An urban explorer ventured inside an abandoned 19th-century hospital in Ireland and found rooms frozen in time — take a look inside

Talia LakritzNov 30, 2020, 20:53 IST

An empty hallway in St. Brigid's hospital.Courtesy of AdamX

AdamX is an urban explorer living in the UK.
In 2017, he ventured into the abandoned St Brigid's Hospital, which opened in in 1833 and has sat abandoned since 2013.
He saw old hospital beds, wheelchairs sitting in empty hallways, and what was once an isolation room.
"It's impossible not to think, 'Gosh, who's been here?'" AdamX said. "If these walls could talk."

Between 1810 and 1870, 22 mental-health facilities, were built in Ireland. One of them was the Connacht District Lunatic Asylum, also known as St. Brigid's Hospital.

Built in Ballinasloe in County Galway in 1833, the hospital closed in 2013 and has sat abandoned ever since.

An urban explorer who goes by the alias AdamX ventured inside to photograph the empty structure. Here's what he found.

AdamX's interest in photography led him to urban exploration in 2013.

St. Brigid's Hospital being reclaimed by nature. Courtesy of AdamX

A room in St. Brigid's. Courtesy of AdamX

A decaying room in St. Brigid's. Courtesy of AdamX

The outside of St. Brigid's. Courtesy of AdamX

An abandoned room still full of hospital beds. Courtesy of AdamX

A drone photo of the abandoned hospital from above. Courtesy of AdamX

An empty hallway with peeling paint. Courtesy of AdamX

A wheelchair in an abandoned hallway. Courtesy of AdamX

A crumbling room in St. Brigid's. Courtesy of AdamX

An isolation room. Courtesy of AdamX

A lone hospital cart. Courtesy of AdamX

A chair sits in a long-empty room in St. Brigid's. Courtesy of AdamX