Church ruins
When I see these old deserted villages, ruined churches and houses I start thinking....and dreaming.....
Who were the people who left? Where did they go? Why did they leave? How did they end up? I guess most of the places became deserted during the Great Irish potato famine in the 19th century when a lot of people died or left for a new life in America (or died on the boat to get there). Well maybe not all of them, some people maybe built a new house or church and left the old one behind...
Read Enzo's 'An gorta Mór 1845-1849' Travelogue to find out more about the famine
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