This IRISH COTTAGE has been EMPTY for 50 years!

[@DiaryofaDitchWitch]

Just popping in to say I understand the frustration coming through here, and perhaps I'm partially to blame for the assumptions being made in some cases. The current owner hasn't owned it for 50yrs - it was a recent inheritance. The previous owner has passed away rather recently. I am not privy to the plans of the current owner, but I did not at all get the impression that his plan includes leaving it idle for longer than is absolutely necessary (anyone who has ever inherited a derelict property in an expensive country can empathise). But I appreciate the annoyance of having to see properties uninhabited with unprecedented homelessness happening all around us and fliuch all being done about it. I've had my own experiences of homelessness and the soul-crushing rental market, so it makes me a special kind of angry. But it was obvious the deep love John and his family have for the property and I expect something to happen with it very soon.

[@chucky6367]

Took me a while to find your comment as it's not actually pinned or it would be the first one? Thanks for explaining though, hopefully more people will see it, makes sense now. Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺 👍

[@DiaryofaDitchWitch]

@@chucky6367 thanks for letting me know! I know I hit 'Pin', but my dodgy internet connection means sometimes things need to be clicked a second time before they work 😅

[@nicolad8822]

People are idiots.

[@wildfireintexas]

That makes more sense. Thank you for the explanation. I would just like to add that part of the problem with derelict properties and inherited properties is the governmental bureaucracy and inheritance taxes.

[@scarletred8888]

Yes and a good lamp or torchlight would have made a big difference to actually seeing the inside of the cottage!

[@Beanbag777]

For all the people talking nonsense about using this house for the homeless understand this ; most abandoned homes are in rural Ireland where no one who is homeless actually wants to live . Rural Ireland has been abandoned itself by local and national government and ruined by the multinational companies who have forced small businesses to close . So I say politely your all talking through yer hoops

[@thisdrinkinglife]

Well put. Stupid clowns who probably own nothing but expect everything

[@maidinulster]

Yer right there

[@chriscreighton1480]

Talking through yer hoops 😂😂

[@kurotadoriandroid]

I would live there .

[@perplexed6088]

Since they are homeless and jobless, maybe that would be the ideal place for them to live and make gardens to grow their food

[@susanparsons7802]

I live in a house older tha that! We bought it with a tin roof and there was still thatch stuck un the attic joists! The walls are 3 feet thick in some places, we love it!!!!!! I wish more people would take on these lovely old houses and bring them back to life.

[@johngreene3376]

I've done it. Living in a cottage well over 200 yrs old. Beautiful houses

[@tammyparagon4443]

Wish i could

[@kateapple1]

Most people don’t have that kind of money or time lol…

[@lindatimmons3675]

Foe me it's money and the knowledge to remodel or renovate. My grandparents are all deceased but my grandparents on mo.s side the old house is still standing, needs a totally new roof, and windows

[@clarencechestnutt8468]

​@@lindatimmons36755:26

[@irishtexan899]

For the first time in 20 years (no one had lived in it during that time), I went to the home my Mom grew up in Mayo. Tears streamed from my eyes as I approached the home. Trepidation was pulling at my heart and telling me to not venture on. In the visits after my Grand Ma had died, my family told me not to go the house as it would bring me great sadness. But as I beat down the grass and walked around the farmhouse, smiles filled my heart as I remembered all the love and fun I experienced there during trips from my childhood to visit my Grand Dad and Grand Ma. Seeing my name etched in the concrete ground when I was 7 made me laugh and wish I had had more time with my Grandparents

[@johnjoerambo77]

You are a part of it, as it is a part of you,,, thats what its all about, Fáilte aBhailé

[@markc1234golf]

Thank you for KNOWING THE TRUTH and exclaiming it freely 💞💞I moved to Ireland 16 yrs ago, married an Irish man who was second generation england born but from irish ancestry on both sides. I myself am half Russian half German and know what it is like to grow up in a divided country divided by forces with ill ambitions for world domination. As a sensitive soul to me the whole country oozes a faint vibration of injustice having been endured for centuries, i feel the ache coming from the land . The stark contrast between summer and winter here the absolute glory of summer and the utter desolation of grey winters I feel the sadness of centuries laying like a curse over this place. It's time for a Great Cleaning i hope and pray truth has finally shown it's enduring quality and devours the lies and muck of these bygone centuries. Karma is badly needing to reach it's conclusions here. @caroline8785

[@emmmoo8631]

you should plant your roots back in Ireland!

[@anniedolally]

Maybe John should maintain the house or sell it to someone who can breathe new life into it.

[@DiaryofaDitchWitch]

I understand your frustrations. Please see my pinned comment.

[@Warwck24]

Perhaps he will.....

[@bield7]

Maybe you should read the pinned post and not jump to conclusions

[@AW-gh3yv]

As a person who loves old houses, it makes me want to cry to see these wonderful house just forgotten about. If you take owner ship of one of many old houses, it should be your responsibility to keep it up. It is so sad to see them falling apart.

[@Adaman368]

These old houses weren't forgotten about. Tbf. 40 years ago Ireland was a fairly miserable place and many people had little choice but to move away to make a living. Also many of these old houses were seriously substandard even then, rubble built with no foundations, no damproofing, no adequate heating etc etc. Most of them will take lots of money and effort to bring them up to even basic modern building standards. I grew up in these type of houses - trust me when I say rising damp was no fun...

[@Adaman368]

@chrismullan7191 LOL in the 60, 70s and even 80s Ireland was certainly not doing well. Trust me I know, I was there. It wasn't until the 1990s that immigration started to replace migration.

[@Adaman368]

@@mariecleary I say that's a boulder on yours tbf. Truth hurts 🤷🏽

[@shammydammy2610]

People leave. People die.

[@meichong8278]

​@@Adaman368Methinks you're mention of ...... immigration is to try and incite him to make a show of himself because of the minefield around immigration in present day Ireland with many unhappy at the haphazard way it's being handled.

[@Nnnmmamam]

So sad that families are homeless and homes are familyless

[@Adaman368]

And houses like these are not fit to live in, no damp proofing , no insulation, no proper plumping or heating and likley in the arsenal of no where.

[@Nnnmmamam]

@@Adaman368 it’s not fit to live in now because it’s been neglected. There are even grants available for this exact thing. Is it hard to find work rurally? Yes. Is it hard to find work when you can’t afford to live where the jobs are? Also yes. Is it hard to find or keep work when homeless? Also yes. It’s a KZbin channel about doing up an abandoned cottage to live in

[@Adaman368]

@@Nnnmmamam Most likely wasn't fit to live in 40 years ago, having been built long before housing standards were a thing. I've lived in one or two of these cottages. No damproofing, rubble walls, no adequate heating, no foundations, no insulation means etc it would be a long term / start from scratch renovation project. They look quaint but unless you're a fan of rising damp and black mold or have a very large inheritance, the necessary upgrading is certainly not for the faint hearted. They certainly aren't a solution to any homelessness regardless, especially if someone needs accommodation ASAP or has young kids etc. Best to know this before launching on a project this size tbh.

[@DiaryofaDitchWitch]

I understand your frustrations. Please see my pinned comment.

[@JulieH819]

It’s a fixer upper

[@stef1lee]

Such a beautiful treasure. I'm an old soul born 100 years too late but as soon as I saw the house I thought, if I were him, I'd move back. That place is gorgeous! ❤ Love from Texas

[@lindatimmons3675]

I know ilove this old house. From Texas as well ❤

[@christianwithers7335]

"Beautiful" ...it is hideous

[@johnnunn8688]

How can you tell? Due to the lack of light and the vegetation, little could be seen.

[@ChristineHerrington-cv1kg]

Ireland is a precious place and a gem on earth , it breaks my heart to see all the old abandoned little cottages left to rot 😢

[@LorraineinAustralia]

I recently went to visit my birth home. The buildings no longer exist, but the trees planted by my mother and father still flourish . I was sad for a moments that the walls and buildings were gone, but then I thought of the trees. These trees will live beyond me. Their story will last . Me, I was there for just 19 years. The trees have lasted 77 years so far. They will outlive me. I’m glad to have been there and seen them . The new owners have respected them enough to keep them. I am fortunate. You are fortunate that you still have walls to visit. Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺❤️❤️

[@LGAussie]

I won’t forget ur perspective. The trees will remain and project their wisdom to the newbies. The trees have energy and remain longer. That energy still thrives. Studies show they feel more than science understands. So, knowing the trees remain is an amazing realization. They can give off energy to whomever wants to receive it. 👍

[@nettiesanders676]

so sad 😢

[@randr2141]

I was a Groundsman at a school, the school grounds were once my playground as I lived next to them as a kid. I specifically planted long lived trees when I worked there, knowing in 200 years time (hopefully) they’ll still be there.

[@suzannehaigh4281]

We renovated a croft house in Scotland, everyone thought it would just be left and a new house built. We sold and the new owner lives there and loves it just like we did, 5 years on.

[@geraldinehealydwyer3816]

I hope someone preserves all those important papers. Lots of history in them.

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

Yes, I'm wondering if they just left it all there.

[@bolinfan1519]

@@LarryFleetwood8675 I reckon so.

[@tonyforsythe7373]

Lovely wee place, and always interesting to know how our ancestors lived.

[@melaniesheen1642]

I'd absolutely love a little cottage like this somewhere remote surrounded by fields and trees, and it's lovely seeing these dwellings worked on and sympathetically restored,

[@doodles3075]

So sad so many of these beautiful places are left to rott. Id be more than happy to live in one, as long as it had a little bit of land for chicken and a vegtable garden❤ My grandmother was Irish, adore the accent

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

Come back home, you can do it

[@fgvevdbcbvng]

❤

[@mariekellHigg]

For us Irish our heart will always be in Ireland. No matter where you roam whether your exiled first or second generation Irish Ireland will always be 'home' to us not matter where in the world you live. Lovely video brought a tear to my eye. Well done Tara!

[@johnnunn8688]

To be shure. (You all say that 🤭)

[@dbcooper8676]

Speak for yourself, I hate the place, and hardly ever go to Visit,

[@Suze2233]

What a gem! Thank you for taking us along.

[@janethannam2766]

The fact that treasures like all those papers and the fiddle should be protected from the elements and mice . The treasures are in that trunk and in the drawer . It is a shell of what was a home but the papers would open a huge window on the past .

[@magicmusic8316]

Having done my family tree for many, many years, those papers are a treasure trove I would die for! My 2x grandparents on my father's side came from Ireland, so to see an old house in the style they would have lived is just marvellous. Great video, thank you, from Australia!

[@siogbeagbideach]

Look up Margaret Gallagher "All I've ever known", she's 81 I think now, lives in a thatch no lekky/ running water in Co Fermanagh. Her house is beautiful

[@stephensmith4480]

@@siogbeagbideach I have seen that, it was amazing. Co Fermanagh is a Lovely place, I used to visit in the 80s, we used to stay in a little Village called Carrybridge.

[@kilcar]

I remember walking from Drumshanbo to the south tip of Lough Allen in 1978. My friends lived as farmers and country people. It was like coming home, although I was a Yank. I was welcomed and taken into the kitchen. I'll never forget their kindnesses. Their home was much like the one shown

[@paddymurphy-oconnor8255]

Sadly it is much changed now. You were fortunate to witness that.

[@morrigans_cottage]

Hopefully soon I can buy a little cottage like this and bring it back to its former glory! Such a great vid

[@DiaryofaDitchWitch]

Thank you 😊 And best of luck in your quest!

[@xavierderck3910]

Dont dream too much. However Leitrim has the lowest property prices in Ireland, you still pay at least 250.000€ for an abandonned barrack

[@lyndamac1058]

Gosh I wouldn't leave the paper work behind, it's history and memento's.

[@barrygrant2907]

My entire childhood neighborhood is now a massive asphalt parking lot for airport rental vehicles. Tears my heart out to see it.

[@davidchosewood647]

I feel your pain. I went back to my old neighborhood where I lived in grade school. The area where my friends and I played and built treehouses is now a subdivision. I found the big cottonwood tree we had a treehouse in. Still there to my amazement. Fortunately it's on the other side of a fence that used to be railroad property now turned into a walking trail. Everything else gone through. I sat under the tree for awhile and remembered what fun it was to be there back when I was ten years old. Nothing stays the same.

[@raeray8245]

Storage buildings are the new eyesores.

[@woodrowcall3269]

Time passes, things change. It’s the beauty of the memories that will make it live on.

[@elaineculbert8594]

My late husband’s house (north of Toronto) is also gone and now a parking lot for a car dealership. My birthplace and childhood home is in England and is well over 85 years old. I “visit” it from time to time on Google Earth. My teenage homes in Scarborough (east Toronto) are two others I visit. When I was 12, I planted a maple seedling in front of one of those houses; it’s still there; at its maximum height now, looking quite healthy. My late father’s home is still standing in Surrey and is well over 600 years old.

[@davidchosewood647]

@@elaineculbert8594 cool about your tree still being there. That's your legacy. 👍

[@DaughteroftheMostHighGod-h6c]

I have been to Ireland…such a beautiful country. The people of Ireland are so friendly.

[@sarojinichaudhury179]

Never to visit Ireland , but am glad to know that the people of Ireland are very friendley .

[@christianwithers7335]

Please move to Ireland

[@sarojinichaudhury179]

@@christianwithers7335 Thank you .

[@cameronhamer9432]

My relatives escaped from Ireland a hundred and fifty years ago , nothing but poverty and starvation there . I have no desire to return . 👍🇨🇦

[@lm1275]

There's something so forelorn about abandoned places and how time slipped away from them. The families and the joy and the laughter that once was and still sits hidden among the dust and cobwebs. I can almost hear them the voices of the past.,......

[@daveyjoweaver6282]

I live in Colerain Twp. In S.E. Pennsylvania. My GGGGrandparents came here from Ireland in 1815, The Shanks. I have both their photographs that were taken in the late 1850s. Alexander Shanks was born in 1772 and to have their photos although late in their lives is a blessing. It also makes me realize that a few centuries really isn’t so long, it goes so fast! Kind Thanks and Many Blessings! I have subscribed! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania

[@DiaryofaDitchWitch]

Thank you!

[@daveyjoweaver6282]

@@DiaryofaDitchWitch And Thank You Again! Many Blessings! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania

[@Hello-yn2dx]

It’s great that you can trace your family back that far and to have photos too from that time is so rare! 😊

[@Theyellowchild]

It truly is a Labour of love maintaining old houses mine is in England 1580s built out of mud and straw (hope the big bad wolf doesn’t come )bought it derelict 25 years ago and seem to spend most of my time and money maintaining it ,but I wouldn’t live anywhere else just finished this years lime washing so we are all spick and span again ,until something else drops off 🤣😂🤣

[@oscar_jjuarez5266]

Ireland has always been one of my dream places to go vacation @ 🇮🇪🇺🇸

[@natalieflanagan175]

A dream is just a goal left floating. Write it down, make a plan and a deadline. You give it energy when its written down. list the places you wish to visit. You will be very welcome here I promise you. Wishing you blessings and fun , I am a Native Irish woman

[@Beanbag777]

Don’t bother going to Dublin . It’s a hell hole . Go anywhere else especially west

[@paulpayton8238]

I love this my great grandparents are from co wexford I lived in Ireland for 20years with my x wife ❤

[@spamanator666]

I helped a friend here in Norway rebuild an old brick and stone cottage that was build in 1840, it was a lot like this inside when we got to it, it had been abandoned since 1940s when Germans had taken over the area and more or less taken over the farm it was on and then wrecked the cottage. So much interesting history, it was a time capsule, nobody had even gone in and done anything since the Germans had left.

[@brandyjean7015]

I itch to get scrubbing & making it livable again.

[@TheQueensWish]

I know what you mean. In just a few days wonders could be done to clean and clear and preserve. Why not get started? There could be a cleaner in a local village who could do some magic to the place.

[@moneneu3349]

Hoffentlich wird es renoviert und wieder bewohnt - viel zu schön um es dort verrotten zu lassen 😢

[@lesliekwan6654]

Was so good to see this beautiful tiny cottage

[@juliehilton1701]

Just how can someone walk away from property and abandon it in this manner? The land must have a value? I think it’s a shame to leave it, for what? Until it rots completely and has to be demolished? So sad.

[@maureengilmartin4381]

My stomach churned watching this video.... So disrespectful to his family long gone to their rest...

[@Elizabeth-pi4qh]

No sense judging others and why they leave. It was a hard life back then. Just seeing the door open after so many years by family. It's all good. 🍻

[@DiaryofaDitchWitch]

I understand your frustrations. Please see my pinned comment.

[@djmastergroove946]

​@@DiaryofaDitchWitch Hi. I can't see your pinned comment?

[@Mmc288]

​@@DiaryofaDitchWitchThere is no pinned comment

[@kh-19636]

I bet this lovely old cottage could tell a tale or two.

[@KimDe05]

My Great great grandmother immigrated from Ireland to the US during the the Great Famine.

[@zipperzoey2041]

I'm Irish (born and living here) and I've recently found out that my great grand mothers two sisters and my grand fathers two brothers emigrated to the United States. From what I understand the last time there was any contact with their descendants was about 30 years ago. It would be good to make contact with them to keep the connection with their homeland.

[@Tyrell_Corp2019]

I once rented a similar cottage that my friend owned behind his house after he bought it. (A 2 year self-imposed experiment). I took everything out and bleach every centimeter of the place. Painted it. Sealed up all the holes. After that, I moved in. It was super cozy. They can easily do the same here.

[@LindaOpperthauser]

I will move in!! If only!! I live in Michigan USA. That would be quite a move.

[@NotLeftarded1]

I love the Irish you stood with us French against the crown in Canada and it is not forgotten.

[@alicet8791]

This looks just like the cottages on the movie "The Secret of Roan Innish". One of my favorite movies

[@bobikdylan]

My mother's family had a farm in county Longford, and she used to take me there when I was a kid fifty years ago. Two of her brothers farmed it then but they didn't live there. The old farmhouse had been locked up since the day of my grandmother's funeral. The husband had died first. I remember peering through the window and seeing a coat hanging on the staircase's newel post, and a few whiskey glasses on the table. One of the chairs was at an angle where the last person to use it had got up. That must have been the wake, and they left the place as it was after that. Now the place is for rent as a holiday home under new owners.

[@windupmerchant1679]

People forget that a lot of these rural homes went derelict before any property boom happened and were too far gone for people to be able to afford to restore them. It takes more than a lick of paint to bring them back. There's so many regulations like drylining or fixing foundations to be considered that make it so costly to do or sometimes make it not worth restoring at all.

[@DiaryofaDitchWitch]

You nailed it.

[@johnnunn8688]

@@DiaryofaDitchWitch, needs screwing and gluing too 😉🤭.

[@kathe.o.]

Faith & be, the glorious thing tis your lovely accent.

[@okdk7]

I would love to have the ability to buy one... absolutely in heaven...

[@angelique2653]

Yes, I agree it would be a tragedy not to either renovate it and live in it, use it as a holiday home or sell it for fair price to give some young person a chance of home ownership. Best wishes John. ❤

[@pootlingalong8928]

People go on and on about bringing old cottages up to modern living standards. Load of rubbish in my eyes. Get the building watertight and everything else is nothing more than luxuries. You can live very comfortably with a real fire in the hearth and a simple stove. Build an earth closet and start a fruit and veg patch. No-one needs all the stuff they think they need, or are told they need. Warm and dry - you’re flying. 👍🏻

[@Cookontherun7391]

Thanks for the video. Interesting to see that there is still properties that can be inherited. Hopefully they will embrace this gift and bring new memories to it.

[@betsysutton13]

Loved this! Beautiful!

[@DiaryofaDitchWitch]

Thanks Betsy!

[@goaskalice83]

Very cool, those god damn brambles though, we’re in a constant battle with them over my back fence.

[@marianpower6711]

This happens in Scotland as well,so sad, I don't understand why they can't be done up and sold,think how many local people need houses,😍

[@TvanBoven]

A lot of people need houses … but not in those locations. The main reason a lot of these places are abandoned is the location and the fact that you cannot maintain a living there. So the people that need a house would not be able to live there. The only possibility I see is for rich(er) people to buy these places as a summer house or for renting out as an airbnb.

[@BernardS4]

@@TvanBoven Heard the real estate adage? real estate value comes from locat

[@GSHants]

There’s often no drainage, sewage systems or electricity to these properties and current local planning will not give permission to rebuild because of current environmental laws for passing percolation tests…..there is no main drainage to connect to.

[@nicolad8822]

Where they going to work?

[@JI7NKJ]

Be done up and sold at a vast profit, bypassing the locals and end up a rich persons holiday home lying vacant most of the year.

[@beast4661]

I could listen to the Irish speak all day. Very cool looking in on this old homestead. I love history and architecture. Thanks for the peak! ❤

[@hands2hearts-seeds2feedamu83]

I'm so 😥... Such a beautiful home. The house is so lonely. It misses having love living in its walls.

[@DiaryofaDitchWitch]

Hopefully its new owner with breathe new life 😍

[@michaelhealy1590]

What a great find! The hob, the walls, everything. Just waiting to be reclaimed by an industrious person to restore and renovate.

[@gaz3]

My uncle just left Scotland to go to his late grandfathers cottage in Ireland .. he packed his stuff with his 2 dogs spent last summer doing the place up .. he has a colostomy bag and in remission from cancer .. it comes with 30 acres of land but can never be sold as long as a family member is alive they have a home to stay in.. I miss him but I know he wanted peace to live the rest of his life in bliss never mind nostalgia 😢❤

[@RetreatfarmFarmvilleVirginia]

Gotta save the old Bible, That's the most important and cherished Family friend there is.

[@karphin1]

I recall my mother who was half Irish, using the expression, “lace curtain Irish”. Thought of that, when I saw the old curtain the woman was holding.

[@bloomsproutcottage]

Cool cottage. The garden will look wonderful some day.

[@TheBestYouthWrestlingVideos]

The Stone Pony T shirt got me as much as the Irish landscape. So much Nostalgia there.

[@idontbelieveyou]

Incredibly touching. Thank you Tara

[@DiaryofaDitchWitch]

It was a pleasure ❤❤❤

[@joyofthings]

Thanks for letting us in.What a fine time capsule.xxx🐝🐝🐝🇬🇧

[@debbiebriscoe293]

Wow I just had your channel pop up & I loved the video you shared. It’s amazing how well the cottage had stood up to nature. Thank you for sharing your video & I will watch more 😊

[@shayleenjoubert2008]

Some girls want diamonds... all i want is a little cottage like this and a fire place with peace calm and serenity❤

[@robbietiz1702]

Id almost give my left leg to live in it. It would be perfect away from sociaty to live in pice and quiet. What an awsome little house.

[@leenewsom7517]

There was a bat on the upper wall left of the fireplace when he first entered -- see it shimmy up into the roof line 😁 Love bats 🦇

[@DiaryofaDitchWitch]

Totally missed that, great spot!

[@ian9764]

Enjoyed the vlog, thank you.

[@retrothingz]

Very interesting. Whenever I start to feel a tad sorry for myself in regard to the trials and tribulations of the daily life in Australia, I reflect on how much harder it must have been for my great great mother in Mayo during the famine . The fact that she lived a long and productive life to 93 is a miracle .

[@ScratchyBaws]

This would suit me and the dog down to the ground. Nice wee cottage and everything overgrown to keep out the nosey wee bastid neighbours. Love it, just love it.

[@eringemini7091]

This is a sad but true story that left at least one cottage abandoned sometime between 1845-49. One branch of my family; the Fitzgeralds were along with many others starving due to the now famous Potato famine. Instead of paying the rent on the Cottage they lived in, one of my ancestors decided that the only way for his family to survive was to book passage for everyone on the next ship bound for America. When the day came that the ship was departing, the Landlord somehow found out that they were leaving & threatened to call the authorities on him( debtors prison)? The story goes that he had no choice but to kill the Landlord and flee with his family finally settling in California. True, but very dark story. Years later, my Grandmother & her Sister visited that part of County Kerry Ireland. Of course, that was long ago though I'm sure we have some distantly related relatives she may have visited with. Cute cottage!

[@marksongbird7534]

Not very smart landlord, threatening someone with absolutely nothing to lose

[@Mookiethedog]

Just looks like a great project! Awesome! 🇮🇪🇨🇦

[@debbiefletcher4781]

What a Lovely Cottage. So much history.

[@mrkrahe1]

My Grandfather was from Leitrim. I hope to visit 💚 My other 3 grandparents were from Galway and Roscommon. Thank you so much for this video.

[@newbatling4194]

I would love one of these homes with some land to bring back to life and live a simple happy life

[@mariaellender6014]

Took my mum's ashes back to her childhood home in Wexford, it had been empty and derelict for decades but was still standing and amazingly in good condition. It brought back many memories of magical summer holidays with my grandpa 😢😢😢

[@GratefulThird]

My grandmother was from County Leitrim. Thank you for this video.

[@lok4058]

Amazing time capsule. I wish it could be renovated and brought back to life. I can imagine a cozy fire in the winter and soda bread baking on the hearth. Please save this cottage.

[@somebodythatiusetoknow2027]

It would be nice as a Irish museum with the amount of paper in the house!

[@deealex1402]

love old houses. very cool :) thank you for taking us inside.

[@DiaryofaDitchWitch]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@sharonwray5498]

Beautiful little cottage my dream is an opertunity to renovate an old cottage and live off grid so i love to look on line at the old cottages how beautiful 😍

[@jessies6502]

I cannot now, nor ever will be able to, afford my own home. To see one left to decay, with owners who can't or won't either maintain it or sell it, makes me sad and angry.

[@DiaryofaDitchWitch]

I understand your frustrations. Please see my pinned comment.

[@patrikpass2962]

@@DiaryofaDitchWitch There are no pinned comment.

[@dobman2011]

Direct your anger at FFG the next time you have a chance to vote. The only means to redress for you and all the rest of Ireland's lost generation unfortunately. Make your vote count.

[@eslnoob191]

You can but you're just not willing to do what it takes. There are beach homes (yes, beach homes) in many countries around the world that cost only a little more than a car.

[@xavierderck3910]

Dont dream too much. Even those abandoned houses in ireland costvat least 250.000€

[@valbain209]

Oops. I forgot to add that once the cottage is repaired and back to it's original charm. THEN it will be romantic. 😊

[@Tishers]

I had a two bedroom farm house on my property. When I bought up the land and moved here 30 years ago the old farmhouse was already twenty years too late to do an economic restoration. The chimney that ran through the center of the house for the triple-sided fireplaces had a lean of about ten degrees out of true and it was loose flagstone construction. The entire house had taken a 'lean' around the chimney and the walls were no longer really vertical and none of the windows or doors would close at all. I looked at what it might take to fix the chimney but it was twenty five feet of piled stone and was as much a part of what was holding the house up, as well as pulling it down in one direction. Sadly I just had to admit that it was a treacherous building to even be in. For a while I stored lawn equipment inside of it but one storm took the entire place and brought it down to a twisted pile that was waist high. Now it is just a collection of foundation stones in a thicket of blackberry bushes. Some of the tin from the roof still serves as shelters for birds and small animals. Human habitation ended for that farmhouse, but for the next thirty years it will be an ever decreasing pile of small shelter spaces for other creatures.

[@justineheinrichs2798]

With a bit of a fix up I’d love to stay there for a month or two. Stack of books, lanterns and food. Ah the quiet ❤

[@shazza160]

Naive rubbish

[@lucyproffitt8274]

I would love to move to Ireland it's where my ancestors are from

[@vernonsanders371]

I love stone floor pattern

[@maryknight4823]

Hello, new subscriber. I love to see these old cottages, and know Ireland has quite a few of them. John's doing a good job with this one. Coming from Irish parents myself, it so good to see the landscspe doesn't appear to have changed that much over time.. I look forward to more of your vlogs and thanks☘️☘️❤️..........

[@jimcazador6057]

A time capsule, and written words by the previous owner too, must have been a very emotional discovery.

[@bettyhernandez4759]

Hoping to see my great grandparents cottage on northern ireland next month.

[@writereducator]

I once visited the childhood cottage of my mother in Cavan about 1980. It was being used to store hay. It might have been demolished since. Down the hill an elderly couple was living in a similar old cottage. It was as pleasant as could be. I would not mind living in such a place.

[@thordisfynehair9442]

There is a video here on youtube of a young man restoring an old house. I think in Ireland. A lot of hard work for him and his dog. Titled "Mossy Bottom --- something.

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

What a stunner, the peace, the view, nobody to start an agreement with are the animals in the fields, my type of place and house, I never want a 16 bedrooms, 5 lounges, 19 bathrooms, 3 kitchens, 6 cookers and 4 extra toilets house for 2 people to live in. In the area where I live some nearby houses have kitchens are as large as a small 1 bedroom flat. I always tell people who visit us that we have the smallest kitchen for a mile around, yet is still big enough for us to cook and sit down and have a family mean in, How lucky am I and I know it

[@susanross1651]

Poor little cottage, it wants some love & a family 😢

[@DiaryofaDitchWitch]

Which it will no doubt have soon 😊

[@chrisjpfaff314]

Don't think John has been back for a while. My great grandparents all left Ireland during the great hunger and settled in NYC. Seeing places like this makes me think about how they lived.

[@DiaryofaDitchWitch]

John comes back to Ireland every few years afaik, but like many things, the Great Plague of 2020 upset the apple cart a bit.

[@tattykat1]

Such a shame it isnt loved more. Soo many like it

[@DiaryofaDitchWitch]

It most certainly is loved. Please see my pinned comment.

[@davidroyle5552]

My wife and 2 good friends of ours went to Ireland and Scotland we were very impressed with our trip and would love to go back one day. Really cool to open a home like that and see the history of the family.

[@j.lietka9406]

It's so wonderful and respectful to see no one has disturbed or ransacked these places! Thank you 🌹❤️ ( Ms Ditch Witch, I think you're hot! 😉👸) Looks like a lot of brush, vines, and plants have covered his cottage up!

[@darrenbayliss3194]

This makes me miss my beautiful Ireland one day I will return home

[@nollaigfinn3478]

Best of luck with it....keep the machines out and clean a preserve its character with local hands......

[@waynegage2043]

Reminds me of when my mother, my brother and I visited my grandparents cottage outside of keady, Armagh. It was in similar condition, I always thought that if it had been maintained and updated it would have been a great place to live.

[@matthewfarmer2520]

Nice old cottage, thanks for sharing this.😊

[@missy183]

Thanks for the video and God bless you all. 🙏❤❤

[@illuminatedgalaxies7777.]

I dont like it when i see lovely homes like this abandoned it makes me really😢so much spirit and history in these delightful homes 💚