Abandoned Psychiatric Asylum Investigation, Ireland - Dark Arts TV - 18th February 2024

Please note - since publishing this article we have removed the specific details of the asylum and it's location due to the many seriously dangerous aspects of the site.

Dark Arts TV accompanied by SAW's Lost Souls investigated the now closed psychiatric asylum Ireland.

One of the more interesting non paranormal things in this video is the stack of used test kits that are just thrown in boxes and not disposed of correctly, as well as boxed new products left to rot in the building.

Oddly enough the power was still on in the building, one this is a huge danger in an abandoned building thats falling apart, secondly who is paying the electricity bill!?

Within its confines, lives unfolded, each with its own story of struggle. A housekeeper, found herself admitted after an altercation involving hot tea amid suspicions of adultery. Protesting her unjust confinement, she spent 22 years within the asylum's walls, passing away in 1919.

Another poignant narrative is that of Hanna Greally, born in Athlone in 1924. Admitted in 1943 at the age of 19, Greally, having witnessed the horrors of the London Blitz while training as a nurse, captured the haunting details of lives stripped of human rights in her 1971 book, "Bird's Nest Soup". Reflecting on her experiences, Greally's words resonate, "The unloved, social outcasts, the incurably embittered, and the dispirited" found their voices through her writing. She passed away in County Roscommon in 1987 at the age of 62.

Quoting from "Bird's Nest Soup", Greally's poignant words echo the emotional impact of institutionalisation,

"The patients inside, expectant, waited for the letters and the visits, until finally, one day, they would find themselves rejects, outcasts, and no explanation given. Sometimes a crushed spirit breaks, from mental agony and anguish when she understands at last she is captive in a free society."

After the Inspector of Mental Health Services report in 2007 it painted a horrendous picture of asylum, this is just a snippet of the report:

"Apart from the admission units, the conditions in areas of ---- Hospital remained very poor with damp, peeling paint, tiles lifting on floors, poor sanitary facilities, curtains falling down and drab and institutional-style furnishings and decor. A significantly large number of these areas were dirty, including sluice rooms and bathrooms and toilets. In short, the conditions that people with enduring mental illness have to live in permanently in St Loman's Hospital were deplorable... every effort must be made to close the hospital immediately."

As the asylum ceased to operate, the echoes of these stories linger, offering a glimpse into the challenges faced by those within its walls, underscoring the complex history of mental health treatment in Ireland.

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