Malahide Castle
The Malahide Castle ghosts are as much a part of the estate as the ancient woodlands and the elegant rooms.
Reports of spooky sightings go back as long as the castle’s 800-year history; hardly surprising when you consider the tales of battles, bloodshed and broken-hearts surrounding this medieval building.
Some of these ghosts are connected to real historical figures that lived here while others are of more mysterious origin. One of the most famous ghostly residents is court jester Puck. Unlucky in love, Puck continues to nurse a broken heart in the turret where he used to live. You may also have heard of the lady in white; a female apparition who wanders the rooms and corridors of the castle.
Plenty of visitors have reported encounters with these spectres – will you be next?!
Hells Fire Club
The Hell Fire Club disturbed the spirits of the Ancient Ancestral Dead.
The building was doomed from the moment of its construction as it is built on the sacred land of the Irish.
This was the site of an ancient Irish passage grave, a tomb also known as a Cairn. To build his new hunting lodge of excess William Connolly destroyed an ancient sacred site.
As we all know the sites of our ancients should never be disturbed. They are sites of our ancestors and are revered.
Brazenhead Pub
Established in 1754, The Brazen Head is Dublin’s oldest pub. With a lively bar that is full of character and a decent pub food offering, this is a popular venue for live music and storytelling. But the Brazen Head has a few stories of its own, and at least one of the characters that frequented the pub in life, appears to have kept coming back, long after “last orders” had been called.
Irish revolutionary, Robert Emmet, was a regular visitor to the pub, and elements of rebel activity were planned within its walls. On the 20th of September 1803, Emmet was hanged until dead and then beheaded. The exact whereabouts of his bodily remains are unknown, but his spirit returned to his favourite watering hole. Many have spotted his ghost in the bar, keeping a lookout for his enemies and the man who cut off his head.
Dublin
Temple bar is a great place to explore, but it is only a 10 min walk to Dublin center city if you want to explore there. Guinness store house and factory is not too far either and you could visit Jamison distillery. The time is yours to do with as you wish.
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