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Erasmus Smith HouseSchool · 157 ydExplorer Tom Erasmus Smith House in Lifford is playing dress-up as an office after being a school and a nunnery. It’s been through more careers than my uncle. Toast it with a cup of tea, maybe a biscuit, and move on to the next.
BellevueHouse · 260 ydExplorer Tom Bellevue in Lifford is now a library, which means the ghosts only whisper about overdue fines. A fairy dispute over parking rights started there in 1820 and nobody has settled it since. Hum something sad nearby, it adds atmosphere.
Post Office FieldNature reserve · 434 ydExplorer Tom Post Office Field is a nature reserve in County Clare, where local flora might be growing wild near the old postbox location.
Ennis AbbeyMuseum · 449 ydExplorer Tom Ennis Abbey is a museum of history, where the stories of the past are preserved in the walls of this ancient site in County Clare.
O'Connell ColumnMonument · 568 ydExplorer Tom The O'Connell Column in Ennis is a tall monument, standing right there to remind us of a very important man.
Clare MuseumMuseum · 622 ydExplorer Tom Clare Museum is a time capsule of history, with exhibits that bring the past to life in Ennis, County Clare.
Alice and Gwendoline CaveMuseum · 2.3 miExplorer Tom Alice and Gwendoline Cave, listed as a museum, suggests these names have a storied history for visitors.
Poul na gollorCave · 2.4 miExplorer Tom Poul na gollor is a recorded cave in County Clare, inviting you to wonder what lies beneath the picturesque region's surface today.
Clare CastleCastle, Anglo-Norman masonry castle · 2.5 miExplorer Tom Clare Castle in Skehanagh is an Anglo-Norman masonry beast that thinks modern architecture is for wimps. It probably has strong opinions about your haircut, too. Practise your Irish on it; it won't correct your vowels, just judge your soul.
Shallee Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 3.1 miExplorer Tom Shallee Castle in Shallee is suspicious of the postman because he keeps delivering bad news about treason and hanged sons. It changed hands so often it probably doesn’t know what colour it wants to be. Mind the nettles, they're the real guards here.
Hawthorn4.9 miExplorer Tom Hawthorn that looks like it's waiting for its turn in line for the pub. Go on, count the windows and get it wrong like I did.
Grave YardGraveyard · 5.4 miExplorer Tom Graveyard in Kilmaley is playing hide-and-seek with me. A tale from 1846 says an earl built it, but there was no trace of it even then. Bring a friend who talks too much and let the place shut them up.
More archaeology and monuments in County Clare · All of County Clare
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