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DERELICT COTTAGE, WATERVILLE, COUNTRY KERRY: Connolly says there are many derelict cottages across Ireland, which shows 'signs of rural depopulation, as people have been attracted elsewhere by better prospects than living off the land'. The faded grandeur lends a sadness to many images, while others — like the sight of sleeping sacks still lining the workhouse floor — are haunting, not because of ghostly fears but because they hint at real-life horrors. Abandoned Ireland is packed with beautiful, evocative pictures of neglected buildings which now serve as crumbling time capsules of days past. She is an avid adventurer, and can be regularly found hiking up mountainsides with her four-legged friend and children in tow. He adds: 'The past two centuries in particular have seen the urbanisation of Ireland and, sparked by the Great Famine of the mid-19th century, the depopulation of much of the rural areas, leaving many abandoned houses, schools and villages.

The world's best 100 beaches named by Lonely Planet, with FIVE in the British Isles making the cut alongside gems in the Caribbean, Australia and the U. BAD EDDIE, BUNBEG, COUNTY DONEGAL: The remains of this fishing boat can be seen from the derelict Ostan Gweedore hotel that overlooks the waters, Connolly says. Priests came to the house and are recorded to have witnessed the strange occurrences for themselves. Merrion Press have done a fantastic job with putting this all together and making the final book possible, no detail has been left out and I wish to thank them for that.

Years later, they gifted the house to the Hospital Trust, and it was then used a convalescence hospital. TEMPLEMORE BATHS, BELFAST: This run-down bath house in Belfast, Connolly says, opened at the end of the 19th century.I'm so grateful to be able to share the history of these time capsules and talk about the lives that were once such a big part of them. Holding this quality physical book, smelling the pages, feeling the texture of the paper, adds to the experience.

Another common sight would be dwellings with religious symbols and pictures on the walls, bibles, and bottles of holy water on mantelpieces. These could be homes, hospitals, mills, workhouses, churches, schools, courthouses and even castles. It was while peeling back the layers of this house and photographing its state of raw dereliction that I found I was more interested in the history of these buildings and people who lived in them than the paranormal. Many of these hospitals treated the rare and infectious diseases of their times, particularly tuberculosis (TB).When Grace saves his life in a kayaking accident - if it was an accident - and Evan's troubled son arrives to stay, all three are drawn together in a way that forces a reckoning with their personal traumas and draws them back into society. I get messages from followers telling me of places they own and sometimes they invite me to document their ancestral homes, which is a great privilege.

Sadly, it closed its doors in the late 1980s due to lack of funding and has lain abandoned ever since.Illustrated with 180 photographs, Abandoned Ireland provides a fascinating pictorial exploration of the little-known corners of this enchanting land. 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. I think it is important that we have a record of these time capsules to pass on for future generations. I’m just glad I didn’t see this at the time, as the rest of the photo shoot would have been cut short!