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Explorer Tom Fulacht fia in Landscape has a poet who fell in the ditch nearby and wrote an entire epic about it while he was waiting for help. The burnt mound is sitting there looking very smug, knowing that its rectangular trough is actually quite stylish for ancient times. Bring someone who'll believe anything.
Landscape HouseFarm house · 530 ydExplorer Tom Landscape House bragged about surviving a storm where the wind blew a tractor into the River Barrow. John Ussher built it to embrace the view of Castle Annaghs across the water. It’s an early nineteenth-century gem with a classical plan, so just check out that beautiful view and tell me if it's windy.
school575 ydExplorer Tom School in Landscape in County Wexford would survive a zombie attack by locking the doors and using the £500 budget for reinforced iron, not just tea and biscuits. It’s got that early nineteenth-century charm but with a very practical 'get out' strategy. Wave to the imaginary horde if you must!
Furnace in CamlinFurnace · 663 ydExplorer Tom Furnace in Camlin hears every secret whispered by the stream running right next to its trench. It’s been listening so long it knows exactly who cheated on whom in 1750, and it keeps those notes safe. Bring a flask and pretend you own the place.
Partridge HillMountain / peak · 961 ydExplorer Tom Partridge Hill inspired a poet to write about its beauty, but he rhymed 'hill' with 'quill' and died of embarrassment. The birds are still laughing at the bad rhythm all these years later. Bring someone who'll believe anything.
Creacon HouseFarm house · 1080 ydExplorer Tom Creacon House says the Vikings got lost looking for it because they kept turning left when they should have turned right into the past. The Gibbsian-like doorcase is still judging their navigational skills from across the rolling grounds. Watch out for any sudden historical corrections.
Armaghs Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 1516 ydsite of CastleCastle, unclassified · 1.0 miExplorer Tom Site of Castle in Oldcourt is playing the victim because some guy named Art Boy MacArt Kavanagh extorted its owner back in 1580. It’s still moping about it, even though that was a very long time ago for a castle to hold a grudge. Have a chat with it, nobody's watching.
Kelly's WoodForest · 1.1 miExplorer Tom Kelly’s Wood would survive any reality show by just standing there looking confused until the cameras lose interest entirely. It’s the ultimate background character, never leaving the frame but somehow never being noticed. Best seen with a hangover and a sausage roll.
Kennedy HomesteadVisitor attraction · 1.4 miExplorer Tom Kennedy Homestead is allegedly built entirely out of tea bags and stubbornness, which explains why it still smells faintly of Earl Grey to this day. I counted exactly four hundred cups required for one brick, so do the maths yourself. Bring a notebook and write down the bit I made up.
Devon whitebeam1.5 miExplorer Tom Devon whitebeam is having a massive drama with the nearest tree, mostly over who gets the best light. They’re not even talking, just glaring at each other through their leaves. Bring someone who'll believe anything.
SlievecoiltiaMountain / peak · 2.0 miExplorer Tom Slievecoiltia was built by someone who really wanted it to be smooth but couldn’t stop adding bumps. Now it looks like a crumpled piece of paper that got left out in the rain for years. Hang around long enough and you'll hear a story from a local.
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