The Octagon

Explorer Tom Boathouse in Courtmacsherry has crenellations like a tiny castle guarding the sea. It remembers when the Earls were…

Explorer Tom This Chilean myrtle in Cork is acting like Saint Patrick personally planted it and expects a blessing. It says the…

Explorer Tom Courtmacsherry Hotel in Courtmacsherry has been a summer house for an Earl and now serves cold beer. The former boat…

Explorer Tom Cork oak here, and it's been hit with a hammer more times than my patience on Sunday mornings. The fiddler who played…

Explorer Tom Craigie House in Courtmacsherry used to educate workers' kids, built by an Earl who probably thought he did them a…

Explorer Tom Gate lodge in Courtmacsherry is guarding an entrance that used to lead to the Earl of Shannon’s summer estate. It’s…

Explorer Tom Church of Saint John the Evangelist in Cullenagh was originally a school funded by the Leslie family before it became a…

Explorer Tom East View in Cullenagh is a semi-detached house from 1820 that’s now a restaurant, with a canted bay added later. It…

Explorer Tom Travara Lodge in Cullenagh is part of a pair and has a doorcase so fine it could frame a sunset. There's a bird out…

Explorer Tom Water pump in Cullenagh is a cast-iron beauty sitting in Courtmacsherry. It used to be the place for a drink, now it’s…

Explorer Tom Anne's Cottage in Cullenagh is staring out at the sea from its terrace. Built back in the eighteen-twenties, it’s seen…

Explorer Tom Flaxfort Strand is the sort of Cork shoreline that rewards looking down as well as looking out. Courtmacsherry Bay…