Exploring the Historic Abandoned Sion Mills in Ireland 

My village. I worked there. The local Buildings Preservation Trust have been trying for years to get the mill. They got the Stables in Sion and made a fantastic job of the rejuvenation. No weaving took place here. Linen is spun. What the lads showed here isn't even half the site.

Hi Guys, I live and grew up right next door to this Mill (literally a stone's throw away) and I have never seen what it was like inside the grounds my whole life. My grandparents both worked and met at this mill so it means a big deal to my family. Thank you so much for this video

What a beautiful old building, I can only imagine the noise of the machines and all the workers busy working away. The views were amazing. Such a waste now left to decay and rot, very sad. Thank you for this video. 💕🇦🇺

What an amazing building that should have been saved and repurposed. On the plus side if it was not in this state then there would not have been an equally amazing video. Really love your appreciation and acknowledgment of the architecture and the subsequent deterioration. As a retired engineer I love this type of content and thanks for the early viewing. Have a Merry Christmas and looking forward to your creations in 2022

This facility since filming has been taken over by a company who produce juices they are operating at quite a large scale

I think its absolutely amazing how any building gets vandalized like this with in 10 years it really paints a picture in our minds of what it used to look like thriving with workers my favorite videos of 2021 has got to be the courthouse which was amazing and the British Airways training building but its very hard to pick one as they were all amazing and moving like we were with you thanks for the amazing videos that you have made and uploaded for us throughout 2021 have a good Christmas and a pleasant start of the year Thanks Lads :)

Loved the way you pronounced sionmills. Lol.. the correct pronunciation is s-eye-on mills. Sounded a bit of a french twang. 🤣

I can only imagine all the employees milling about and earning a living back in history.. thanks for the great explore!!

You should go to gilford mill its been abandoned for years and is beautiful also has a lovely walk that goes around it. And you should go to brookfeild house👍

The tubes are flax bins, and the mill closed around 2004, and the company that owned the mill went into receivership in 2011 as I'd started my visits from 2009 onwards and there was already evidence of natural decay, That newer loft-style section along with the chimney had been restored for new use but I think then it was already going downhill, they've demolished a lot of the smaller buildings since the first fires. But also when the lottery winner bought the mill, at that point something then could have been done,. but she fought with the sporting clubs that used the grounds and ended up throwing them out, only to be left for further damage and decay.

My favourite video of 2021 was Raf Spadeadam, it was so different to your other videos, a close second was the abandoned seaside hotel from last month. Great videos, keep up the great work 👍

An interesting and, as always, a sad place. My only criticism is the pronunciation of the name. It is pronounced “Sigh on mills”, not “See on mills”.

I'm sorry but HOW does this channel only have 55k subs ?. This is such a good channel I've only discovered your channel today btw, but from what I've watched so far you deserve way more subs. Great stuff 👏👏👏

A definite Hilla and Bernd Becher atmosphere - in their tradition and that of uk industrial music.

All your videos are fab to watch. The one in Scotland with the abandoned village did stand out as a memorable one though. I hope you guys continue to find fab finds to share with us 😊

Nice to see a tour on the Mill, I live quite close to Sion Mills itself so I naturally have been there before

You asked for input on favourite explorations this past year. You know I have appreciate the videos you produce for some time now. I will say that this one about Sion Mills was likely one of my top favourites. Very interesting. I can only imagine what it might have been like to have lived and worked around this place more than a hundred years ago. As for other programs, I liked the Scottish orphanage, religious mansion in northern England, the courthouse, the Irish boys school, the mental health department and the Scottish 'ghost town' to name a few that I liked. You are historians, in a sense, recording little parts of history around the UK. I have commented previously that you respect properties and do not disturb artifacts. Thank you for doing this. Here in this part of Canada's prairies there is very little in the way of buildings like you have in the UK. In this past year I have 'explored' abandoned schools, homes, barns, townsites that no longer have any buildings, etc. It is always a thrill when I spot something in the distance and find a way to the place. There is an old flour mill in the city where I live and it has been abandoned for more than 10 years. I will be checking with a real estate agent in the new year to see if there is a way to explore. Guys, keep up the good work. Your videos are interesting and informative. Kudos. ~ david

Reminded me of "Logan's Run "and the way nature had taken over.

Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 and a happy new year. Thank you for uploading another amazing video. I find all your videos wonderful.

Great video upload guys

Great video very interesting place

Live not too far from sion always take photos of the outside but never seen the inside thank you for taking me around I enjoyed it, just to bad its lying in that condition, it's sad.

All your videos are great very hard just pick one out

Great video

What's my favorite video from 2021? It's difficult to tell. Maybe the Irish hotel, I loved the decay on that one. But the old abandoned schools were great too.

All I'm guessing will be torn down, such stunning architecture, such a shame to see in such a state... Imagine if it had been kept intact, it would look amazing.

Can you actually imagine just how many locals worked in a building of this size over the centuries.

yep!!! 6.14 TARTARIAN! thanks!!!

I've walked in the grounds often. The owner sadly died this year so this building's future is in limbo. A sad loss if something isn't done, it has so much potential.

Great explore lads. A great shame that such an architecturally significant site has just been left to rot. You'd think it would be listed? Just read that the owner died last year so not sure what will happen with the site now. Sad all round.

My late mother says she worked in it when young 😢

Sad to see so much decay. Appropriately 1,200 employed there in 1957

This place was so much better before 2011 to explore

Wow, amazing. This has a lot like "the last of us".

Pairsley hospital its so interesting

Love

The Mill created the village, and its left to rot and be vandalised. So many important, historical buildings in the surrounding area seem to have been targetted by arsonists, and strangely replaced by housing soon after... My grandmother lived across the river 80+ years ago when she was a teen. Walked over the "swinging bridge" (which has been replaced numerous times since). I am sure the majority of the locals have a tie to this mill. So much history.

Do you wear proper strong boots to protect against standing on bits of glass or sharp metal? Wouldn't want to fall over either

Hell on Earth pod brought me here

Sigh-on mills

If it weren't for rhat mill i wouldn't be alive

Sion mills northern Ireland, not Ireland

Why if you don't know how something is pronounced do you guess at it ? It's not see-on it's between sigh-in and sign

Another example of how, of the 4 home countries, the people of N Ireland give less of a toss about their cultural heritage and historical environment. Ironic bearing in mind how often there is so much wittering about ‘ the loss of our culture’. Piss poor.

Some bird won the euro millions bought it she died this year she was from.strabane it keeps gettin burnt she had a masion built not far from it

It's in NORTHERN IRELAND. One island but 2 states. The Irish Free State and Northern Ireland.

Dude surely you could have asked a local how to pronounce the place properly like ffs! Sion Mills! Not Ceeon Mills! Sion as in Simon!! Hello!

Sion Mills Is In Northern Ireland 🇬🇧🇬🇧 Not Ireland 🇮🇪 . 2 Different Countries

At least try and get the pronunciation of the name correct , the locals would have guided you some.