Irishmanlost

15/08/2026

15/08/2026

Forgotten Spaces

This summer, Irishmanlost was invited to exhibit at the Boyne Music Festival in County Louth.

Across two days, I exhibited 15 of my favourite framed photographs from 19 years of documenting abandoned and forgotten places, including a couple of images from Chornobyl.

I was also featured in Philip Denvir’s award-winning documentary Leave Only Footprints, while the team behind Derelict Ireland were interviewed during the weekend.

I've written a new Field Notes feature about the experience and what it meant to bring nearly two decades of work together in one exhibition.

Read the full story at https://www.irishmanlost.com/blog-1/forgotten-spaces

08/08/2026

Kia Ora — “It’s just for me and my dog.”

A little piece of Ireland’s forgotten advertising history, lying quietly beneath the weeds.

This old Kia Ora bottle was found abandoned, its faded lettering and weathered glass offering a glimpse into a time when advertising was simpler, stranger and often far more memorable.

For many, “Kia Ora — it’s just for me and my dog” will bring back memories of the iconic orange drink and its unforgettable advertising campaign. Today, the bottle is little more than an abandoned object — but left behind, it becomes part of the story of a place and the people who once passed through it.

This is what I love about exploring abandoned Ireland: sometimes the smallest things tell the biggest stories.

Forgotten objects. Forgotten places. Forgotten Ireland.

📷 Irishmanlost®
Capturing the lives we’ve left behind before they disappear.

01/08/2026

Opened in 1905, the District Lunatic Asylum at Gransha was once one of Northern Ireland's largest psychiatric hospitals.

Now, its grand Victorian wards stand silent. Nature has begun reclaiming the buildings, while years of neglect, vandalism and arson have left parts of the historic site beyond repair.

Today, nature is reclaiming what remains, while vandalism and arson continue to erase parts of its history.

Explore the story and photographs on Irishmanlost.

https://www.irishmanlost.com/blog-1/district-lunatic-asylum-gransha

24/07/2026

This weekend I'll be at the Boyne Music Festival at the beautiful Townley Hall, Drogheda.

For almost two decades, I've been documenting the forgotten places, abandoned buildings and fading objects that quietly tell the story of Ireland's past and some from further afield. A selection of that work will be on display throughout the weekend.

I'm also featured in Philip Denvir's award-winning documentary Leave Only Footprints, which explores Northern Ireland's dereliction crisis through the world of urban exploration. The screening takes place on Saturday evening, followed by a discussion on the future of our forgotten buildings.

If you're around, call in and say hello.

📍 Townley Hall, Drogheda
📅 Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:30 am - Sun, 26 Jul 2026 3:00 pm

Exhibition: https://boynemusicfestival.com/programme-2026/2026/7/25/exhibition-irishmanlost

Film: https://boynemusicfestival.com/programme-2026/2026/7/25/film-screening-amp-talk-leave-only-footprints

15/07/2026

Dearth

The sea feels a lifetime away today.

Under a relentless summer sun, this weathered boat rests where tide and time have long since parted company. Its peeling paint, rusted scars and silent hull speak of seasons that have come and gone, of journeys finished long before the shoreline shifted.

Places like this remind me that abandonment isn't always sudden. Sometimes it arrives slowly, carried by changing landscapes, forgotten livelihoods, and the quiet passing of time.

📍 Dungeness Beach, England

06/07/2026

Another of Northern Ireland's listed buildings lost to arson in 2017, Gocean Lodge once stood proudly above the shores of Strangford Lough. Before time claimed what remained, I explored a few of its fire-ravaged rooms and documented the traces of its past, preserving the story of this forgotten County Down landmark before it disappears forever.

Read the full story here:
https://www.irishmanlost.com/blog-1/gocean-lodge

04/06/2026

One of Northern Ireland's most forgotten hotels.

I first explored the abandoned Drumnagreagh Hotel near Larne in late 2008, finding a building already stripped, vandalised, and rapidly falling into decline. Just a year later, a devastating fire gutted much of the property before it was eventually demolished around 2020.

I've put together the story of its final years, along with photographs and memories from my visit.

Read the full story here:
https://www.irishmanlost.com/blog-1/drumnagreagh-hotel-glenarm

Did you ever stay at or visit Drumnagreagh Hotel? I'd love to hear your memories in the comments.

01/05/2026

Crevenagh House, Omagh.

I only visited this place twice, once before the fire, and once after. That was enough.

The first time, everything was still there. The fireplaces intact, the staircase still in place, rooms that still felt like a house rather than a ruin. It hadn’t been stripped yet, you could still read the life that had once moved through it.

The second time, after the 2026 fire, it was something else entirely. Gutted. Blackened. Silent in a different way. Everything that had survived for over two centuries was reduced to a shell in a matter of hours.

A house that stood for generations, gone between visits.

Full story and history now on the site: Link In Comments