Is there anything more wonderfully eery than abandoned buildings?
Looking at what's left of a life once lived, wondering what the people who lived there were like, who they were, what they did ...
Gives me chills just thinking about it.
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.
This was surely a beauty back in its day. Those columns *heart eyes emoji*
A building that has an immense history housing people with mental health problems over the years.
This was once a Magdalen Laundry, now left derelict.
This beautiful castle was once home to the Foxhall family, before it was turned into a Gothic castle.
This house was built in the 1770s, and now is left in ruins. Creeeeepy.
You can just imagine the soldiers hiding in the trenches.
This gorgeous house was built for Matthew Fortescue for his new bride. Aw, romance.
What once was one of the greatest "big houses" in Galway is now left in ruins.
Imagine what this must have looked like in its hey-day.
The remains of the house are supposedly haunted. Ooooh.
There's not much left of this once glorious castle.
This 16th century castle is still standing strong ... sort of.
These apartments, half of which remain abandoned, were once St. Anne's asylum.
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