The Irish headstones contain so much information! Wonderful! Here in the US, we consider over 100 years to be old, while you guys easily have 1,000 year old structures❤Amazing!
I can imagine people, in their Sunday finest, coming to worship, and pay respects to their families. I know one day we'll be forgotten, but it's still sad to see these beautiful places, and souls, left untended. Thank you for showing us. God bless you both.
@@user-sq9td8nu9i I don't agree w/that; when it's said, "Rest In Peace," it means JUST THAT. Would you want to live in a house OR shop in a building where your parents/siblings etc. were ONCE BURIED?? Can you imagine checking out in Aisle 5 where Granny USED to be "buried?" 🙄 The very THOUGHT...🤔🤯😔💀☠️⚰️🪦
Would be great to put a team of volunteers together and give this Church and Graveyard a complete clean up and repair the headstones. one weekend with twenty volunteers would do the job. I would be first to sign up for this.
Great video GV. ❤❤ special place there. Loved that you went into the Vault. I have had the pleasure once to look inside a vault when a tunnel collapsed on a graveyard. I whas there to inspect it and it was in fact an undercroft of a midieval church. Was special to be there as one of the first people after so many centuries❤❤❤
You're getting pretty adventurous, I'm glad Sue is with you to help if something goes south. Exploring unknown places is exciting for sure, but it brings to mind some hikers who decided to leave the trail to get back before dark. They found themselves on a ledge with no way to get off of it. They were rescued 3 days later by a couple of hikers who heard their calls. Not saying going into a crypt is as dangerous, but one never can be 100% of the unknown. I thoroughly enjoy all your videos and crazy escapades!
I think having these graveyards in such appalling conditions is despicable! People buy a little plot to be able to rest in peace - BUY A PLOT!!! To be abandoned & left in such a delapidated state is absolutely despicable. Invest in a cremation guys, you will not find eternal peace in a graveyard😡
When my dad died he wanted to be buried. We were told the plot was ours but only for 101 years. They could build on the cemetery after that but are not allowed to remove the remains only the head stone.
It may sound grim, but I find these types of churches/cemeteries very fascinating! Abandoned and "never" looked back. Then the thought arises: why? How did it come to this? Are there really no surviving relatives at all? Great that you're documenting this! Only one question from me: how do you find these kinds of places? Some are indicated, but most are not.
It's sad to see the graves forgotten and nobody around to care for these places but I always hope someone watches my videos and can do something to help clean it up
@@GraveVisitations It's that I live in the Netherlands and we don't have such overgrown cemeteries. Otherwise I would have been happy to help you make this place something mainstream, for example! Even if no one comes, always respect the dead who have their eternal rest there!
@@GraveVisitations2:29 2:29 I live here in the States (N. Ga.) And I have lots of lawn equipment and would just LOVE (!!! 😃) to come help! And no pay, just some gas and oil for my rigs! 😉😄🚜 Hope and Pray to meet you both someday, and I'll GLADLY get to work!!! Cheers! 👏👍☺️ P.S. Brand-new Subscriber here, and so far, this is the SECOND video I've enjoyed; please be Safe, and most of all, be CAREFUL. ✝️🙏😉👍
Wow!, the graveyard is in much need of lot's of good worker's to get in there and remove all of the brush and trash. Its sad but , the gravestones were beautiful, may the dearly departed rest in peace. I loved Sue's shoes😊, thanks for sharing this video, looking forward to the next one. 😊
Wow GV you are so brave going down that hole! I was hoping you might have found gold that would have been great for you and Sue. I can't imagine why anyone would want to leave beer cans and a wheel in there nothing sacred it seems. Great explore another church and graveyard at the mercy of Mother Nature. Thank you 👍❤❤
Wow GV that was amazing (and spooky) I was terribly concerned you'd get stuck (or worse still, hurt) in that vault. That call to be rescued by the emergency services, would have been one for the books! Glad you survived intact, and with no warts lol. Joking aside, it's so sad that the vault etc are left in such a dangerous and overgrown state (can hardly be passed off as a nature area in a working cemetery) heartbreaking to realise how quickly we will probably all be forgotten about as the generations move on.
You scared the sh*t out of me when I saw you half in, half out of that hole 🕳 Sad that the church and graveyard are no longer being used and are forgotten. I hope someone cleans the garbage out of that vault and reseals it. Great video, thank you very much GV and Sue. Have a great weekend 😊
@GraveVisitations You are very much welcome! Thank you very much for getting back to me. I am glad that you got out of there ok. Thank God Sue was there, in case of any emergency.
I am a brand new subscriber, and I admire your curiosity and respect. What would the vault originally be used for? Wow! Some graves 244 years old! Wow!
Had to pause the video, because I can't stop giggling over Sue's, "Off ya go!!" while poor GV is half in the hole! Oh, the crazy things you two get up to! 😂
I really enjoy all of your videos. I can tell that u both enjoy doing them. Here in America we have only a fraction of these old church’s. It should make your citzens proud of your long historical heritage.
Wow, just amazing! I wish we could see inside the church, but glad you went in the vault. We don't find places of antiquity here as you do there. If there were, someone would be charging a fee for entrance. It's sad that families die out, with no one to carry on the upkeep of the cemeteries. Lord bless and keep you both. Happy trails!❤🙏
Oh Cathal, you're a braver person than I am!! Please be careful when going down holes!! I really don't want you getting stuck!!🙏🙏 AWESOME video, as always!! You and Sue NEVER disappoint!! XXXX 👏💞👍🤗❤
@@fastsetinthewest I do like the odd tipple sometimes, but unfortunately, I suffer from lots of ailments, including chronic pain, so am on morphine!! Who knows, maybe one day, it may become a reality!!
Some people cant let the dead rest in peace. Who would put a wheel down there and trash. Wow disgraceful. Thanks for being brave and showing us. 💪 Amazing headstone from 1780. Dont understand how locals dont keep these places up.🤔
The youth of today Abigail have no respect for the dead I mean a certain percentage. The government need to start putting funds into these cemeteries and remember these people and history
How very sad that this whole site is so unkempt, neglected & seemingly abandoned. Surely someone could volunteer to clean it all up, or organise a working bee to tidy it up & make it a special place again.
Oh, GV! I was afraid for you. Could you hear me yelling at ya? You half in the hole makes a great picture for a calendar. 😂 What an interesting place this is. Thanks for another great video!
My gosh GV you are brave to go into that crypt, and Sue is brave to watch! My heart was in my throat the entire time you were down there. Great video, cheers to you both.
This is an odd but incredible place. Sad to see it so overgrown and abandoned like that though. Kudos to you Cathal. For a grown man to get in that small opening and then go all the way back to the end of it. I wouldn't do it. I'd be afraid the ceiling might come down on yas. Those poor people have been forgotten! Tell Sue I like her white socks! 😂
Great video guys. I often wonder if there are any relatives of the deceased still alive who are unaware they have ancestors lying in these abandoned graveyards. Maybe one day someone will tell you!
Ahh, I think it's lovely that mother nature is gently but steadily reclaiming our forgotten and abandoned deceased to her tender loving care. ❤ Mind you take good care of you's too - you're a long way from a cave rescue team! ❤
Drugs might be involved. People are choosing these places to party because they are not patrolled. Drugs do strange things to people, though I am by no means defending this activity. Ancient places like this are sacred
It’s always a wonder how a sacred place was once so active and comforting but falls into ruin. Thank You So Much and Many Blessings! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
Oh my goodness, you climbing down that hole made my heart stop! LOL!!! Thank you for this wonderful channel... I could listen to your accent all day long-- pretty sure you wouldn't want to hear my Michigan accent all day! Hahaha!
Grave visitation and the tombs of dread.. it's always the women Who want us to climb into holes 😂 fantastic video Cathal.. looked exciting and also sad to see the graveyard left in that state.
Just looking at that place i wanted to get out my yard cleaning tools, its a shame they let it get so overgrown, just because they're not using the church doesn't mean the can't keep it up the grounds. Another great video .
Hi V.G just viewed your post. Steve from England. Amazing place really for a delapitated church. I think it's been vandalised. I'd love to see inside the church, pity it's so over grown. Nice one.
Thanks for sharing your adventures!! ❤Heartbreaking that vandals have gone into that tomb and left rubbish!! Sad to see the church and graveyard so overgrown..
Well, that was intense! Thank you for being our brave archaeologist GV. This place is in a very sad mess, but reading the late 1700s stone made it worth it. Nice to see you both in your wellie boots, lol. Take care, Deb of Oz XXX
I am impressed, who's idea was it Sue's to go down into the vault, she give you a little push come on you can do it lol Great Job guys always a adventure. ⚰
I have made a petition to have this place flattened and a small bingo hall and maybes a playground and a car park put in its place so I have as it will be more for the best for the childern and for our future community here in Ireland as time goes on
That place should be cleaned up or these persons will be forever forgotten. One can see it once was a beautiful place. Thanks for sharing this with us.
In the US some of the similar graves to your chest tombs are referred to as "false crypts." Damaged false crypts usually show only the ground beneath, the person is still buried in the ground. New Orleans and some of the areas with high water tables of course usually are not false crypts.
That was an incredible adventure. I couldn’t believe it when you had the bravery to climb down into that vault! Can’t wait for the next video. Thank you.
I'm sure those folks never thought their final resting place would end up looking like that. It's a shame that people used that vault as a rubbish bin. I'm now curious about the remains.. who were they? Why was their vault under the church.. makes ya wonder🤔
Well done GV ! You are brave. I would not have walked in the water in the vault. That was intense. Sue's encouragement was kind of funny, since she was standing outside. Thanks guys !
Is there any way that you could find out who owns the property and why this cemetery is in the condition it's in good job TV very proud of you I'm glad Sue was there to protect you in case you got stuck
Such beautiful architecture. I got creeper out by the vault tunnel. Looks like it was purposely piled with debris to reclose it back off. Perhaps the drinkers were raiding the church inside. No telling, but the human bones spread about, just beyond creepy. Thanks for your dedication to showing the beautiful places you share.
Wow, you found human sh#t at one grave yard by the pyramid...then go in the hole and find a old rim and beer cans in a vault....this is terrible...some people -not all people have no respect for the dead...keep up the great work be safe and have fun!! ✌️ ❤
Hi guys! I’ve just recently discovered your channel and I thoroughly enjoy going on these digital journeys with you. I do have a question: what is the oldest grave that you can recall ever seeing on your travels?
Okay, that was a bit above and beyond for your viewers! I am from Missouri in the states. My daughter spent a summer in Ireland and loved it! I enjoy both your and Sue's channels. You need a gas powered weed whacker for some of your adventures!
This a To ME is Intriguing Especially Headstones of the 1800 Wow Thank You love the Series I'm from NYC In Downtown We Have Trinity CHURCH a Historical Church Graves going back to the 1300 I find Spectacular love it Again Thank you EPIC !!! R.I.P
Its good of you to take us along with you on your trips we in US really appreciate you because we would never be able to see things like this without you
That is utterly shocking to see hubcaps, beer cans, etc in the sacred burial space of the ancient departed. Just terrible. The whole cemetery is just wholly in neglect and disrepair. I wish it could be cleaned up, mowed ,etc. Thank you for your bravery.