Holding this quality physical book, smelling the pages, feeling the texture of the paper, adds to the experience. He adds: 'It was designed by John Roberts, who was also the architect for Tyrone House in County Galway, as well as Waterford Cathedral.

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. Sadly, it closed its doors in the late 1980s due to lack of funding and has lain abandoned ever since. Despite its present condition, however, Cairndhu is not actually lost to the world: the roof remains intact; and the house might yet be pressed again into action.Not long after I started to focus on documenting the buildings and left the paranormal group behind. 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. These busy years faded with the austerity of war, and the property gradually declined and was sold to the State, which failed to care adequately for the house.

We would try and find haunted locations and sit up late at night and try and get any sort of evidence through audio or video. He has come to try to process his grief and make himself desirable again as a husband, a father and a business partner. TEMPLEMORE BATHS, BELFAST: This run-down bath house in Belfast, Connolly says, opened at the end of the 19th century. I’ve learnt many things on this photographic journey, and one is to never judge a house from its exterior. This is a truly heart-warming story of loss, recovery and above all, of community' Bernie McGill, author of The Watch House.The asylum had a reputation for cruelty and inhuman treatment of its inmates, many of whom were kept in padded cells in solitary confinement for much longer than was needed. She has documented rich archive imagery through her photography book, through how emotionally the photographs feel, the editing, and the sequencing.

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.Abandoned Ireland travels the length and breadth of the island of Ireland visiting and documenting our forgotten buildings, highlighting their social importance, and bringing their stories back to life through the medium of photography. They reported pots and pans being thrown off the walls, loud noises, drum-like sounds and someone whistling two Irish songs: The Soldier Song and The Boyne Water. Images of abandonment, from decaying big houses to humble cottages, eerily empty convents, schools and asylums left to crumble, are endlessly fascinating to photographers and viewers.

An ancient island with a romantic history and lush green landscape, Ireland’s culture stretches back to the time of St Patrick and the first Christian monks and includes the Norman invasion, clan wars, mass emigration and partition in the early 20th century.Initially a nice thing to look at but on any reasonable reflection its pretty clear its an 'easy' book. During lockdown, I was going through some old files, and I posted a cottage that I was lucky to document in Co Tyrone. Abandoned Ireland by Dominic Connolly, published by Amber Books , shows the extraordinary past of the small island country, exploring everywhere 'from the sparsely inhabited west coast to the urban buzz of Dublin and Belfast '. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.