The Shelbourne Hotel

Dublin · Ireland · Hotel

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.

The Shelbourne on St Stephen's Green has been Dublin's society hotel since 1824, but its most talked-about guest never checked in. Mary Masters was a small girl who died of cholera in 1791 in one of the houses later absorbed into the hotel. Her spirit is said to keep to the upper floors, where guests have woken to a touch, felt sudden chills and heard a child's giggle in the corridors. The medium Sybil Leek identified her at a famous séance in the 1960s. Actress Lily Collins and other celebrity guests have described unnerving nights, and the staff speak of Mary as simply part of the house.

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The Shelbourne Hotel is in Dublin, Ireland.