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Curated Archive

A sombre exploration of Ireland's forgotten architectural remains. High-resolution photos, documenting the atmospheric decay of ruins, building detritus and skeletal industrial structures across the Land.

Aghavallen Church ruins in Ireland
Carrigfoyle Castle

 Ballylongford, County Kerry

Aghavallen Church and Cemetery  15th Century

 Ballylongford, County Kerry

Lisselton, County Kerry

 Landscape
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Cowshed

County Kerry

Kerry Cottage 2

Ahafona, County Kerry

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Farmyard Outhouse

Lisselton, County Kerry

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Carrigfoyle Castle AD 1490

Ballylongford, County Kerry

Aghavallen Church  15th Century

Ballylongford, County Kerry

½ Cottage as a Cow Byre
Metal Fabricators

Asdee, County Kerry

Asdee, County Kerry

Kilconly Church and Cemetery

5 KM North of Ballybunion County Kerry

Lislaughtin Abbey AD 1470

1.3 KM North of Ballylongford, County Kerry

Ballybunion Castle AD 1510
 Kerry Cottage 1

Ballylongford

DILAPIDATED IRELAND • ARCHITECTURAL RUINS • FORGOTTEN SPACES • ERODING HISTORY • ARCHITECTURAL RUINS •

Drawn to the quiet erosion of time, my work documents the slow dissolution of Ireland's architectural legacy. These structures are more than ruins; they are silent witnesses to a forgotten past, captured in their most vulnerable state of transition. Through meticulous high-resolution documentation, I explore the intersection of nature's reclamation and human history, finding beauty in the atmospheric decay of the abandoned.

Godfrey Ryan Photography
12 Grattan Street, Dublin 2
info@godfreyryan.ie

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