Farms: Very Old Irish Farm, Co Tipperary. Famine House?
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A potential famine home, or just an ordinary ruin. This is 18th or 19th century. This little habitat never managed to stay on the road network, and can only be accessed by a narrow trail. Joann Hinz adds: ..."this is the abandoned home of a retired police sergeant, in use through the '60s-'70s. The townland is Townlough Upper on the east shore of Lough Derg, along the slope of Tountinna Mountain."
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Hi again, thebettyfordclinic. My cousin Paddy told me this is the abandoned home of a retired police sergeant, in use through the '60s-'70s. The townland is Townlough Upper on the east shore of Lough Derg, along the slope of Tountinna Mountain. Is that a blackbird singing in the background?
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thanks for the share
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You've captured something here the feel ...the very essence of the land! I loved the way this video made me feel I was actually with you on your explore! The sound of the birds was lovely. Thank you for sharing
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What it was originally, who knows? But my first impression is that the roof seems more modern than the rest of the building. I wonder when it was put on.
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Nature has a way of claiming vacant houses
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That was lovely to watch thanku
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I would say bread oven..that lintel looked dangerously sway-backed...the place had a rather eerie feel to me.. the horseshoe in the wall was interesting. Must have been freezing cold, even when a new built house with such a huge chimney there. Life was so hard for people then.
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I am just having a similar property dating pre 1840 renovated in the West of Ireland. The builder found horse shoes just like the one at 2.46 set in the wall of what is now a bedroom. Apparently they were used to tether animals to. In the gable end of mine there is a hole about 4 inches square going right through the wall. No one can say what use it had. It would not be for a lookout as the view is to the rear not the front or roadway. Very nice video, thanks.
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I would say even 20th century , unless Tipperary was much more developed than Mayo back then . Some of the houses of the 1980's were nowhere near as advanced as that one .
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@thebettyfordclinic Yes, you find them here on the east coast in 18th and early 19th century houses. Some places even run workshops on how to bake in them. You judged the heat by putting your arm into the oven for the count of 5, I believe. Then it was hot enough for baking. In the US, a bread oven might be outside, for summer baking.
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@amsol46 I've always wondered exactly what those little spaces were. Thanks!
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The hearth looks like it contains an old bread oven on the right. What a beautiful spot if renovated, but the condition of the place is very rough. Fascinating! Thank you!
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@draoi99 Yep - Lough Derg is visible between the trees near the start, looking across at the Clare side. This is quite high up, neat the end of what is currently used as agricultural land.
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Fascinating old place. Is that Lough Derg in the background?