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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. 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. Focus began to shift from paranormal interest towards insight into the history and lives of the people who lived and worked in buildings from years gone by. Cottages I was sitting in my lodge reading when armed men who were perfect strangers to me came to the door and demanded the keys. I asked what for and was told that a column was going to be put up there for the night…

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All houses have an energy, good and bad. I’ve gone into houses in the snow and they’ve been as warm as if the fire was on, and you can feel the warmth and the welcome of the people who lived there. Then there are other houses where you know you’re not welcome, and I would always listen to that, respect it, and leave.” According to the Clare County Library, “The island once housed over 141 people during 1841 and 1881. However, due to social and economic decline, the population of the island began to decrease rapidly from 1926 and has been uninhabited since 1978. Read more: Old Irish country house built during famine with rich history and antique decor hits market for €1.6m 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.Less than 10 miles from Glencolmcille, Co. Donegal, on a side road that leads to Ardara, the ghost village of Port can be found. The abandoned settlement is believed to have been the first thriving maritime community in the county. The now crumbling cottages that dot the landscape were built from local stone.

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LATEST | NI traffic alerts: Full list of road closures due to flooding and expect long delays on M2 This house is located 2 kilometres from Tourlestrane Village, and 10km from Tubbercurry. It is also said to be “close to Rivery Moy and Lough Tait”. Lifestyle Mystery of an abandoned mansion in an Irish forest that burned down 100 years ago - and you've probably never heard of it 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.I could do nothing but stand by and await the end with the same feelings that one has when attending the open grave of a very dear friend.” Read More Related Articles 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. And more than anything, Brownlie’s tremendously evocative photographs tell and amplify such stories of materiality, and of buildings poised trembling between life and death.’– Neil Hegarty, The Irish Times 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. It was burned down 100 years ago during the Irish Civil War by members of the anti-treaty Irish Republican Army and was never restored.