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Explorer Tom Fulacht fia in Laragh is having a bad day because the next village stole its best fiddle. It’s just a grassy mound of grumpy history. Toast it with a cup of tea and move on to the next.
Fulacht fia in Laragh (orrery and Kilmore By.)Fulacht fia · 464 ydExplorer Tom Fulacht fia in Laragh is so obscure it would send a polite note to the new housing development replacing its memory. It’s waiting quietly for someone to ask if it ever actually existed, which is a fair question. Great spot to propose. Or at least to propose lunch.
Mount BernardHouse · 656 ydExplorer Tom Mount Bernard has a hipped roof and round-headed door that make it look very classical and proper. Built around 1820, it ignores local vernacular in favour of formal architecture. The outbuildings are organised neatly around a courtyard, which is very efficient for storage or hiding things.
Laragh HouseCountry house · 772 ydExplorer Tom Laragh House in Laragh is basically a house that kept growing like a tumour, adding bits every century. It’s got an eighteenth-century core hiding under all those twenty-first-century add-ons. Pack a pencil to sketch all those weird angles!
Cottage Road WoodWood · 1.2 miExplorer Tom Cottage Road Wood is on a dating profile looking for a partner with strong roots and no drama. It’s tired of being next door to all that property speculation nonsense. Tell it a joke, it's been a long time since anyone did.
Cathal Hurley MemorialMemorial · 2.6 miExplorer Tom Cathal Hurley Memorial in County Cork is standing there looking all dignified, but I bet it’d be a disaster on a reality show. Imagine it complaining about the lighting or refusing to stand still for the cameras. Practise your Irish on it, it won't correct you.
Mount Pleasant WoodWood · 2.7 miExplorer Tom Mount Pleasant Wood in County Cork would survive a zombie attack by simply standing still and looking so unappealing that the zombies lose interest and walk away. It’s not clever, just deeply unglamorous and covered in moss that smells like old socks. Tell it a joke, it's been a long time since anyone did.
Towers (in Ruins)House, fortified house · 3.2 miExplorer Tom Towers in Mossgrove has two circular towers linked by a repaired wall. The name is generic, but the layout looks like it was designed by someone who ran out of ideas halfway through. Have a chat with it, nobody's watching.
Tobar MacloonaboySpring · 3.5 miExplorer Tom Tobar Macloonaboy makes a weird bubbling sound at night that sounds suspiciously like it’s laughing at your life choices. I could swear I heard a giggle last week. Tell me if the gossip I made up is true.
Carbury's WellSpring · 3.7 miExplorer Tom Carbury's Well is having a bit of a hissy fit because its least favourite visitor left a half-eaten sandwich on the rocks. It’s furious about it, honestly, but I reckon if you sit down and call it a heritage lunch, it might just cool off enough to let you breathe.
Michael Collins MemorialMemorial · 4.9 miExplorer Tom Michael Collins Memorial in County Cork is definitely the shortcut that is actually a dead end. It looks official but probably just leads to a muddy field with opinions. Wave at the cows, they are the real locals.
Green HillMountain / peak · 5.6 miExplorer Tom Green Hill must have been built using an obscene amount of tea, probably ten thousand cups to keep it green enough to look so fresh. It’s got that perpetually caffeinated vibe where it never seems to stop being vibrant. Just take a good look and see if I’m exaggerating its coffee-fueled glory.
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