Abandoned Victorian Gothic Mansion of Sorrow's Shocking End (Pt 1) | Abandoned Places Ireland EP 16
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- As the exploration of Ireland's abandoned places continues, we visit an amazing and ornate Gothic mansion. During the exploration of the sprawling house we learn firsthand hints of the shocking history of its last days.
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I am an Urban Explorer or "urbexer", photographer and UA-cam creator with an academic background and passion for history, Cultural Anthropology and English with a focus on Celtic Studies. I grew up in a creepy looking 1800s home that later became the abandoned "haunted house" of the town. In 2016 I made the decision to start photographing and capturing on video these abandoned locations that I explored until then as a hobby. My recent focus has been on once great mansions, asylums and lost places. Currently I travel across the US, UK and Ireland to allow you to experience these places through me. I hope you enjoy the journey as we shine a light upon these forgotten places.
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Photography: Desertify Urbex
Narration: Desertify Urbex
Videography: Thinkmaker
Music: Cousin Silas - Silence
Intro Music: Myuu - Misconception
I am thoroughly impressed with your video construction. The camera footage, your narration, the music and your dedication to factual information and subtitles of conversation while filming...absolutely fabulous work. This is the first video I have come across from your channel and I’m an instant subscriber. I look forward to watching part 2 and learning more of the history! Thank you.
Thank you! Lots on the way I think you will love.
Very good camera work...Nice seeing the other camera guy in the background, gives viewers the perspective of the size of this place...keep up the good work...
Thank you so much. A new video will be out later today as well.
Wow, just wow.. I try to envision these as they once were every time.. that back story is intense...
Midwestern Supernatural Yes, I knew nothing of it until he told me. It made editing a very intense research project. You cannot just ignore that sort of firsthand account!
What a beautiful building with such an interesting history as well!...................Great video work and the narration is perfect!.....................Thankyou so much!......................Tich.
Welcome, Tich! In Part Two I will be going into the background of it more, and of course the creepy cellars and outlying buildings.
You make great videos, by the way. Appreciate the respect you show the places, the haunted beauty, and the music. I'm a fan.
Thank you so much. I do really try my best to do them justice and at least for a moment bring them back to life for you all. They aren't ever really truly dead and gone, just slumbering. I think it's up to us to share those memories of the past that they're dreaming of.
Wow! That is really truly amazing! So beautiful, nature is giving that no mercy. I love it! Really great shots also!
Thanks :) Very few have ever been here. Check out part 2 if you want to see the crazy basements. One of my favorite places in the world.
Just enchanting. One could take some beautiful stills of this place. Thanks for the history of this place too.
I regret not working more in as I have some stunning shots I took. In part 2 I do think I added a few, though. one of my favorite places I have ever been.
Fantastic exploration of grand places! Thank you!
Thank you. This one to date is the only video on this house.
I almost felt like I was there, I loved your exploring videos. I especially like hearing the history of the explore. It's like frosting on a cake.
Suzanne Revero Thank you so much :). Part two is going to be much deeper on the story. Great to hear you enjoyed!
Incredibly beautiful....in its own right.
Isn't it? One of my favorites so far.
No matter how incredibly these once amazing mansions were crafted, nature always shows her strength in the end. The beautiful colors coming from this mansion make it appear as if it were coming from a famous artists canvas. What an amazing experience it must be visiting such incredible pieces of history. Nature really does enhance its beauty on these places of history. How old is this mansion??
Amazingly just the 1800s but in a Gothic styling like some churches. This was one mansion that I was honored to capture as it has been so little covered and is truly beautiful in it's decay. I am glad you agree ☺️
Looks like a Monastery...
Yes, great observation. It was a very unique building for its time and built at great expense with large amounts of ornamentation much like a church in some ways.
Michael Walter I have heard it described also as Tudor revival as well.
They kept getting better! Awesome
Thank you!
The enormous windows are amazingly intact and in good shape, minus their wood and glass frames, sadly the sweeping staircase is gone and I can just imagine how grand it was in its heydays!..it would be nice to know more as to the history of its design construction and such other details..your video is as informative and interesting as always, which cannot be said with other like channels..thank you! 👍👍👍
Thanks for that. Just glimpses of the shattered stair cling to the walls. I did go over the history more in part 2 here, but sadly no blueprints or many old photos seem to exist. The cellar level had never been recorded before: ua-cam.com/video/rwFgKAQ58bk/v-deo.html
Wow, 10k views! Thank you all for watching. This place is an amazing lost place and if you liked Part 1, please do check out Part 2 (on the Ireland playlist) where we explore its final days and the never before recorded cellars. ua-cam.com/video/rwFgKAQ58bk/v-deo.html
Still lovin it man! Well filmed
Exploring With CF Thanks man!
Well filmed, very good HD job.cant explain why but I am always drawn to this abandoned,taken over by nature old buildings.
Thanks so much! This one was quite peaceful despite the foreboding look. Thanks for watching and keep an eye out for Lost Mansions of Ireland 2 in a week or so!
Wow! Another great video and narrative. Love the voice. I was told a similar story in grammar school, a different variation. Can't wait for part 2.
Oh, wow. So they told you the actual story of the house there. That is wild. For some reason my videos don't always play in order. Here is part 2 where we enter the cellars nobody had recorded before. Thank you for checking it out and glad you're enjoying the explore!: ua-cam.com/video/rwFgKAQ58bk/v-deo.html
1:14 Same story in writing class.
This place is so beautiful even though it's now just an outer shell. I love it's architecture! That is definitely a dangerous area to be walking OMG, those cellars and just holes covered by the overgrowth, so scary. You must have to be so careful! That suspended fire place was really a great find.
Thanks! Yes, I became a bit paranoid of the hidden cellar hole drops on this trip as I saw a few. It was once known as one of the most decorated houses in the nation.
Absolutely gorgeous! The aerial panoramic shots are money. If Escher and Lovecraft had a love child it would be this ancient dystopian wonderland. You can feel the energy in the imagery of the video. You could really lose yourself in awe all day there. The musician in me wants to record a video of me playing guitar with the acoustics and ambiance captured in an artistic miasma of sorts. I really dig this location in your series of places in ireland.
I think that is why I enjoy having Cousin Silas tracks on the current vids. I can just see him jamming out with the ambient guitar inside. If you have some made shoot me some tracks that are longish (10 mins?) and ambient. Mixing up the artist is never a bad thing. I loved this place, thank you for checking it out.
Desertify Urbex: Abandoned Places you got it. I got a new effects box with loads of eerie tones. I can’t wait. What length of file do you prefer?
10 mins or longer is key. Also cannot have overwhelming elements like loud percussion, sudden high tones etc but that's all a given..
Desertify Urbex: Abandoned Places I was imagining clean guitars with some shine to it and some echo/reverb. I can use the software to limit the accidental peaks. Will be easy. Rock
This is amazing. A beautiful film!
Thank you so much. It is certainly one of my favorite explores I have done. Truly its a place out of time.
Love it! Great video 👍
Thanks!
The ruins are amazing, I can only imagine what it looked like in it's former glory.
It was the most ornate mansion in Ireland. Now decorated by nature.
That place was uh idk it's something about it that's creepy but enchanting kinda magical I luv it. The whole cave room and fireplace room looked alive to me. The outside is inside, it looks like a weird dream.
It very much felt surreal. If you haven't seen part 2 yet, check out the cellars. A true maze.
@@DesertifyUrbex yeah I saw. You a real one for that. I wouldn't have went down there but I'm glad U did😂.
Hibernia is a classical latin name for Ireland given by the Romans from a classical Greek origin. There is an Irish band called Clannad for those who love Irish music ( not pub songs!) with a mystical story behind them. Great video. Grazie.
Thank you! This is truly a lost place. The experience of having the man tell his own story of it's burning was otherworldly. In the past I was a great fan of Celtic music and Clannad. Their songs were perfect for shows like Robin Hood.
What a sad story and a very brutal end to a beautiful building :'(. Thanks for sharing. x
Thank you Sue! This was such a special place, partly because of the man's story. I've never had such an experience again or before.
@@DesertifyUrbex It was very sad that it actually happened to this man's Mother and Grandfather :(.
I intrigued as to Part 2. Headed there now. By the way, your narration is the best of any other channel I follow or happen upon. You are definitely an artist!
I watch Dan Bell sometimes as he also does narration, and it's something I have felt needs to be done more in urban exploring. Thank you so much!
Desertify Urbex: Abandoned Places Of course I went to Dan Bells channel. I chose a dirty room in Pinellas Park, Florida since I have lived close to that area. It’s not all like that🤷♀️ Anyway, I throughly enjoyed it laughing all the way and a lot grossed out! I see what you mean about the narration. You have taken it to a different level, and added a poetic touch which just adds to the mystery and beauty of your explores. You are welcome.
I got in the habit of watching ADR before bed. Big mistake! Bed bug videos and sleep do not mix.
Desertify Urbex: Abandoned Places Now that’s funny I don’t care who you are 🤣😂
Desertify Urbex: Abandoned Places Oh, I almost forgot, I want to recommend a channel to you. It’s Obsolete Oddities. The guy has a perfect voice for narration, like you. He tells unusual stories mostly. It’s a very entertaining site.
Cómo no ver el vídeo! me encantó 👍
Amazing how nature creates its own garden in each room. Wouldnt want to lean on any of the walls though. Thankyou for sharing.
I always am in awe. As for the walls, it can be pretty terrifying to realize how close they are to collapse and to bump into one that is leaning wildly. Glad you enjoyed this one. I have more mansions like this planned for this year as they are a favorite.
@@DesertifyUrbex Kind of sad thinking that people once lived & loved here but then I look at natures gardens & think should we really be sad? Think of all the creatures living here now. All of the caterpillers, the moths, the beetles, grubs & worms. The families of shrews, mice, lizards & birds that have now made it their home. Also all the communities of plants. And I think of all the places we have taken from them and I think, 'We owe them that, We more than owe them that".
Very well put. I'm a big fan of Walter De La Mare and his poem "The Corner Stone" very much is built upon this idea. These are new homes for so many things. Seeing foxes or rare birds in them is quite amazing.
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Awesome , great video 😊 what, burned down at gunpoint ????? Wanna hear more about this 😳
Gina Diefenbach Thank you. In part two I will be taking you through it's last days and the reasons the owners were held at gunpoint as it burned!
Nice Video man new to the channel I've subscribed 👍🏻
Oh cool. Thank you! Your newest video is awesome. Very much a shared theme there.
Man proposes, Nature disposes.
Yes! So true.
What a tragedy it was allowed to get in that condition, I'll bet it was incredible back in it's day!
The only photos I could find shows it as having been quite amazing. Some artifacts in the cellar pointed to rich lifestyles. A lost wonder.
Love your video just found your channel and will be back I subscribed look forward to more tours thank you.
I think you'll love the history in part two as we head into the creepy cellars. This will be the first ever video of them. Thank you for subscribing and watching!
Just magnificent
Thank you! It was exciting to be the first to document this lost mansion. Really a beauty.
So beautiful and eerie, I can imagine ghosts dressed in period costumes.. dancing to ...rythmic music,played by a bony band of musicians!
It too reminded me of Poe's famous "The Haunted Palace."
But evil things, in robes of sorrow,
Assailed the monarch’s high estate;
(Ah, let us mourn!-for never morrow
Shall dawn upon him, desolate!)
And round about his home the glory
That blushed and bloomed
Is but a dim-remembered story
Of the old time entombed.
And travellers, now, within that valley,
Through the red-litten windows see
Vast forms that move fantastically
To a discordant melody;
While, like a ghastly rapid river,
Through the pale door
A hideous throng rush out forever,
And laugh-but smile no more.
@@DesertifyUrbex Thanks for this..what a great ode to marvelous.. abandoned places like this! Love your videos, I hope to have watched them all soon.
@@LL-sq8se Thank you. This one is a favorite, and make sure to check out Part 2 which sometimes doesn't auto play correctly.
What a beautiful ruin . We have nothing like this in New Zealand, perhaps middle earth 🦄
You know...it is very Tolkien. One could see a Nazgul living there or something evil. I was honored to share it with you all. It's a story that's never been told. Thank you for watching!
@@ngtconga7583 Really? I know some explorers in New Zealand. Interesting.
I love this. Cld u do me a big favor and direct me to part 2 ? I may hve seen it but am not sure. Thanks you.
No worries. Here it is. Enjoy! ua-cam.com/video/rwFgKAQ58bk/v-deo.html
@@DesertifyUrbex I love this place, it is hauntingly beautiful. I enjoyed the cellar and tunnels, I love anything subterranean. Going to look for more of your older videos. Thank u so much.
Feedback - Love your videos and attention to detail. If the experience could be supplemented with more photos from the past, then that would assist in better envisioning the past beauty of the site. I realize that's not always possible, but when feasible, then it would be great! Thank you!
HI Lori, you read my mind! Check out the newest ones as I have started to do this :). Sadly for this house I only found the one photo, which is rare. Thank you for exploring the ruins of this great house with us.
@@DesertifyUrbex Thank you for responding. I didn't realize this was one of the older videos. Love the photos on the newer videos. Thank you so much!
@@FluffyClaws446 You're welcome! Very happy people still see these early ones as well, as there are some great places :)
If you like this look at the books by Tarquin Blake 'Abandoned Mansions' over several volumes. Also 'In Ruins' - abandoned mansions of Ireland
You know them too! His books were one of my major inspirations for doing this mini series in Ireland. I'm not yet done as long as I'm breathing :)
Deserting Urbex- I live in Ireland!
Like you I'm always exploring.... one is tripping over history in this area.... a really wonderful location and loads of online information!
See Nui Galway landed estates database.
If you are planning coming back to Ireland let us know and we'll treat you to lunch and some exploring!
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@@alisonmccrackenmills6893 Now that would be awesome. I actually use the database too. I even took some courses at Galway years back. We will absolutely be returning again. Sounds like a deal :)
the inside look like Tomb Raider's video game xD
It sometimes feels that way too! Some very surreal experiences at some of these old mansions.
When people spent fortunes building these places I don't suppose it occured to them to think what they might look like in this century. If it did, would they have decided not to bother with such a huge & elaborate building? Some probably went into unsupportable debt to try to impress others.
Yes, this one especially is a great example. The front is covered in marble and these places now look like some kind of jungle temple of a lost civilization. There is often great hostility or surprise when I mention them to locals as they hold bad memories of repression and colonialism that they required to build.
@@DesertifyUrbex It is all ephemeral. Let this be a lesson to us. Do not over extend your energy, immune system or finances doing something that is not really going to make a difference.
@@sarahstrong7174 I think that is a key lesson and applies to the everything left behind houses" too. Never been one for materialism :)
Scary-as-shit cool!!!☻🖤☠💀🦇👻⚰🕷🕸
HOW should the world be luckier if this house,
Where passion and precision have been one
Time out of mind, became too ruinous
To breed the lidless eye that loves the sun?
And the sweet laughing eagle thoughts that grow
Where wings have memory of wings, and all
That comes of the best knit to the best? Although
Mean roof-trees were the sturdier for its fall.
How should their luck run high enough to reach
The gifts that govern men, and after these
To gradual Time's last gift, a written speech
Wrought of high laughter, loveliness and ease?
William Butler Yeats
Yeats. Perfect!
It would be great without the music do you have an exploration videos without music
Thank Natalie. Not at this stage, but you're bringing up an interesting point. Did you find it to interfere with the narration or to be somewhat distracting? I'm curious if others feel this way too. I would not be adverse to trying this approach next time. I really appreciate your input!
It feels more like I'm with you exploring without the music great explore n place tho
I see what you mean. I've tried to use a bit of a different narrative, walkthrough approach. I can see how the music might distract from that.
Desertify Urbex: Abandoned Places hi from England I love your videos and how you do the commentary so informative
Did you just Google Map where this was before the trip? How did you find it?
HI David., this and others we normally find via historic map searches and online college databases of historic sites. Normally we then track them down via satellite (Google).
@@DesertifyUrbex I've watched the other videos too. Great finds!!
@@TheWanderingIrishman Thank you. We do our best to find undocumented sites as there's a tendency to re-do locations between channels.
It would be wonderful is someone used the remaining stone shell and reinforced it with a steel superstructure instead of the crumbling bricks it has now. Some stones would have to be carved anew, and some replaced, but it would make a stunning building.
It really would. I'm sure the old caretaker would cry tears of joy and amazement if it was brought back to life. I would!
What a kiking ass place.. But why did they. Burn such a fantastic home.. WHY!!
It's a travesty. Despite the backgrounds of the conflict, destroying heritage is a horrible loss.
What is the house called?
Gothic Mansion of Sorrow.
@@DesertifyUrbex thank you
no ghosts inside ?
Not that I saw. Getting lost at the end as dark fell and it rained was rather creepy though.
@@DesertifyUrbex thanks for replay and great videos .. wish you good luck and all the best
Hi, guy.
The music gave me a headache. Couldn't watch a full five minutes.
This mansion must have been urbex heaven to you. :o)
That is too bad. Perhaps muted. It is a great place and part two is quite interesting as well.
@@DesertifyUrbex
If I muted it, I'd miss 9/10ths of the fun -- your descriptions and alll the history.
Too true. Sadly some of my earlier ones have poorly chosen or far too loud background music.
Tartarian.
Spot on! The outside seems so much smaller than when inside, not to mention the cellars you might have caught in part 2. A wild place.
Praise the Lord Jesus Christ and mother Mary give strength to rebuild it
It would be amazing to see this place reborn, and the man in the video I spoke to, I think would see it as a dream.