‘Screamers’ house, former home to controversial cult, for sale in Co Donegal
A Victorian house in Donegal, Ireland, formerly home to the controversial 'Atlantis Commune' and later a neopagan community, is currently on the market. The property, known for its history of primal therapy and esoteric symbols, has seen a 25 percent price reduction.
Why it matters
The sale highlights the intersection of local real estate history and the legacy of 1970s counter-culture movements in rural Ireland.
It’s a Victorian house complete with bay windows and stately steps to the front door. The property includes eight bedrooms and five bathrooms. It’s airy, painted a jolly shade of blue and situated in Donegal ’s Ailt an Chorráin, or Burtonport, close-but-not-too-close to the wild Atlantic.
Sounds pleasant. So what might go bump in the night to deter nervy buyers? It’s the house known far and wide across the Donegal countryside as the former home of the Screamers, the Atlantis Commune long resident in the area.
The commune had a colourful history, arriving in 1974 to practise its form of primal therapy at a time when many people influenced by the new ideas of the 1960s were colonising the west of Ireland. They chose to do their screaming in the Gaeltacht village from which the ferry to Árainn Mhór runs.
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