Exploring Cork's Abandoned Debenhams: Power Still Works
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- In this video, we are in the Republic of Ireland, looking at another abandoned Debenhams department store, this time in Cork! Although it hasn't maintained as much of it's older details than the last one we shared, it is still an apocalyptic environment with working power and a constant alarm.
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I never thought I'd see a video of an abandoned place that I was inside of when it was still open. It gives such a weird feeling.
Same
it’s really surreal
Same it weird seeing Irish places on RUclips I don’t know why
Welcome to Cork lads, my City! Worked in there when it was Roches Stores.
Showing your age 🤣😉
Adore Cork :)
@@UrbandonedCan you explore Abandoned Debenhams Henry Street, Dublin
Never liked Debenhams..... order stuff... pay for it and then told it was out of stock... not once, not twice..... but many many times...... very bad customer service
I’m am a corkonian
It's crazy to think that this place is gone now... I have many fond memories being dragged to go clothes shopping there during my childhood.
Class stuff I remember Roches Stores but I'm old 😂
I lived in cork and i always see it closed but now i can see from this video how it looks like inside my mom went inside of it in 2018 and i wished i was there two but i was only 3 so yeah thanks for showing me inside and i saw it open just from the outside in 2019👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I worked in this building, i remember it as roches stores with their distinct uniforms as a child and then it was my first job at 16 whilst it was debenhams - went back on and off - i'm 31 now and it's wild to see it from this perspective, pretty much the same just empty! Fond memories like running up that escalator as the last one still in the store after cashing up slowly then falling to hard at the top of it that my knee still has the scar today from the metal teeth. Helping customers with their fragrance, catching a glance at my first boyfriend walking past before he was my boyfriend when I fancied him, having lunch at the canteen... ❤
My partner plastered the ceiling we’re watching here in awe 💚
Well done lads nice to see you both in my home city of cork ya Debenhams or Roches store fine building inside.nice restaurants and very cheap prices.😊☘️🇮🇪
We love visiting Cork - more to come
Debenhamns was NOT cheap... it was over priced.... also....Never liked Debenhams..... order stuff... pay for it and then told it was out of stock... not once, not twice..... but many many times...... very bad customer service
So weird seeing somewhere I spent my childhood come up on a channel I watch 😳
Wow!!!! Brought back a lot of memories there!!! Sad to see such a grand old lady left to decay like that😥. Thanks for the tour lads brilliant as always👍
Thanks for watching !
Terrible to see what has happened to Roches. To us corkonians it will always be Roche’s. My dad worked there 42 years and oversaw the construction of the new build in the mid eighties. Cost him a heart attack.
It's so so interesting seeing somewhere on this that I actually used to frequent!
Glad we could provide
I can’t tell you how eerie it is to see a place that was so close to my past
Thanks for this explore, had many a nice meal in that shop's restaurant with my family over the years, keep up the great content
Glad we could help you reminisce!
This great. I was only wishing there was a document of the inside the other day. I was trying to describe to my young kids the layout and just how crazily busy it was when I was kid myself.
Really great video. I worked briefly in Roche’s Stores while studying and have great memories of that store. Their record shop was a must on a Saturday afternoon and then meet up friends in the coffee shop for cream cakes. We were so innocent 😂 Debenhams was also a great store. One stop shop for every event. Can’t believe how huge it actually is. As someone else mentioned, another sports shop is not needed in our high street. Internet shopping has killed the high street and the buzz that goes with it. Excellent work guys Thanks for caring!!
Its crazy that the place is still connected to the power grid. It means the property owner is still paying the flat fee to keep it connected- I wonder if it suggests they have a plan for it? Interesting video.
it’s being done up. sports shop going in there
Thanks as always lads for another great video. That must have been a great building when it first opened and then for it to go through its various changes over its life. Hard to understand why, when they close these buildings down why so much equipment is left behind and that the power is still left on. With that alarm sounding, I was just waiting for someone to appear and disturb your exploration, but once again the Urbandoned boys escape unharmed lol. Glad to hear its been bought and going to be reused.
No worries. Indeed, we were anticipating the same result, and it seemed that we missed them by a few minutes
It was definitely a surreal feeling seeing what was once a central part of our city's life look so lifeless. First time seeing the place since before the shutdown, and you did a fantastic job lads. Well done🫡👏
Fantastic video as always! What a georgous looking building with amazing sky lights filling the main room with natural light! 😁
The skylights were definitely one of the highlights. Happy that you enjoyed the episode :)
Thats there since Roches stores day
Totally fascinating and amazing to see how much stuff had been left behind in certain areas. Good to hear it is going to reopen as another retail company and bring back some life to the building and community. Fantastic upload guys👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed! Yes, it is great that, for once, the building isn't staying vacant for long
yet ANOTHER sports shop.... yawn!!!!
These old buildings will start to decay pretty quick without maintenance. I used to work in an M&S and heavy rain would pour through the ceiling onto the shop floor while we were open. In the stock rooms it was basically raining everywhere inside you couldnt escape it 😂
Such a large building, and dated too - hard to secure ever cranny from water, especially against the weather in these parts
So glad you put this video up never thought I'd get one last look of a place that holds memories and nostalgia for me I remember it as roaches stores fondly and then debenhams being always the place to pick up a gift or just to pass through browsing on the way out to connect to another street.
Nice one ! I’m happy to know that will reopen soon! Thank you for sharing
I'm Surprised that nobody mentioned in the comments that the reason why so much still remains inside may be due to the fact that the staff, once made redundant, prevented access to the store for over a year as they only got minimum redundancy despite Debenhams at that time being a going concern.
Like other commenters It will always be Roches Stores to me. I can still remember as a child, specifically going to Roches, just to run up and down the escalators as they were the first in Cork.
Brilliant coverage boys, fair play illuminating what was once a staple of our aging city ❤
I seriously love the idea of urbexing but am way too scared to do it myself 😂 so it's great living vicariously through youtubers...and you guys are probably my favourites to watch. Great video as always.
What a beautiful building and there's something especially cool about abandoned huge shops. I really liked the one you did before which may also have been a debenhams, where it got more dated as you explored.
Nice one lads
That's great to hear! We will continue to share our explorations for you, maybe with some more POV trespassing. This one was a special place, but didn't feature those lost secrets that the Manchester Debenhams had to offer
its crazy seeing this closed down i still remember going as a kid
I work down the side street and as I was walking up to the Main Street I over heard the property owner talking about people broke in and that it’s on RUclips so I had to have a look 😅
bRoKe iN?:)?
Just saw an article on my local paper on cork newspaper as you were featured in it
Glad to see it's coming back to life well done guys 👍
Thanks
I worked there for about a year! Never thought id see an urban exploration of a place I worked!
Looking forward to see this building reopened again. It’s being worked on now
Great explore as always lads glad to hear it will be getting used again.
Wow this building is stunning
Debenhams in my local town in King's Lynn is still empty as well,Go past it quite often
Such a beautiful building sad to see it empty
Good explore and Exceptional edit. Thanks guys 💜
Thank you very much
Shocking the amount of abandoned properties around, great video though 😊
Appreciate it, and totally
Fantastic content. Love the place 👍
Hi Alistair how you doing mate? Great video as always well edited with perfect background music added to fit the dull scenes its a real shame this beautiful building which was a Debenhams has shut down 3 years ago very unusual a building like this was a Debenhams fully modernised in the inside its weird that the power is still in operation and that loud alarm was going off for the entire time you was there this place could certainly be used again for something else e.g. another shop as its a massive building indeed hopefully one day this happens as it deserves another lease of life for years to come anyways I hope your having a good afternoon so far Alistair and keep up the great content on the channel as always 👍
Doing solid man! Thank you for your nice comment on my music choice, again! It is re-opening, this one, you will be glad to hear
@@Urbandoned Good to know your doing good like I am yep it is great that this place is going to be re opened again this stunning building will have many more years of use (hopefully) anyways hope your having a good evening so far Alistar 👍
Great video as ever
nice one did not know you were in Ireland again must look at others you have done since I have been busy lately
What a fantastic building. The people who built this building could never envisage internet shopping.
I remember as a child visiting Roches Stores in Cork. From what I remember, the interior was much grander. It looks as if Debenhams ruined the interior of a prestigious building in Cork city.
Yes they did....Never liked Debenhams..... order stuff... pay for it and then told it was out of stock... not once, not twice..... but many many times...... very bad customer service
I’d love for you to get inside Debenhams in Glasgow,it’s massive.
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I've been subbed for a while as I K ew ye done Irish urban aswell as elsewhere and idk how I haven't found this since I live here too amazing thank you
A "Sports Retail" shop... _Great!!_ 'Cos if there's one thing Cork is crying out for, it's _another_ sports retail shop!
God, there's something _sooo_ depressing about when major department stores close down. A bit like how the chickens wait for the farmer every morning with his bucket of oats, it comes as quite the surprise when he turns up one morning with an axe; these places are a fixture in your life and it comes as a bit of a 'land' when you realise how tenuous their existence was. I suppose 'out - of - town' malls have a lot to answer for, not to mention Amazon, Temu et al!
Hi excellent and very interesting video thank you for making it.
Another amazing video! Love the history and early pics etc. The pandemic has clearly given your more buildings to work with for sure ! / Love the inset graphic showing your location in real time with the video. Thanks as always for this amazing resource you provide. Mark.
Glad you liked the animation, thank you! Yeah, in a tragic way, we will be sharing many places that are pandemic closures unfortunately
Previously worked for the company who are due to take over - being in here to do some bits and bobs (moving stock etc.) was madness as I, like many others, remember this Debenhams being filled to the brim
Interesting!
Some after videos would be really fascinating
Hopefully we will return at some point
It doesn't surprise me that there's stuff still left when it only closed in 2020 but what did shock me was how it's deteriorating already.
Walked through here countless times over the years as it was on my route home from school. Eerie seeing it. Looks like it was frozen in time in some ways. Didn't remember there was a restaurant in there
As a Corkman, it will be great to see this building get back its spirit with having busy shops, all the bussle, and a restaurant full of customers having a break or a catch up with friends but the city council have failed its city with overpriced parking, high rates for business's, junkies and beggars all over the main street on which this building is situated. The copsdont be see either so the streets are far from safe. When Elvery's take over in my opinion it won't be a great experience as it was in the past but who knows i could be wrong. Other than that its a great video lads, thanks.
Its not really abandoned though. Its just vacant until the new owners (Elverys) set up shop in there.
Hiya Alistair, I hope this building is going to be a Sports Direct outlet, this Debenhams isn't as big as the one in Manchester, but you spent the right amount of time exploring it, because of my Autism, with the burglar alarm going off, I had to turn the sound down and read the subtitles, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England
Yes, sorry about that! It was either a silent video, or I tried to edit around the constant alarm. Thankfully, that isn't a common occurence
Elvery sports have taken cork building, they are an irish company from west of Ireland, co mayo. Sports Direct & house of frazer took over it’s sister shop in Mahon Point
Enjoying the episodes that ya do each week. I've seen another derelict building you guys could potentially do. Victoria Centre in Chesterfield
I'll have a gander, thanks for the tip
Curious to see if you lads would ever do the one in Limerick. Big old building, would be so strange to see.
There’s a housing shortage and yet this place is left abandoned
That was one big Debenhams building
hi abandoned tv and film sets r good to see
Theres an abandoned Debenhams here in Limerick too if you wanna have a go at that one
This was Roches Stores from 1944 until 2006. Then Debenhams from 2006 until 2019.
Fab find guys
Too bad you guys didn't go to the wearhouse and the 'attic' above the warehouse, where you can look into the green dome from inside. Also fire escapes going as high as the roof have a few hidden rooms. A lot to discover there ...
Remember it well when, it was Roches Stores.
So nice to see clean, untrashed properties, especially ones this size - There's a disused cinema/bingo hall/fun house near to me which I want to urbex, any pointers on access other than tugging on fire doors and looking right suspicious? 🤣
That's pretty much it, we try to look like we own the place if we're doing that... hi-vis jackets and loud talking, but to each their own!
In the case of this particular building, it's so intact and untrashed because of the affection the people of Cork have for the building. It's a landmark the same way the Clerys building in Dublin is.
Would like to see Debenhams Limerick
Just yesterday I was in the abandoned Debenhams in limerick Ireland and it was in much worse condition
The stuff across the inside of the front doors is a low-tech way of telling if anyone has gone through them.
This would make a great direct provision centre
Do I detect sarcasm?! 🧐
How did you guys get in there? I would of loved to have seen the old parts on the top floor
i have been in about 20 of these now and 10 house of fraisher and beales
12:02 if you didn’t know that there was a functional mall behind there that would be a lot scarier
What I want to know is how y'all get in
17:28 I used to always use this side entrance but awkwardly it meant walking through women's lingerie lol
Now got homeless people sleeping rough outside Debenhams in Kings Lynn,They found some where to go,Outiside on the door steps
I was hoping you'd find a bottle of now discontinued Dior aftershave i bought in there in 2010.😂
Feeling sad watching Debenhams Cork like this. Bought so much stuff there. Feels like watching Titanic movie. 💔. Weird feelings.
what song is the intro?
i walk past this building every single day and it freaks me the fuck out knowing that this place has just been left untouched
omg I live 5 mins away how did u even get in
How did you guys get inside? Thanks
How did you get in?
Such a shame left to rot like that l liked debenhams too
how did ye even get it ive been trynna fnd an entrance but no luck :(
Me too have u found something yet?
Im pretty sure u can get in through the merchants queue car park but got kicked out everytime I tried :(
The same thing is going on here in the US, makes one wonder.....What is going on here?
They're shutting down the world as we know it...
People are shopping online!
Its a shame alot of saint,Anne's is now gone what a place would if been for ye to explore it was an old mental institution 😮
Some American urban explorers did st Anne's a few years back. Search you tube you'll find it easy
This store didn’t close that long ago
Can yous do Debenhams in Dublin City ?
Should have bought something and processed .
Was employer there for armours 40 years
The Debenhams era was the beginning of the end for the property, British multiples don't have any affinity and the disgraceful way this company treated their employees is case in point!
Are you still In cork couple of places I have to show you
We post our videos months after we explored, but we always like to visit Cork and Ireland :)
Gentlemen I also take video from these sights. I have two video clips from asylum and convent both derelict. I’d be delighted to share.
Whose paying for the leccy?
The new owners. It's going to be a sports shop!
they will turn that building into a refugee center fact
Us old folks will always call it "Roches Stores" old is Gold 🥸👍