The Magdalene Sisters – Capture 6

Dave Buckley visited the Site in February 2025 in order to take a comparative shot for the Capture, but was prevented from doing so as access is now prohibited following serious fire damage.

Dave confirms that the building has in fact had two fires. The first one (August 2022) badly damaged the main building around the doorway shown in the Capture while the second blaze (May 2023) took out the chapel to the right of that doorway. For the purposes of interest and historical record he has given us this explanatory aerial view.

As a comparative shot he has selected this extracted Google Earth View (2021) showing the entrance doorway.

It would seem, as stated in the Capture text, that the future of the Convent property remains uncertain but Dave directs us to the Website of CANMORE (National Record of the Historic Environment) https://canmore.org.uk/event/1143625 for further information and photographs.