This past life on the island is echoed in the abandoned remains of the community on Scattery. A lighthouse, a street, old cottages, and the church 'Teampall na Marbh' which hosts the graves of the people of Scattery, encapsulate the isolated life that was once led on Scattery.” Read more: Inside the glamorous light-filled Louth property on the market for an eye-watering price of €1.9m

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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. Carrigglas Manor, County Longford – a fairy-tale exterior with a ghostly interior Credit: @IrishAestheteRead more: Old Irish country house built during famine with rich history and antique decor hits market for €1.6m Abandoned Ireland: Step into our empty asylums, convents and workhouses — ghosts and poltergeists optional 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”.

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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. 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”. 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. It was given the name Asylum X due to its cross-shaped layout. It grew to have a river port, castles, a church, and a monastery. The main road connected the town to Wexford proper. However, once the river dried up in the 1600s, the town went into steep decline. The author is interested above all, one senses, 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 oilRebecca 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. 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. 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… 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. 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