Living in the same town as this building made me more eager to try explore it as i knew some of the history already, it was built as an asylum, sometime in the 1800s, with its purpose of a psychiatric hospital (lunatic asylum) which closed sometime in the 1990s.
In 1995, part of the building was turned into an integrated college called Drumragh, however received capital funding in 2001 and the school was rebuilt elsewhere by 2009. it has been said by some of the past students that some of the building was 'out of bounds' and some stairs/entries being bricked or boarded up due to equipment from the asylum still being there.
Parts of the main building are now in use again; the NHS seems to store equipment in parts and there is social workers using rooms near the main entrance.
There is an extensive tunnel network under this site which links the main buildings to the churches and morgue, Unfortunately on several visits we have been unable to access these tunnels as a lot of work has gone into blocking external entry points to the system.
Many people believe that this place is haunted due to the horrible events that took place during when it was an asylum, with many people believing to have seen a womanly figure wearing a white dress through the windows.
After returning to the building after these photos were taken; we noticed that most of the equipment, desks, tables, and units have now been removed from the building as it seems it is being cleared out, perhaps there is plans to reopen or something?
In 1995, part of the building was turned into an integrated college called Drumragh, however received capital funding in 2001 and the school was rebuilt elsewhere by 2009. it has been said by some of the past students that some of the building was 'out of bounds' and some stairs/entries being bricked or boarded up due to equipment from the asylum still being there.
Parts of the main building are now in use again; the NHS seems to store equipment in parts and there is social workers using rooms near the main entrance.
There is an extensive tunnel network under this site which links the main buildings to the churches and morgue, Unfortunately on several visits we have been unable to access these tunnels as a lot of work has gone into blocking external entry points to the system.
Many people believe that this place is haunted due to the horrible events that took place during when it was an asylum, with many people believing to have seen a womanly figure wearing a white dress through the windows.
After returning to the building after these photos were taken; we noticed that most of the equipment, desks, tables, and units have now been removed from the building as it seems it is being cleared out, perhaps there is plans to reopen or something?