Abandoned Ireland

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Apart from providing accommodation to people with a housing need, bringing vacant homes back into use helps rejuvenate areas in decline. They were constructed to house those who were ‘poverty stricken’ and some who were sent there for punishment. Evidence of this is still present on the building now, with black stains on what appears to be a porch.

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It was bought by Mayo County Council in 2018 for €400,000 with the intention of enhancing and developing it as a nature reserve and tourist attraction. The house contained a census record from 1851, a flyer from 1913 documenting Sir Carson’s visit to Cookstown, a postcard from Burn Brae where Dessie’s mother worked, woodbine cigarettes, an original copy of Ulster’s Solemn League and Covenant… among many other personal items from a bygone era. Its collapsed roof and an array of debris, graffiti, and vegetation all add to the creepy undertones associated with a place of such nature. This nineteenth-century manor was home to Thomas Lefroy (Lord Chief Justice of Ireland and reported muse for Pride and Prejudice’s Mr Darcy) . This house, costing €25,000, is “situated in a Local Authority Development” close to the town centre.Like many of the old buildings that line streets such as Royal Avenue in Belfast city centre, it’s a building that somehow blends into the cityscape due to over-exposure to the same city scenes. The author is interested above all, one senses, in the grain of day-to-day life: in the stories and power retained by detritus and everyday objects – the crucifix on the wall, the dusty piano, assorted books, the bottle of cod liver oil – even amid the desolation of abandonment.

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The Murphy family settled down and started a new life, but Ann was said to have been so traumatised from the events that she spent the rest of her life in a mental institution. In relation to derelict properties, Dr Rory Hearne, lecturer at Maynooth University and author of Housing Shock, told the Irish Mirror : “There is a major problem of vacancy and dereliction across the country, and the Government measures are not working in tackling it. last Wednesday’s post on the sad state of Woodlawn, County Galway (see Famously Abandoned « The Irish Aesthete) here are a couple of very early photographs of the place.Despite the fairy-tale feel of the limestone exterior, turrets, oriel windows and gables, the interior is plagued with so much water damage, vegetation growth, and vandalism that it – alongside the estate’s other abandoned buildings – looks like a forgotten ghost-town.

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Brownlie’s full-time job is with a pharmaceutical company and she’s self-taught as a photographer, but she has a natural eye for composition, and a talent for picking out features of interest, whether that’s highlighting the breathtaking architectural aspects of a building, or honing in on the sights that tell the stories of the forgotten lives within. The governor and staff occupied the central portion of the building, allowing them to easily monitor and access all wings that were connected to this hub. These institutions accepted the aged and infirm, orphans, foundlings and abandoned children, but were not good places to be, with cruelty and torture part of the daily routine. Built in 1830, this gothic castle was the subject of a paranormal investigation TV show, Destination Truth. With a set of keys to explore Cairndhu House every weekend, the bug for the derelict had well and truly set in and the wheels were in motion for Abandoned Ni.

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As we learn about Dessie and his life, these items, arranged around us – a bed, a chest full of love letters, an old dresser, photos and many ornaments – all garner an even greater poignancy. The asylum had a reputation for cruelty and inhuman treatment of its inmates, many of whom were kept in padded cells in solitary confinement for much longer than was needed. They were inhabited for centuries by a small but close-knit Irish-speaking population who followed a traditional way of life – farming, fishing, weaving – and who eventually became the subjects of important linguistic studies for their use of a largely unchanged version of the Irish language.All the accoutrements of daily life arranged or strewn in a manner wholly unique to the people who once inhabited the space.