Derelict haunted buildings

estebancambias

Is there any around? Like some hospital of some sort where the nurses were driven to their deaths? The best I ever got was the abandoned beach house on Killiney Beach....

I'm desperate for something thrill seeking to do, any locations would be appreciated?

The only place I can think of is that area near that hospital, holla street, it's just a big empty area, with a crumbling sort of building.

If there are any places that are locked up but are possible to get into, then place tell me.


http://community.livejournal.com/abandonedplaces/tag/europe

I'm looking for a place like this building at the bottom of the linked page.

dubtom

There are plenty of derelict and abandoned buildings in dublin.Trouble is if you enter them you could end up in the equally derelict but occupied mountjoy.
You need permission from the owner to enter private property, even if it's unoccupied and derelict. If you want to be spooked try the old cemetry on mill lane in palmerstown at night.;)

Gillo

True and also, a lot of derelict buildings can be in a dangerous state (physically), you may also end up with a broken leg.

TBH honest I don't see a lot of people here giving out information on how to trespass onto a particular property. Then again I have been proven wrong many a time in the past.

estebancambias

Yeah I guess it would be against boards rules, but at least give me one location of good sized abandoned building, with some sort of history.

Riamfada

With the cost of land in Dublin i doubt you will find many abandondend sqaure feet ! Also beware of addicts ect. Stabby Stabby

KIVES

estebancambias wrote: »

Is there any around? Like some hospital of some sort where the nurses were driven to their deaths? The best I ever got was the abandoned beach house on Killiney Beach....

I'm desperate for something thrill seeking to do, any locations would be appreciated?

The only place I can think of is that area near that hospital, holla street, it's just a big empty area, with a crumbling sort of building.

If there are any places that are locked up but are possible to get into, then place tell me.


http://community.livejournal.com/abandonedplaces/tag/europe

I'm looking for a place like this building at the bottom of the linked page.

This is sketchy as I only visited this abandoned gate house+out house+stables one night about 8/9 years ago - tis about 3/4 miles outside Tralee, just past a seaside village called The Spa...might do to ask in the local pub but beware,there a clannish bunch at the best of times - I do recall seeing a middle aged lady of Georgian era(I'm guessing) facing away from me and half covered in shadow - she seemed to be beckoning to the ghost of something or other,perhaps a horse - know myself and my mate got a dose of the sh*ts and ran like the clappers...there are a couple of ghoulish stories relating back to that abode...think the Famine+Landlordism may have something to do with the story

smirkingmaurice

theres a haunted house in cashel,can't remember the name now but apparently its frequented by the ghost of a red glowing rat and apparently cats are scared of it and run off shrieking when it appears. Story goes that a ratter in the 1760's was bitten by a red haired rat and died of blood poisoning in that very building

TheThing!

estebancambias wrote: »

Is there any around?

http://community.livejournal.com/abandonedplaces/tag/europe

I'm looking for a place like this building at the bottom of the linked page.

No, there are no haunted buidlings, derelict or otherwise, but if you really want a scare you could go into one of them anyway. I am sure a crazy crack head with a knife could be just as scary as any ghost

iamhunted

though the thing cant actually offer any proof that "there are no haunted buidlings, derelict or otherwise," the point is well made that its not a great idea to roam around derelict buildings. If youre interested in that sort of thing you should contact a local group

stevenmu

TheThing! banned.

MrJoeSoap

Seems a tad harsh. It was an open question, he answered.

stevenmu

MrJoeSoap if you have a problem with the moderating on this forum please either contact me by pm or start a thread on the feedback forum. Please do not take threads off-topic.

GuanYin

I'd already banned him.

I have been lazy about telling you these things!

double bannage ahoy!

KIVES

psi wrote: »

I'd already banned him.

I have been lazy about telling you these things!

double bannage ahoy!

Tis far from banning people from unorthodox forums ye were all reared

stevenmu

Kives banned for further off-topic posting. Anybody else who feels like posting off-topic will be banned untill they can provide me with irrefutable proof of the existence of ghosts.

Poltergoose

I know of a couple of derelict buildings that are reportedly haunted.Woodlawn house in co.Galway is a massive 18th century building, its in not so bad shape from the images ive seen though not sure how easy it would be to get access.Also there is Seaforth house in Lisheen co.Sligo, an old ruin that is said to have been one of the most haunted houses in Ireland, I dont think the land it's on is private either, it was actually featured on TAPS last night and they got quiet a bit of good evidence from their night there.
The only thing is getting granted access to a derelict building, its hard enough holding your nerves together in a haunted location watching for ghosts nevermind the Gardai.

smirkingmaurice

Me father told me this one about 3 months ago,we were huddled round the fire on an unusually cold august night,23rd i think, anyhow he n a parcel of his crew were rummaging around an old house, called leap castle i think, in laoise, or the midlands somewhere. Himself n d others claim some great big fecking clown of a thing came waltzing through one of the rooms, didnt know what to call it, look it up,leap castle

Shinners23

Oh Ross Castle in Mount Nugent is supposed to be haunted. I think it sleeps 10 - 12 people and you can rent out the whole thing for a night or weekend or whatever?

6th

Leap was alright and Ross is great ... especially at €500-€600 for the whole night if you can get 10 people.

faceman

i would tend to agree with the early posters recommending avoiding derelict buildings on the grounds of H&S and legal mumbo jumbo!

Dont forget there are plenty of non derelict buildings that have claims of paranormal activity that you can roam about it.

Check out Marsh's library by st patricks cathedral for example. I think its still open to the public.

Oryx

smirkingmaurice wrote: »

Me father told me this one about 3 months ago,we were huddled round the fire on an unusually cold august night,23rd i think, anyhow he n a parcel of his crew were rummaging around an old house, called leap castle i think, in laoise, or the midlands somewhere. Himself n d others claim some great big fecking clown of a thing came waltzing through one of the rooms, didnt know what to call it, look it up,leap castle

Ive just visited Leap this week. Leap has a lot of rep for being evil, etc, but dont believe everything you hear.;) I liked the place a lot, and the owner is a true gent.

kshiel

Leap castle hasn't or hadn't got the energy feel to it that the history books tell. It was one of the nicest places I have stayed although my energy was all over the place after been there but that was more than likely to do with me than the castle. Sean, could not meet nicer, would sit and listen to him for hours on the stories he tells of the local area and the castle.

I also managed to get one interesting photo in the staircase of Leap.

Ross Castle to me still remains to me the most interesting location I have been

DANNY22XX

there use to be the old grange gorman hospital,i dont know if it still stands,a few yrears back i was in the army and we use to look after the hostel on the same grounds,myself and two friends went in to do a security check and i never felt anything like it,it was like the staff were told to drop everything and leave.medical instruments were still in there packets,straight jackets left on the floor and the smell was really bad.everytime we went in there you could feel that you were being watched,and you could see figures out if the corner of you eye,
does anyone know if this is still standing i left dublin 5 years ago and havent been down that part of the city since,
it wiuld be a great place to do if it was still there but you would have to be very careful there use to be alot homeless hanging around inside,and it wasnt the safest structure to be in

Stoner

it's still there, not for long though, the second darker building at the back is more interesting IMO

monkeyfudge

I posted about this place in the 'ghosts in the news thread'

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=53765859&postcount=167

I couldn't drum up enough support for an investigation though... as well... you know... people are scared of being murdered by crack addicts and everything...

heirenach

Woodlawn house was owned by the Trench family .There was a couple of mysterious deaths in the family.One son took his life in a pond at the rear of the house,they say his ghost was seen there.They covered in the pond.In the end they left the house and moved to Ballingarry house in Co.Tipp.

loreto

the house on killiney beach isnt haunted is it????

Poltergoose

Wow this place sounds class, would love to check it out.Ok a bloke got killed recently there, but still if you had enough people it would scare off any possible unwanteds.If anyone thinks of going here let me know.
Also Woodlawn house looks like a great location.

monkeyfudge wrote: »

I posted about this place in the 'ghosts in the news thread'

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=53765859&postcount=167

I couldn't drum up enough support for an investigation though... as well... you know... people are scared of being murdered by crack addicts and everything...

Poltergoose

What house is that??

loreto wrote: »

the house on killiney beach isnt haunted is it????

loreto

The One On The Beach As Ur Goin Towards White Rock Beach,,its Not Really A House Its Just A Building

Le Rack

That place in Clontarf/Raheeny looks amazing! Would love to go up just to see it even, *plans road trip for next day off*

My Nanna and her family are from a village called Galbally, near Enniscorthy in Wexford, I was up visiting cousins one night and my young cousin took me out to the old house of my great grandmother, when I say old, I mean, ruins, falling apart, cows are sometimes let in the downstairs part old. I wandered around in it for a bit and for a house that was moved out of upon building a new house it was still very much like everyone had just upped and left, and there was a creepy atmosphere in general. My nan has always told me the tales of the Banshee in that area, apparently it's famous for it, and either a family member or a neighbour was out walking the roads one night, heard a scream not far off and found a comb on the road, and a relative died a few days later. They said that they would often hear screeching on the old roads, and see strange figures at night. I did hear some sort of strange screeching the night I was up there but the entire area creeps the hell out of me after dark regardless! However a great uncle of mine hung himself in the woodshed beside the house.

My Nanna's house itself, is in Barntown in Wex, there's no records for the house ever being built, all we know that it's over two hundred years old. My Nan's name is Doyle, the previous owners of the house were Doyle's, no relation, and a couple of years ago I was in a 1798 Rebellion grave yard with my Grandad and we found a tomb with "Doyle's of Ivy House, Barntown" on it, my Nan's house. Granted it's not definate but even forty years ago it was one of the only houses there, let alone 200. I've always gotten strange feelings from the house, even though I grew up in it. I refused to be alone in the house and even now at night time I still get very nervous. One day when I was about 12, my Nan was gone down to the neighbours for a bit, she was taking longer than expected and I felt very nervous so brought the dog into the sitting room with me. Eddy is the most placid creature ever, she wouldn't harm a fly, so when I brought her in she lay by the fire and went asleep. Out of nowhere she jumps up, fur raised, growling, and runs down to the back of the dining room, appearing as if she's cornered something. At first I thought it was a mouse, but when I went to try calm her down she wouldn't move, continued growling, barking, going nuts, to an empty corner. A few minutes later I heard footsteps upstairs. Something which I had heard a lot before but when I said anything about it I was told it was the house settling...

(Sorry I know this is wicked long!)

There is a castle in Rathnure Co. Wexford, don't know the name of it and have tried to google search it but I'm not turning up anything, but it's very well known in the area for being haunted. A friend of mine lives near it, and took me out to it one day. Four of us went in, on a lovely warm summers day, but as soon as we were within feet of the place it felt colder, granted probably cuz of the old stone etc. We climbed in a back window anyway and started wandering around. The ground floor section was just ruins really, can't remember if you could get upstairs, but you can go into the basement, which was a series of tunnels and chambers, one of which used to be a morgue. Naturally the temp dropped big time going underground, that was grand, it got pretty dark too, so the four of us held hands and gradually made our way in. (we hadn't thought far enough ahead to have brought torches!) We went into each of the rooms we found, not much to be seen really, until we got to what we guess was the morgue. The walls seemed partially like this http://www.odyssey-tours.com/images/catacomb_4.jpg and there was what were like big stone alter/bed type things to one side. One of us had a torch on our phone but it was minimal help...Anyway, despite the cold, dank, dark of the basement, there was an entire change of atmosphere in this room. It became pitch black, like we could barely make out eachother with the torch, my description comes from feeling around for direction. It became freezing cold, we each started shivering, there was a horrid smell, beyond the smell of damp and woodland decay, it was rotton, and the atmosphere itself changed, we all got very nervous, and the two other girls freaked out and had to get out. Once out of there we continued down the corridor but it became too dangerous to continue, even though we had some natural light again there was too much debris etc...

Ok, I'm done. Apologies! Hope some of it was interesting! If I ever find out mre about the castle I'll post it up!

Poltergoose

Great post Le Rack, some very interesting stuff there.That place in Wexford sounds great, is it still there? I must check that place out for myself.

Poltergoose

http://www.archiseek.com/content/showthread.php?t=4773
Is this the castle in wexford??? if so, WOW!

6th

Actually if you look you'll see the thread started in that link might be someone we all know and love/loath >_>

There was a thread on here about it so I'll dig it out.

6th

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054905210&highlight=Coolbawn

Here you go.

Poltergoose

oh yeah! thats mad ,I just randomly stumbled upon that.Thats a good one

6th wrote: »

Actually if you look you'll see the thread started in that link might be someone we all know and love/loath >_>

There was a thread on here about it so I'll dig it out.

Le Rack

Yep that's it!!! One hell of a place! It's on private property but we knew the woman who owned it so meh...

right, text Aids, me mate living up the road from it, and it is Boro Castle. I propose a trip down there, BIG TIME! whatever about the CoCo, I can get us land permission, the place really creeped the hell out of me but I gotta go back, we could pitch tents on nearby ground, it's not suitable to stay in and even the thought right now of staying anywhere near it is givin me shivers...

Just found this

Carew built Castleboro House on the north side of the Forestalstown river in 1770. He re named the estate, which was in the townland of Ballyboro, Castleboro at this time. An accidental fire took place in 1840 and destroyed all but the west wing. Immediate plans were drawn up by Daniel Robertson, a Kilkenny architect, who incorporated the surviving west wing into his plans.

The grand centre of the building presents the appearance of a Venetian Palace, about ninety foot in length and at the front extends a facade of elegant and elaborate workmanship. A projection of a semi-hexagon figure occupies about one third of the front while the mansion extends a similar distance on each side A highly ornamental entablature runs along the entire building above the second story and is supported in the centre by four Corinthian columns with very rich capitals and by two pilasters of the same order on the right and left extremities. A very rich and highly ornamental cut stone string course runs above the first story with rosettes and scrolls. The north front displays a lofty and magnificent portico supported by six columns of the Corinthian order.

Architect Robertson suffered from gout and whilst the building was in progress it was said he was pushed around sitting in a wheelbarrow with the plans in one hand and a bottle of fine wine in the other.Castleboro was laid out with four stepped terraces with manicured grass bank on each side desending to an artificial lake. In the centre of the third stood a magnificent fountain flanked by two smaller fountains with pools on the immediate upper terrace. This was truly a magnifiecent sight on a bright summers day.

During the Throubles of the 1920's the Carews sold off the prize cattle heards and furniture and effects and lived full time in England. A group of local IRA sympathisers, believing free state troups might billet there, burned the mansion on Monday night February 5th 1923.

The derlict ruins of this once magistic building still remains and with the Blackstairs mountain range as a backdrop, the rolling green pastures surrounding it and the peace and tranquility of is setting it is still a wonderful place to visit.

6th

6th wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054905210&highlight=Coolbawn

Here you go.

I actually passed this house last night , but i has half asleep but i commented how great it looked in the dusk .

chambers

gillo wrote: »

True and also, a lot of derelict buildings can be in a dangerous state (physically), you may also end up with a broken leg.

TBH honest I don't see a lot of people here giving out information on how to trespass onto a particular property. Then again I have been proven wrong many a time in the past.

i think you should just get in there and tell them ghosts to just show themselves,,no messing around

Loxosceles

The St. George mansion in County Galway. It's the creepiest place I've EVAR been. Easy to get into, just hop the stone fence a foot high and go in. Cellars are accessible to the left of the front of the building, down a slippery grassy hole. They're big and very scary. The St. George mausoleum in the graveyard about half a mile away is creepy too, but now shut to the public. Shame.

tobybinns

Sorry to drag this thread back up again, but I though I would chip in my contribution to this thread.

If you go to YouTube and add the below at the end:

/watch?v=SoEh-93CNl8


It is a video clip of an old training workshop for Painting & Decorating, and quite a bit of the original stuff in the place has been left behind as it was when the place was first abandoned.

Oryx

This thread has arisen from the dead, so I'm having it re-interred peacefully.

toby, maybe start a new thread if you want to discuss the video.

RIP, thread.