Devey - Haunted Ireland: True Ghost Stories Part 1

By Mary Devey

All rights reserved. Copyright 2012 Mary Devey

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The events in this book are based on facts. Some ofthe characters have been replaced with false names to protect theiridentity.

Also by the same author in the following series:

Haunted England: True Ghost Stories Part I

Haunted England: True Ghost Stories Part II

Haunted Ireland: True Ghost Stories Part II

Haunted Singapore: True Ghost Stories Part I

Haunted Singapore: True Ghost Stories Part II

Chapters

Preface :

Ghosts are just a part of the landscape inIreland. Believe it or not, ghosts are common anomalies to seearound a house, park, a castle and just about any place where humanhabitation exist. Some areas are filled with more than one ghostsand it is either whether you live with them or not.You'll hear anincredible number of Irish ghost stories in this land as ancient astime and in just about any place you might see even on a bridge oran abandoned railway track. There's the ghost in the pub, the ghostof the witch with the shrieky laugh who never seems to go away, theghost of the headless horseman who seeks to make the same rounds hedid for centuries gone by and the ghosts in the castle, the oneswho "live" and just never want to die. And yes, for those who lovefairy stories, there are so many stories which abound about whetherthey are real and some claim them to be so, just as much as thosewho have seen the leprechauns suddenly leap from nowhere right infront of them only to disappear so quickly you wished you saw themjust a little better this time!

With all this in mind, it is little wonderwhy tourist attractions which are considered haunted like the many450 castles and hotels across Ireland today, tempt visitors withholiday getaways in castles and hotels which will rock you for manysleepless nights in the many months to come. Then of course thereare the rides. Let's not forget those because if you love a ghostride, take the ghost bus tours which will run you all across thefamous haunted spots. You might just get lucky seeing the orbs andmaybe some apparitions as others have. Get a scratch maybe? Somehave. There are two ghost tours in Dublin and they chime with somuch fun and laughs for the intriguing ghost adventurer. Some aremanned by paranormal experts who know everything about the placeand have lots more to tell you about why they think the place is sohaunted. So yes, you learn plenty about the history and about thehaunts and what you saw!

Ireland is a beautiful country marked by aland that is green and lush, replete with people from all sorts ofinclinations and a country steeped with history and ancientness, acountry that though tainted by wars so serious and painful as theCromwellian wars and the Irish Civil War of 1922 for instance, hasstill managed to store much of its history in ways you will findmost intriguing as with many of the castle foundations and ruinsfor instance and the landscape which though in ruins, still tellyou about the ancient Celts. Where the town grew, there was alwaysa trace of the metals which made trade so crucial for the Irishpeople. History in Killarney for instance dates back to the earlyBronze over some 4,000 years ago when copper was first mined inRoss Island. Many monasteries and nunneries were also created allover the Irish landscape and these places somehow ensured theflourishing of the local towns some of which have a history thattraces back several centuries. There are also many ancient stonesites in Ireland the reason of their existence still warped in somuch mystery. If you read the story on the Dublin Hellfire Club,you will find out that just maybe Satan decided to camp in his newplace since his sacred stones were used for something other thanwhat it should have been used for. Maybe, he wanted to teach thedisrespectful humans a lesson for desecrating his site and so hesparked just about any mischief he chose and he couldn't have askedfor more fun when the Hellfire Club took over now could he? Surelythey made his job so easy and he in turn had caused so muchcontroversy over the years!

Whatever it is, Ireland is just like a pageoff a book on magic. You will hear about the ancient druids whokept their secrets by way of mouth only, the gnomes and theleprechauns and the fairies who camp in the woods, and then ofcourse you will know that beneath the pages you flip through, thereare also a lot of strange stories to tell about the supernaturaland about witchcraft. The literature on the supernatural evendemonstrates with the famous story about James Joyce in his 'APortrait of the Artist as a Young Man' in which he speaks in partabout his own life in the school where to see a ghost like the bigblack dog with the red eyes was such a common sight. And there areof course the other famous Irish writers like Oscar Wilde who wrotethe The Canterville Ghost to please the imagination of every childand adult, as well as the intriguing story of The Picture of DorianGray. There is so much that goes on in Ireland beneath the hum ofits modernization, so much stories that are ancient and not tooforgotten that it simply draws the human soul further into itsvault. Once there, whichever path you choose, you will probablyfind more stories and more mysteries to take you to the next lap ofyour journey just two miles away for another fun trip into theparanormal. But just be careful where you walk because the woodsare ancient and the trees speak plenty, and the stories that aretold have sometimes no time as to when it began at all. You mightjust spot the druid and he is not going to be so sure who you areand what you want

Insanity at the Dublin Hellfire Club:

Ever walked into the Dublin Hellfire Club?Try it in the late hours of the night. The Dublin Hellfire Clubwill give you the creeps. There is something just dark and mustyabout the place, something hideous you might say because it willmake you frightened almost taking your breath away. The ancientwalls are dark and green, molding and what's even more disturbingare the shadows which you may see in the late hours of the night,things which you would have no rational explanation for. Some haveheard the hissing sounds in the darkness, and the story goes thatit comes from a big, black cat which was sacrificed in the club.There is also another story that goes that a priest stumbled onthis place just as the members were sacrificing a black cat and thepriest quickly grabbed the animal praying over it to exorcise overthe demonic possession that had come over it. The animal was saidto have been so tormented that it screamed and tore apart and whatdrew out was Satan who flew right through the ceiling and broughtit down with one go. Stories like this are told all the time andmany hold to them. Others claim it just makes you feeluncomfortable standing in what was once the place that became asheer site of debauchery and shameless play among the very richaristocrats of Ireland. All sorts of lewd activities and satanicrituals were said to have occurred here, and the feeling is notreally nice at all, not so nice especially when it is really lateat night!

You might call this club a mysterious placepossibly because of the ancient rocks which encapsulate it. Afterall, who knows what the rocks were used for Maybe that orsomething else .because apart from the lingering stories ofsatanic worship and occult that are said to brew over a cup ofcoffee and lots of mugs of beer in pubs and as conversationalpieces for a night session of ghost stories, people will tell youthere is something wrong about that place. The place may alwaysremain a mystery, a shroud that bears eternal darkness of whatcould have been Satan's popular stopover. There was once a claim hehad come to the club to take the soul of one of the members onlythe young man changed his mind and thought he could outwit Satanwith his own plan of escape!