Generations of people have lived in the west of Ireland, generations have left…and those who remain are fast fading into a sparse population…

This is the story of one abandoned dwelling in the North West of Ireland. Government policy appears to militate against people living here…

Nature begins to consume the little stone barn…

This would have been a pretty little cottage once upon a time.

The roof would have been thatched, flowers planted around the door…

Warm fires would once have welcomed the visitor to this home…now only the eerie silence befalls the traveller…

How many feet once trod a path to bed along this staircase?

Ireland needs people living in the west.

Our government needs to introduce policies to ensure that, or one day many of the present day homes will look like this!

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