Haunted Places in Ireland (36)

Explore 36 haunted places in Ireland — castles, hotels, churches, ruins and more. Every location includes its story and GPS coordinates.

• 🏰 Charleville Forest Castle Ireland, Tullamore Irlands mest enigmatiska gotiska revival-slott — många spöken inkl. lilla Harriet.
• 🏚️ Hellfire Club (Montpelier Hill) Dublin In the hunting lodge on Montpelier Hill, Dublin's infamous Hellfire Club played cards with a stranger — until someone saw the cloven hooves beneath the table.
• 👻 Loftus Hall Wexford During a card game one stormy night the mysterious guest dropped a card — and Anne Tottenham saw cloven hooves where his feet should have been.
• 👻 Killakee House Ireland, Dublin Den svarta katten av Killakee — kopplad till Hell Fire Clubs satanska ritualer.
• ⚔️ Kilmainham Gaol Ireland, Dublin Irlands största oanvända fängelse — ledarna av påsken-uppropet 1916 avrättades här.
• 🏰 Leap Castle Offaly The Bloody Chapel — where one O'Carroll brother stabbed down his own brother at the altar. The oubliette pit was full of skeletons when opened in 1922.
• 🏰 Huntington Castle Ireland, Clonegal Jakobinskt slott från 1625 — munkar, Ailish O'Flaherty och en spektral soldat.
• 👻 Athcarne Castle Meath In the ruin where James II is said to have slept before the Battle of the Boyne, a hanged soldier sways in the oak and a woman appears with blood on her hands.
• 👻 Aughrim Battlefield Galway On Ireland's bloodiest battlefield, where 7,000 men fell in 1691, a ghostly dog still keeps faithful watch on the spot where his master died.
• 👻 Duckett's Grove Carlow A grieving mother called a banshee down upon the Duckett family — and in the burned-out Gothic ruin her wail is still heard before a death.
• ⚔️ Spike Island Cork In the windowless punishment cells the whispering is said never to have stopped — over a thousand convicts died on the island in the famine years.
• ⚔️ Wicklow Gaol Wicklow In the prison once nicknamed "the gates of hell", footsteps, slamming cell doors and the babble of children can still be heard from inmates who were never set free.
• 👻 Lough Devereaugh Ireland, Ballinalack Plats där Lirs barn förvandlades till svanar av deras avundsjuka styvmor Aoife.
• 🏰 Malahide Castle Ireland, Malahide 1185-slott med Puck, väktarspöket som hängde sig efter att ha försummat sin plikt.
• 🏚️ Moore Hall Ireland, Lough Carra Romanförfattaren George Moores barndomshem — nu en gaunt ruin med barnskratt.
• 👻 Renvyle House Hotel Ireland, Connemara Oliver St John Gogartys hotell vid Atlanten — W.B. Yeats höll seans här.
• 🏰 Rockfleet Castle Ireland, Newport Pirat-drottningen Gráinne O'Malleys fäste — där hon dog 1603.
• ⛪ St Michan's Church Ireland, Dublin Krypta med naturligt mumifierade kroppar 800 år gamla — och spöken viskar.
• ⛪ Gallarus Oratory Ireland, Dingle Irlands äldsta intakta byggnad — 1200 år gammal stenoratorium liknande upp-och-nedvänd båt.
• 👻 Hill of Tara Ireland, Tara Forntida säte för Irlands kungar — Lia Fail-stenen ropade igenkänning av rätte kungen.
• 🛎️ Cabra Castle Cavan By the bridge on the castle grounds an infant is heard crying in the night — the child of the servant girl Sarah, hanged for her forbidden love. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Charles Fort Cork The White Lady still walks the ramparts in her wedding gown — the bride who threw herself into the sea after her groom was executed by mistake.
• 👻 Doonagore Castle Clare Shipwrecked sailors of the Spanish Armada were hanged here in 1588 — and in the sea fog around the tower their figures are said to drift still. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Drimnagh Castle Dublin Eleanora was forced to marry her cousin while her true love was slain — now she searches for him forever in Ireland's only moated castle. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Kyteler's Inn Kilkenny Alice Kyteler was condemned as a witch in 1324 after four husbands died — she vanished without trace, but they say she never left her Kilkenny inn.
• 👻 Leamaneh Castle Clare Red Mary is said to have pushed unwanted husbands from the windows — and her flame-red hair still flickers in the ruin's empty window sockets.
• 🏰 Kinnitty Castle Ireland, Kinnitty Gotiskt revival-slott i Slieve Bloom Mountains — en augustinsk munk profeterar.
• 👻 Lake Hotel Ireland, Killarney Hotell vid Loch Leine — 'Dan of the Feathers' McCarthy och en ung flicka hemsöker. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 McCarthy's Ireland, Fethard Pub som tiden glömde — 'Publican, Restaurang, Begravningsentreprenör'.
• 🛎️ Ballyseede Castle Kerry Every year on 24 March the housekeeper Hilda is said to appear at the castle hotel near Tralee — guests smell roses as she passes by. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Belvelly Castle Cork Vain Margaret Hodnett starved her beauty away during a siege — and her mirror-less ghost still polishes the castle walls to this day. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏰 Castle Leslie Monaghan The very night Norman Leslie fell in France in 1914, he appeared in the Red Room back home at the castle — bathed in a cloud of light. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Lough Gur Limerick Beneath Lough Gur sleeps the enchanted Earl Geróid Iarla — every seventh year he rides across the water on a horse shod with silver.
• 👻 Marsh's Library Dublin By night, Archbishop Marsh searches the shelves of his own library — hunting for the farewell note his niece hid inside one of the books.
• 👻 Ross Castle Kerry Every seventh year at dawn on May Day, the chieftain O'Donoghue rides out of the lake on a white horse — and whoever sees him is promised good fortune for life. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🛎️ The Shelbourne Hotel Dublin At Dublin's grandest hotel, little Mary Masters rattles the pipes on the seventh floor — the girl who died of cholera in 1791 still plays in the corridors. 🛏 Book a night here

FAQ

How many haunted places are there in Ireland?

Haunted Places lists 36 haunted locations in Ireland, each with its story and GPS coordinates.

What are the most haunted places in Ireland?

Among the most notable in Ireland: Charleville Forest Castle, Hellfire Club (Montpelier Hill), Loftus Hall.

Can you stay overnight at haunted places in Ireland?

Yes — 8 of the haunted places in Ireland are hotels or inns you can book for an overnight stay. The rest are public sites you can visit.

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