The houses are ruins basically. The great majority have been vacant for over one hundred years. Most are not very big, not much bigger than a log cabin. I guess the owners of the land where the ruined houses exist don’t really want to try to renovate them as it would probably be pointless. There’s also plenty of ruined castles around Ireland. The only inhabitants are probably ghosts of the people dead from from hunger or disease. Incidentally, from what we observed, many Irish now live in very nice houses.
Thank you! If I was a cat I’d have long been dead! LOL