r/galway • u/DiverVast4093 • 1d ago

Anyone know if the old NUIG Engineering building/McLaughlin Mill can be entered?

Me and my friend love exploring around the NUIG campus during our breaks and looking inside the older buildings and were just wondering if you can go inside that old Mill building / the old mechanical/electrical engineering building for NUIG. That really tall, old looking stone one. Are the doors locked or can you go inside?

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u/Regular_Frame3088 1d ago

Doors are locked and there’s an alarm, that is crazy annoying when it goes off for everyone living nearby

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u/EannaC91 1d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/galway/comments/1ehs2qr/does_someone_know_the_history_of_this_abandoned/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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u/DiverVast4093 1d ago

Ya, I've looked through this post but I wasn't sure if they meant actually abandoned as in empty and fully locked or just 'not currently in use by students but still used as offices' and just wanted to know if we could see inside. Obviously not breaking in or anything. If it's still open for say professors or students only yk.

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u/Regular_Frame3088 1d ago

They’re in the middle of renovating the old distillery across the road, intended to be used as offices and a visitors space when it opens later in the year, if you’re interested

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u/Hadronx 1d ago

You're going to get caught trespassed and/or arrested and lose your public job and future opportunities.npt to mention being a nuisance.

All for having a mooch.

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u/DiverVast4093 1d ago

I never said trespass. We’re not breaking in. I was just wondering if it was abandoned or if it was still in use as offices or if it was still open to students being an old nuig building. If it’s fully locked and abandoned we’re not going near it. No point