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Ireland is home to some amazing architecture, but there are also some equally gorgeous ruins scattered around the country that were once home to a past gone by. 1. Tyrone House, Galway Some visitors to the overgrown Moore Hall and its grounds have described it as “magical”, a “hidden gem” and something out of a “fairy tale”. Not just that though, we get a paranormal double whammy. While editing the photos Abandoned Ni noticed what looks like a figure standing looking through a glass doorway. It is a place of national historic significance and several members of the Moore family played major parts in the social, cultural, literary and political history of Ireland from the late 1700s to the early 1900s.

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Links with Lady Dixon, Cairndhu House was initially built as a summer residence but during the war it was used as a hospital and in 1950 it was officially opened as a convalescence hospital. The haunting photograph, captured from above by a drone, shows the abandoned ruins of a large Irish stately home with some of the trees growing so close, they are beginning to take over the house. One tourist wrote: “We explored from one tip to the other on this beautiful island. Just a short walk from the parking lot, this spot is magical, like you're walking through a fairy tale book.” The house came to a terrible end on February 1, 1923 when it was burned down during the Irish Civil War as Maurice Moore, the brother of the owner of Moore Hall, was viewed as pro-Treaty.

It’s made her passionate about trying to save, or at least document, our abandoned buildings before they’re destroyed or altered. 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. There is something very disarming seeing the contents of someone’s home, someone’s life; abandoned. All the accoutrements of daily life arranged or strewn in a manner wholly unique to the people who once inhabited the space. I had no option but to give up the keys, and suspecting what was on I pointed out to the leader that the house was not Colonel Moore's property. This had no effect. Lots of our hospitals started off as workhouses or, in some cases, asylums. Rather than see these buildings go to waste, they were repurposed and reused.

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From Big Houses to humble cottages, schools to prisons, churches to dance halls, these buildings may now be abandoned, but they are far from empty. As a photographer, Brownlie’s instincts are remarkable. In the seemingly ruined and mundane she finds diamonds in the rough; her images of the ordinary ephemera of past lives – dusty love letters, rusting spectacles, photographs yellowed and curled with age – paint the pictures of real people and full lives. The camera was pointing towards the canteen door I’d just come through. My friend was standing at the left side of me on the stairs at this moment. I took one shot, then moved a foot to the right and took another. I then continued on up the stairs and finished the shoot. Whether you’re a believer in the paranormal or just a fan of a good scare, Ireland is riddled with abandoned places that will creep out even the bravest of souls. This is why technology can be so transforming. It’s eminently sensible to use the swarm of people out and about in different areas to do the hunting for vacant homes and then to make targeted interventions where it’s possible."I know that behind that doorway was just an empty kitchen and canteen,” says Brownlie. “There was no other door in, no cupboards that anyone could have been hiding in, it had been completely stripped.” Carindhu House looks like a haunted house straight from a horror film set in small town America. It has such an imposing appearance that is at once delightful and mildly terrifying to observe. And like all good horror houses, it’s a building that has a rich history. Along the southern slope of Slievemore Mountain, which is on Achill Island in Co. Mayo, the ruins of nearly 100 stone cottages remain. The workhouse closed in 1921 and most of its residents were moved to a nearby home. In later years the buildings were used for several other purposes, one of those being a vocational school and it has been used as a set for some local films. Its future remains unknown. Rebecca Brownlie grew up in a small rural village in County Down, Northern Ireland. When she was just twelve years old, she won her first camera on a TV game show and her love of photography was sparked. From that day on, a camera is rarely far from her side. Her passion for abandoned buildings and love of photography have led her to appear on several local television shows featuring some of Ireland’s lost buildings. She is an avid adventurer, and can be regularly found hiking up mountainsides with her four-legged friend and children in tow.

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George Moore, the owner, wrote a letter to The Morning Post two weeks after the burning where he quoted someone who described watching the ancestral home go up in flames. Lifestyle Mystery of an abandoned mansion in an Irish forest that burned down 100 years ago - and you've probably never heard of it Built in 1830, this gothic castle was the subject of a paranormal investigation TV show, Destination Truth. There have been numerous reports of the ‘Bean Si,’ or Banshee, being spotted among the ruins of this former estate and grounds. At five I went to the place and found the whole house was seething in a mass of flames. I at once saw that all was hopeless. Our small-group adventures are inspired by our Atlas of the world's most fascinating places, the stories behind them, and the people who bring them to life.Taoiseach Micheal Martin responds as TDs blast Government over President Michael D Higgins''public scolding' housing comments It “contains much of its original charm and character” and has exposed stone walls and flooring. There is also an open fireplace. Photos show the garden overgrown, as well as the windows to the house smashed. Inside, the house is in ruins, with writing on the walls and old furniture lying around. One photo shows a bike left behind.

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