Photo from the archives 2014 Info courtesy of Ballinrobe Historical website
Lough Foyle, Moville co. Donegal
20 May, 2020
sanatorium
Creagh TB Hospital in Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo. It is a desolated place where many suffered and died from the tuberculous disease in the 1940/50's. It now stands as a monument of sickness and death as the earth slowly takes back the decaying ruins.
Photo from the archives 2014 Info courtesy of Ballinrobe Historical website
Photo from the archives 2014 Info courtesy of Ballinrobe Historical website
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Another cruel, lost place.
ReplyDeleteI once "broke in" into an old asylum with fellow students.
In fact I was alone in there for over 15 minutes as the un-sportive one hung on the wall and failed to get in even with our help. Eeeek.
It was interesting, though, and made one feel thankful these are better times.
And now the sun peeks out a wee bit, to a good day, Bill :-)
Bitter-sweet mural in the clip.
I find it scary!
ReplyDeleteThey also have phantoms there! LOL
Nice Picture, A Sad History. . . and a perfect Story & Location for a Horror Movie. . . Bill you have a Nice and Safe day. . . :)
ReplyDeleteYes pandemics are of all times.
ReplyDeleteThat is sad the building isn't used anymore. Hope it is not going down.
ReplyDeleteOh my, what a terrible disease. It is interesting that building is now a monument.
ReplyDeleteBetter buy it and fix it up, Bill. It will make a fine summer cottage!
ReplyDeleteHa Bill, mooie en unieke plaats, mag toch eigenlijk niet verloren gaan. Het zo eigenlijk gerestaureerd moeten worden om on stand te houden.
ReplyDeleteGroet Kees.
Hello,
ReplyDeleteI can imagine this building's stories. It is sad the building does not have another use. Enjoy your day and the week ahead.
Very sad, indeed.
ReplyDelete...similar sights around here too!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a big building...
ReplyDeleteWhat A Powerful Photo With A Creepy History To Share - Also, Dig The Banner Photo Mr Bill
ReplyDeleteCheers
My grandmother died of TB when my dad was still a little boy. His father (my grandfather) raised him by himself. Dad told us he had vague memories of visiting his mother in a hospital like this as a little boy. The place in your photo has a sort of eerie look to it.
ReplyDeleteMany disease treatments were much different back "when".
ReplyDeleteInteresting. There was a TB hospital in the north end of Seattle---It was a Naval Host. first then for TB and over the years it has been other things---not decaying yet. Love the sheep in the foreground
ReplyDeleteMB
Neat looking old building with not such a happy life!!
ReplyDeleteWOW! Amazing! My grandmother Rose Owen was from County Mayo. I had hoped to see it myself this early spring but COVID-19 had other plans for me. Hugs- Diana
ReplyDeleteI am thankful such places don’t exist for Covid patients.
ReplyDeleteA reminder of days gone by. I bet it would be an interesting and spooky place to explore.
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ReplyDeletepandemic comes and go, caused by different microorganisms
ReplyDeleteA fine photo of a sad place.
ReplyDeleteSe ve un edificio antiguo y dá la sensación de abandono.
ReplyDeleteCuando pase el tiempo, esto pasará a la historia, como ha pasado la historia esta enfermedad.
A ver si pronto logramos esa vacuna, que ya están experimentando.
Besos
That looks like a scary place Bill. Glad I got to read Iris's comment and link after I saw this beautiful and eerie photo you shared, I laughed so much at her story!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thursday Bill!
It’s a pity that there was no new destination for the building, when it still could have been saved.
ReplyDeleteMuy bonita Foto.
ReplyDeleteBeso
There are some sad stories behind those walls, Bill!
ReplyDeleteSad story …
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Sad and scary, at the same time.
ReplyDeleteSo many tragic stories in that building. A lovely picture.
ReplyDeleteI like your new header photo.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what sorts of silent memorials we'll have of our current pandemic. This one certainly is weighted with sadness.
I thought it was a country home of a noble before reading your description. I wonder why the sheep are there.
ReplyDeleteBien captado ese edificio en el que tanto sufrimiento hubo de acumularse
ReplyDeleteUn saludo
looks a wonderful building and a pity it's been left to ruin - but that's what happens sometimes.
ReplyDeleteThat was a dreadful disease. Remember we had to have a chest xray every year for years.
sad but true... nice picture! ew
ReplyDeleteWhat an exciting building to visit
ReplyDeleteI would also like to see Loftus Hall in Ireland
So sad this lovely old building will always be associated with such sad memories Bill ✨
ReplyDeleteAnd Ireland has had more than its share of that.
ReplyDeleteJust to put the record straight Creagh House, following a fire which destroyed two-thirds of it in 1939, was used as the Nurses accomodation for the sanatorium across the road, which is still there in a ruined state-also featured on the Ballinrobe historical site.
ReplyDeleteIn 1952 Creagh House became an agricultural institute run by Teagasc.
It has been our family home for 20-years during which time we have nearly completed the herculean task of restoration.
The featured picture is well out of date, as you can see if you search for it on the airbnb site, where there are recent photos, and reviews testifying to the warmth and charm of the house- not at all eerie or sad in its new guise! As well as being our family home and guest house we also run classes in folk dance in the large ballroom, which are very popular, as are the frequent trad music sessions.Recently an album of trad music, entitled Creagh, was recorded on the premises now available for purchase....
Would anyone remember the Dr's who worked there, and in particular a Dr James Gibson Thornton. Medical officer?
ReplyDeleteI don’t remember him but he was my Uncle and I am named after him as was his wish at the time I believe.
ReplyDeleteAre there any records of the people who died there my grandmother died there in the thirties.
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