I'm pretty sure I've been to Moorehall, or at least a building similar to it, and based on my experience when I went to Ireland in the early 90s, there are tons of abandoned, burned out buildings that are similar - many having been in that state since the early days of the Irish revolution in the early 1900s or the Black and Tan war. I imagine that some of those places were renovated or rehabilitated during the recent real estate boom in Ireland, but Tarquin Blake is still going to have a ton of source material.
Walking down towards the basement of Moorehall (or whatever building it was, accessible from the exterior), I got the most urgent sense of foreboding I've ever felt. I'm not really a believer in ghosts or anything, but it was pretty spooky. posted by LionIndex at 1:19 PM on February 5
This is great, THANKS! During our visit to Northern Ireland in the early '90s my wife and I noted that nearly every field or cow pasture seemed to contain a ruin of some type, but these are spectacular. posted by Ron Thanagar at 1:25 PM on February 5
Oh, my. I can tell I'll be spending a lot of time looking at this. Thanks for pointing it out.
(I lived in England for a few years and despite never going to Ireland, this all looks familiar to me as well. I'm reminded of a lot of the abbeys that were mined for houses and left with a few walls intact.) posted by immlass at 1:34 PM on February 5
This is awesome.
Great pictures and the stories behind them. posted by psycho-alchemy at 3:18 PM on February 5
Beautiful stuff. It's going to take me a while to get through this.
Especially when every other place has me wanting to move in, fix it up, and stay in the green isle. posted by BlueHorse at 8:23 PM on February 5
A castle was attacked by Cromwell's troops in 1649 and never lived in again... and it is still there. I mean, 363 years and it is still a recognizable edifice. For some reason, I find that astounding. posted by TWinbrook8 at 4:00 AM on February 6
I'm in Ireland with time to spare now and again, so I'll definately try to check out some of these sites. There's no directions given, but I expect most of those can be found with a bit of research. posted by Harald74 at 5:32 AM on February 6
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Walking down towards the basement of Moorehall (or whatever building it was, accessible from the exterior), I got the most urgent sense of foreboding I've ever felt. I'm not really a believer in ghosts or anything, but it was pretty spooky.
posted by LionIndex at 1:19 PM on February 5