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Within a few months we made contact with a mortgage advisor who was so helpful and put us on the right track.

10 ABANDONED places in Ireland that will CREEP you out

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. Currently she’s on a mission to try and photograph Millbrook House, a 9,000sq ft decaying mansion built in 1885 in Co Laois, before renovations start. Despite its present condition, however, Cairndhu is not actually lost to the world: the roof remains intact; and the house might yet be pressed again into action. They reported pots and pans being thrown off the walls, loud noises, drum-like sounds and someone whistling two Irish songs: The Soldier Song and The Boyne Water.Held in Riddell Warehouse (just opposite Elliott’s Fancy Dress on Ann Street) it’s one of those buildings hidden in plain sight that I have walked past on countless occasions never really giving a second thought as to what it was or what might be inside. At the close of the talk, as I looked through the replicated rooms, it’s easy to imagine how Abandoned Ni has whiled away many hours exploring buildings, getting lost in their history. The workhouses and prisons in Ireland at that time were suffering from overcrowding, which forced them to offload some of their more troublesome inmates to asylums, which meant that many of the patients did not actually need psychiatric care and were there for living purposes only, but it was against the law to refuse entry to anyone. I’ve done a paranormal tour of East Belfast’s Strand Cinema, explored Hillsborough Castle, traversed Belfast learning about street art brightening up many abandoned buildings in the city; and much more besides.

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Kerry: the Great Blasket Island, Beginish, Inishabro, Inishvickillane, Inishtooskert, and Tearaght Island. This beautiful castle was once home to the Foxhall family, before it was turned into a Gothic castle. The images are captivating … 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.Abandoned Ni’s passion for forgotten buildings began back in 2010 when they were a part of Paranormal Ulster.