Exploring a Decaying Abandoned Seaside Hotel in Ireland 

I spent the night before I got married in this hotel. Unbelievable to see it looking like this now. But also strangely hauntingly beautiful too. I remember falling asleep with the curtains open so I could see and hear the sea.

A man once said, "If you got a flat roof it's gonna leak", no truer words!

This is from my family's home area, Gaoth Dobhair. Beautiful area of the world. I'll be buried next to my dad one day with a direct view of that Mountain, Errigal. Thanks for highlighting this place lads. subbed. I was in that hotel many times as a child.

I loved the bedrooms with the ferns growing. I love ferns anyway, but to see them growing like that showins the amazing persistance of nature.

5 years ago, I visited this particular part of the county with my family, we came upon this hotel by chance and it was incredible seeing the exterior up close, we didnt go in but it was so haunting and beautiful. such a shame. beautiful location and architecture. it randomly resurfaced in my mind and now i can't stop thinking about it

Stayed there twice as a child,once when it first opened and can still remember the red tartan carpet all through the hotel! It was a beautiful hotel in its day. Great video sad and haunting

The hotel has been bought by a Dublin based consortium just recently in 2021. So hopefully will be brought back from the brink. Attended 3 weddings there the views and the beach alone is worth the investment

Was here as a kid and years later my wife stayed and danced here. Well done, so many memories.

This hotel did locate in a wonderful coast and I think it is still worthy for a refurbishment.

This had an air of sadness about it. Shame to see such decay.

This would make for a perfect filming location for HBO's #TheLastofUs. If you've seen the videogame, you'll know what I'm talking about but if you haven't it's basically about infected people living in a post apocalyptic world. It would cost the production team thousands to recreate the look and style that this hotel offers and yet it's here in its untamed natural beauty. Thanks for taking the time to film and sharing your experience with us.

I have followed your vids for a long long time. But this has to be one of your best ever coverages and most colourful I have viewed. I'm from Ireland and the Atlantic can throw the worst and best at you. I do think this hotel is beyond saving. Guys keep up the good work. I'm an avid admirer. You are not trophy hunters but modern day archaeologists without the shovel, trowel and brush. But the Camera Lens is your tool of choice.....well done.

17:41 that decay is insane!! The before shots, contrasting with your film is beyond words…

It's sad to see such a beautiful place just slip away, with all its memories.

One of the best vids so far guys. Love how it's being reclaimed by nature but very sad to see the decay. Amazing as it is. 👍👍

Seeing the comparison photos was amazing really gives it context for the harsh reality of the decay. An amazing explore.

STUNNING photography of some of those rooms. Ireland is so beautiful and that site is extraordinary. I hope someone is able to reclaim the property. Thanks!

Three hotels in that area went in to receivership and were sold over the course of a few years. Two have come out of it with dedicated new owners, new facilities, an extra star rating in the case of one of them. So there is business, if you have the right owner and the cash to put in to it... too late here.

Thanks guys that was incredibly interesting to see how nature in such a short time can take all those rooms over with the foliage, but it looks like the building was built of concrete possibly and definitely the worst thing that could’ve built it with was a flat roof on an exposed place like that it must’ve cost an absolute fortune in heating with those large windows but that was a typical 1970s look

Absolutely amazing that place shut only 5 years ago. The down side of felt flat roofs probably original from when it was built

Late last year (2020) it was announced that this hotel was to be redeveloped as part of a large refurbishment and redevelopment in and around Bunbeg. The newspaper reports I saw said that the company concerned would change the use of this building into separate, own-key apartments for holidaymakers and other visitors. The proposals seem to have been welcomed locally; and I suppose they are much better than having two decaying hotels in your town. (Yes, there's another one.) As so many commentators here have said, the site is stunning; and from my own visits I know how beautiful the whole area is. A beautifully filmed and edited video. Thank you!

It is sad to see a once vibrant building in decay.. it always puzzles me why people feel they have to vandalise. What a pointless activity

One of the best you have explored so far with the different contrasts of decay. Thank you 🇦🇺

Thanks for showing us round this amazing hotel with such sad but outstanding decay

Great seeing the rooms with decay . But even better with the photos of how it looked in its hay day

Wow lads what a video. Stunning choice of location, but for me the level of decay and the property's prior use as a hotel and its slow return back to nature made it outstanding choice for your video. Your captured video footage fully highlighted the transformation from its past to the present and also gave us a glimpse of its future if its not restored. Outstanding work guys and thanks for letting us join you on your travels!

Amazing location and you did really well in how you've documented it all. Great job.

Some really beautiful images with the vibrant overgrown foliage in those otherwise untouched rooms.

Wow! Stunning location and what fabulous views. The decay in some of the bedrooms is beyond belief and absolutely spectacular but what a shame. It really would take a mammoth amount of work and time to restore this one. Great work guys!

I love this, an excellent abandoned location and excellent filming too, really enjoyed the photos of what used to be inserted into it too.

Stunning location, the decay is just beautiful.

so great, i hope you made a lot of amazing foto's, this cant be ever made by people, fantastic the top floor rooms and de overgrown glasses in the bar

A beautiful location. The decay in this hotel is amazing. It goes from one extreme to the other. I assume it's either plumbing that's failed or the usual leaking roof one gets with these flat roofed concrete buildings. Somehow I can't see this building ever getting saved. The cost I think will prohibit anyone renovating it. Well done for bringing this video to us. You do a fabulous job

An incredible explore. I've never seen anything like this, in all your explorations or anyone else's explores. Was very beautiful once, although the architecture looks at odds with all the old homes in the background.

The low budget movie opportunities in places like this would be amazing!

Amazing! Those rooms look like Stranger Thing's 'upside down' has broken through in Ireland. Great exploring and insightful commentary. If nothing else should win best Urbex video thumbnail of 2021! Thanks everyone 👍📸🔦😎

One of the most tragically beautiful things I have ever seen, wow. Well done guy's 👍

Industry and leisure go hand in hand I think. Look how many pubs and social clubs have shut over the years with the decline of the mining and manufacturing industries, particularly in the north. They were built to serve the working man and his family.

Such a waste of a building, but so much beauty in the decay we need to have so much respect for nature. As nature gave us so much but can take it all away only in time

Great video guys 👏 so sad to see what was once a lovely hotel, left to decay 🥺

Hi,This has to one of the best explore.i think no other explore has done any thing like this. well done guy,s for the risk you have taken to explore this ship.thanks.

Great vid guys so much decay in those rooms unbelievable

Very nice explore you lads do like your decay lol thanks 4 sharing . Happy new year 2022

Wow, nature is truly wonderful at cleaning up our neglect and making it beautiful.

Location, location, location. It needs levelled and rebuilt with modern materials that can withstand the Atlantic coastline and I'm certain that it would be a goldmine. The beauty of the area is stunning and with proper marketing the hotel would be a terrific asset to local tourism.

Mother nature always reclaims. Stunning video!

Feeling homesick for Irelamd now...auguri from Italy x

My best friend had his Wedding reception there. A big party of us stayed there for the weekend. The wedding party had photos taken on the beach.Bunbeg

It’s as though someone just simply locked the door and walked away.. it’s eerie how the beds still have bedding on them, paperwork just laid as it would have been and crockery in the kitchens..

I hope you enjoyed your visit to ireland. I love it, its home.

Spent most of the day watching your videos you have just got yourself a new subscriber I like the way you go international with your videos

I say you continue both leisure & factory. You are doing a good job!

the music suits this video, perfect choise who ever chose it.well done boys.

I was there as a child, pity to see it like that now,but great for you too document it,ps the bedrooms are gone green as the roof has major leaks and the glass is missing

Ah the Ostan. Holidayed there as a boy. Tragic. Ran into the ground by the family after the father passed. Apparently it's to be torn down and replaced with a health spa and gym. The other hotel up the road is also abandoned. Same family.

I have to say lovely drone footage thank you for what you do weather it’s industry or not it’s just as beautiful Why do people have to vandalise places like this Whoever does vandalise properties like this they should be ashamed of themselves

amazing vid well done . shame its gone the way it has .hope someone has the sense to restore it have a great xmas and new year

This reminds me of what the Costa Concordia looked like after the shipwreck was recovered, absolutely apocalyptic and completely harrowing.

That place is beyond restoration.

I just been over on holiday around this area of donegal my mother and late father are from this area not to far away, I remember being in this hotel with my family and relations who live very close by.i took a drive up the tarmac ramp with my brother, just sat there for a short while remembering how it was back in the day,so sad to see its demise, but hearing from the locals I have that spoken to they were saying construction work is going to take place into next year would be great to see it back to its former glory.

Great content and even greater reminder to us all of the sacred power of Mother Nature, through all that concrete, brick, wood and glass, she comes to reclaim.

Cannot believe you would let a hotel in such a beautiful coastline just sit there and rot away great video guys if I had the money I would certainly snap.it up and restore it better do the lottery this weekend here's hoping.

Those ferns are crazy! Great video guys 😀

Absolutely stunning to see how nature has taken it back. These images are gorgeous, I love to see how one humans have gone, nature will thrive.

Amazing you could imagine a moss covered zombie poping out at any moment.

Isnt it beautiful how nature reclaims what was once hers .

that fence tells you how welcome you are , and how abandoned it is.

Stayed there soon after the hotel was built. It was a very striking and futuristic building for the time. Maybe not to everyone's taste, but I think that the deliberate contrast of the building and its surroundings somehow worked. A bit like a spaceship on the moon. If you've watched early 1970s Sci-fi you'll get the idea. The original interior was also very beautifully done. Details like dark wood complimented a stong design focus and colours. The hotel lobby, the gift shop and details like bedrooms doors seem to have been all altered at some point from the original - with 1970s style round brass handles to white doors with modern ones. I think the hotel later lost some of its better design features to these changes over time It certainly would have been amongst the first wave of purpose hotels in the west of Ireland. The indoor swimming pool was a fairly luxurious addition for the time. Sadly there seems to be few if any early photos of the interior. Around the time of the hotels later closure and financial difficulties - there were also a number of compensation culture type claims. One involving an unsupervised child falling off the balcony and another for a relatively minor injury some considerable time after the alleged incident. I think as a hotel it was a building of its time and is now being reclaimed by nature - though it would be good a thing if those who visit just to deliberately destroy things up and make a mess - would catch a grip.

Striking how you get the post apocalyptic vibe, the indoor foliage definitely reminiscent of The last of us games, and places like Pripyat.

It’s such a shame places like this are left abandoned.

Beautiful, but what a waste of resources. At least they could have given the blankets to the Red Cross, to help people in troubles after an earthquake or a tsunami. Thanks for the video, it's fascinating to watch through a window open onto the past and see how we were then 😊

2017 and 2018 I explored here, the decay since then is amazing. Shame about the vandalism.

Thanks for exploring this place, I live in Dublin and had the privilege to stay in it many years ago at a Christmas do, it was fantastic in it's prime 👌

My family and I spent many holidays in this area and were in the hotel quite a few times. Many days spent on the beach below. I loved the way the hotel sat majestically there above the beach. It is a beautuful mellow looking building and the white colour it is painted is striking. I am surprised that the building was allowed to decay like this as this area in Co.Donegal is one of outstanding natural beauty. Could the local council not do something to save the Ostan Gweedore - Hotel Gweedore?

I stayed there a few times when it first opened in the early 70’s and attended a wedding there years later, it was a beautiful place in a fantastic coastal location in Derrybeg, west Donegal, sad to see it go to ruin like that .

beautiful hotel ,such a shame its been allowed to get in this state ,it could be converted into holiday or private apartments they would always be occupied with the gorgeous view .

I explored this maybe 5 years ago I cant believe how much it has deteriorated

Tasted Guinness for the first time as a kid on that terrace on a family holiday. Kind of poetic that as bad Eddie the boat decays, so does the hotel

I had many a great drink in the hotel over the years. Beautiful location. I was last in this hotel in September 2013 ...you had the feeling it was on it last legs...nearly empty on that evening. Sad.

Enjoyed this video very interesting it's sad and I find it haunting, bet that has seen a few squatters over the years.

Decay? or growth? Well done for anonymising the locations on your videos.

Great explore, the plants growing in the 3rd floor bedrooms was amazing!

Tis greener than the Emerald Ireland itself! 😳

The beach next to it was the first place I ever drove a car, used to go to a nearby smaller hotel on family holidays but don't remember the area around that hotel being all that busy, that would've been around 2008 - 2010.

Amazing...thankyou

Love your videos keep thrm up 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Awesome looking place nice one

That was brilliant guys.

The Ostan Gweedor. Stayed there on a family holiday in the early 70s, just after its completion. Very sad to see it like this.

I had a fancination in abandoned buildings. Especially, Asylums that are just creepy.

I used to spend my summers swimming there in the leisure centre lovely hotel

17:12 that’s some real life last of us shiz right there amazing!

This is only one abandoned building in the area, most tourism areas have multiple run-down buildings, thankfully that is not the case in the area. This hotel is scheduled for a complete renovation in summer 2022.

Beautiful ferns

"On this weeks episode of Four in a bed, one of the guests finds a bit of mold, and is disgusted by pube found on the tree growing through the bedroom"

Great video. Such a wonderful location. The hotel facebook page is still live and not touched from 2013. Let's hope for a miracle and someone takes it on for restoration. I see plans have been submitted for re-generation in July 2021 so let's hope we will see it restored.

The Very famous shipwreck is like 20 yards in front of this hotel. I always think Innishsirrer would make an amazing abandoned youtube video, for which, there are very few video's. Time to borrow a Currach!. Thanks for sharing

Beautiful and Sad 😥💖

Looks like a live action Bioshock set.

This footage is both amazing and sad at the same time. At times it's like the land version of the Marie Celeste (or the abandoned towns near Chernobyl). Can't figure out why the owners didn't sell of the best of the furniture & equipment to recoup some of the losses...???