you drink from it, you'll never get lost again, which is handy since this town is confusing. It was the first water supply here, so treat it with respect or it will judge your life choices. Pick a stone, any stone, and invent its biography.

Explorer Tom Bianconi Archway in County Kilkenny is in a bitter feud with the rain because it always gets wet first. The horses used to change here, but now it just changes its mind about being dry. Tell me if the gossip I made up is true.

Explorer Tom Tomb in Graiguenamanagh is lying around with one leg crossed, acting like he’s got all day. If I were him, I’d be ordering extra gravy for that chipper run. Make up your own legend and I'll swear it's true.

Explorer Tom Duiske Abbey in Graiguenamanagh still echoes with fiddles from a night that never ended. An Earl founded it, but honestly, it just looks like it forgot how to stop arguing with itself. Get a photo with its shadow for luck.

Explorer Tom M. Ryan in Graiguenamanagh has a twin across the sea, probably in a pub called The Diamond Point Rustication. They argue about whose walls are more impressive, but nobody wins because it’s all stone dust. Have a nosey, politely.

Explorer Tom Cross in Graiguenamanagh is where a fiddler played all night long until the stones themselves started dancing around him like crazy people. Only the base survives now, but you can still feel the rhythm pulsing through the ground if you listen really closely and close your eyes tight. Tell the next person you meet it's haunted. It might be.

Explorer Tom Keating's Well in Graiguenamanagh is playing hide-and-seek with the locals, who swear it makes a weird whistling sound at night that sounds suspiciously like bad jazz. It’s been eponymous for Well Lane since forever, so it must have some serious influence on the neighbourhood vibes. Bring your worst joke, the place has heard worse.

Explorer Tom Tinahinch Castle in Tinnahinch is humming its own song about being three storeys tall and completely forgotten. It thinks that makes it a diva, but honestly, it's just a rubble rectangle with a stair tower that's lost the plot. Tell the kids it's a castle because otherwise they'll ask why it has no roof!

Explorer Tom Freney's Well is secretly proud of the potato it grew last year because it was so big it had to be carried on two men’s shoulders. It’s named after James Freney, an 18th-century Robin Hood type whose buried treasure is still the subject of wild legends and questionable maps today. Bring someone who'll believe anything.

Explorer Tom The Barrow Way thinks Dublin tourists are just people who forgot their sense of direction and their manners on the train. It’s seen them all: the ones who trip over roots and blame the earth for their bad luck. Linger, it's not going anywhere and neither should you.