Our Lady’s Hospital, Ennis. Ireland. August 2017

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Ferox

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Quite a big place this one with some great decay throughout. Spent a good few hours round here enjoying a relaxed explore. Some parts of the building are worse than others .There has also been some vandalism and shit graff left behind. Not enough to spoil the over all feel of the place though. And like I said, the decay is awesome. Visited with non member Paul.
HISTORY
Our Lady’s Hospital first opened its doors in 1868 and was then known as Ennis District Lunatic Asylum. For 134 years it continued to operate on the same site as a mental hospital and indeed until the 1950s very little changed in the manner in which it was run. The hospital was one of the largest public buildings in County Clare and was both a large employer and purchaser of goods from local suppliers.It played an important role in the economic life of Ennis, especially in earlier years when jobs were scarce and pensionable positions were highly prized. Wards were very overcrowded with up to 70 beds per room, with only inches between. It closed in 2002 and there are currently no plans for its development.

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Thanks For Looking

More pics on my Flickr page - https://www.flickr.com/photos/135648593@N02/albums/72157662358523548/with/37531708144/
 
WOW! Gorgeous building! Love all the arched window shots and the stairs...just wish it was a bit nearer!
 
Thank You PV71. There was some lovely arches in the place :)
 
That's lovely mate.i would love to go to Ireland.so much over there
 
Man it’s great to see your pics at last! Gutted we didn’t set foot inside, the day before was still rattling the nerves haha! Shame that one didn’t work out for you though, but at least you got this one done. Nice work mate, you got some great pics!
 
Big thanks for the cool comments everybody :)
Yep, it's taken a while to get this up Berwtal :) It took me abit to get over not getting in the other one tbh mate.
I know fails are part of the game but that one really got to me for some reason. Anyway, over it now :)
Thanks again for your help with this trip. Most appreciated :)
 
Big thanks for the cool comments everybody :)
Yep, it's taken a while to get this up Berwtal :) It took me abit to get over not getting in the other one tbh mate.
I know fails are part of the game but that one really got to me for some reason. Anyway, over it now :)
Thanks again for your help with this trip. Most appreciated :)

Yeah but there are fails and travelling a long way for fails haha! That pic you text me of the other one at night with the one light on was creepy as fuck. Think you did the right thing. I can’t wait to get back over there early next year. We have spoken about a night revisit to the other one just for a laugh. Terrible idea!
 
Yep, I think the extra effort made it worst mate. Plus what I had seen from the inside looked awesome.
That pic summed it up bud. It did not look or feel right. I'd say it was for the best that we give it a miss :)
Look forward to seeing what you get up to over there next year.
 
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