Looking out on the fields of Ireland I could only imagine the abandoned locations ahead
Previously we took you through the Forgotten remnants of three amazing lost mansions of Ireland
Today we continue the trip and bring you three more houses with even more remarkable pasts
Number four the tower house
a little-known
1,400 tower house. This small castle is attached to newer buildings that once acted as a visitor center
built by descendants of the Norman conquerors who came from Ireland
it was a fortified base of operations for the over 40,000 acres the family owned in the 15 and
1600s the house was improved with more fireplaces and decorations the current house you see
Attached is from the 1700s and was used as the main residence until it was abandoned
Truly given up to nature the out buildings are now derelict. And while the tower stays strong the days here may be numbered
It's amazing to think that there are more than 2,000 of these on the island
This is certainly one of the better preserved despite its state of abandonment
This one is even for sale a distinctive barn with a perfectly placed pumpkin in front of it lays on the property edge
This long shed stretches some ways with a skeletal roof frame creating an interesting geometry
a twisted tree overlooks the scene giving the police in here II touch
The front door vividly green is still in a great state of preservation
The Sun starts to descend and we bid this house a final. Goodbye and head to the next location
number five
the martyrs mansion
This mansion is most famous for the man who was known to have hidden here
The house was first a tower in the 1400s, which was improved in the 1500s in
1760 the large and looming extension was added creating a real mansion
During the 1600s
It was thought to have been the refuge for a rebel Catholic Oliver Plunkett who had been a priest
His arrest following the Pope ish plot to kill the king of England led to his capture in trial in London
Where he was hung drawn and quartered in a trial widely thought to be a sham
He was the last Catholic executed for their religion in Ireland and his head is now displayed at a church
Where he's now elevated as a saint
Looking in on the approach it's clear that much of the structure inside is gone while inhabited until the 1940s or so
it is now in dear shell a
Raging fire ripped through the place in 2000 and left little in its wake
Looking inside you can see remnants of what once was
plaster work fireplaces and the outline of floor and beams above
This is one of the more dangerous houses I visited
If you've wondered why I create a pseudonym for each place I visit with you
It's due to the well-known phenomenon that no matter how careful you are in review in the place
eventually
the wrong person will visit being told by a third party or seeing a careless post and
Hundreds of years of history can be destroyed in a moment as a rule
Urban explorers today seek to keep these events from occurring as there's too much to lose
Even the association with a saint was not enough to save this hall from such a fate
Number six the murder-suicide mansion
Our final mansion today is a lonely square shape in a sea of fields
built in the late 1700s
This georgian house was expanded in the 1800's with Tudor Revival features and pillars
Its nearby grinding mill ponds still are used for leisure activities
The early owners also grew trees and ornamental shrubs across the grounds
The last of the family line died in 1966 and it was sold in the 1970s and left to rot away
However, this strange little mansion rising over the fields isn't known for these mundane things
but for one incident that shocked the country in 1902 after
Leaving the house. I learned that it was the site of a famous lover's quarrel that ended in a murder-suicide
During a shooting party at the mansion the butler who had been employed
elsewhere and engaged to the current maid
Confronted her about an affair the fight broke out with her current lover and the butler who then stormed off
later
Three shots were heard from a room and the major who owned the house of the time
Rushed in to find the maid and Butler both dead
He had hidden a gun and ammunition previously and then retrieved them to kill her and then himself
The current home sits near a ruin with floors and ceilings nearly gone
Upon entrance the white pillars peak from under intense overgrowth that
Is started to nearly hide the memory of the horrible events that took place here over a hundred years ago
The Sun starts to dip and we leave the place as we found it
I hope you've enjoyed these last three amazing lost mansions of Ireland and join me again next time and have forgotten
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