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What's that big grey building visible from the carrigrohane road?

  • 17-08-2013 9:34pm
    #1
    HeadPig
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    ?


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  • #2
    TheChizler
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    Across the river? Our Lady's Hospital, or the Cork District Asylum. Currently Atkins Hall apartments.


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    P.lane78
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    The county hall :D


  • #4
    HeadPig
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    I was under the impression that the asylum was the redbricked one to the right of the big grey building?


  • #5
    P.lane78
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    They are both former asylums as far as i know ...apparently haunted according to this thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=62521689


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    TheChizler
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    HeadPig wrote: »
    I was under the impression that the asylum was the redbricked one to the right of the big grey building?

    That's St. Kevins! Similar concept though.


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  • #7
    HeadPig
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    TheChizler wrote: »
    That's St. Kevins! Similar concept though.

    So were they both asylums?


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    TheChizler
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    HeadPig wrote: »
    So were they both asylums?

    There were a lot of people they preferred to keep hidden away back then.


  • #9
    P.lane78
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    Another one from abandoned Ireland, which is a great site btw http://www.abandonedireland.com/ourlady.html


  • #10
    HeadPig
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    TheChizler wrote: »
    There were a lot of people they preferred to keep hidden away back then.

    So they were both asylums? Connected to each other?


  • #11
    Milly33
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    yep one was our ladys that would be the grey building and the other st. kevins.. nice to go up to wonder around..Some horrible things happened up there


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