The Paranormal Database

Carrickogunnel

Location: Newmarket on Fergus - MacAulliffe's Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Holding a bright lantern to lure passing ships onto the rocks, the repulsive ghost of Carrickogunnel lurks around the castle. The other phantom found here is that of a bride who mysteriously vanished shortly after being married.

Monks and Priests

Location: Scattery Island (Inis Cathaig) - Church of St. Mary near the Round Tower
Type: Environmental Manifestation
Date / Time: Nineteenth century
Further Comments: A fisherman caught in a storm sought shelter on the island and went to pray at a ruined church. He encountered many monks and priests within the building, although when he closed his eyes and opened them, the figures had vanished, and the church once more appeared ruined.

Fairy Fort

Location: Shannon - Airport
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: 1958
Further Comments: While constructing a new runway during the 1950s, the chief engineer was warned that the work would result in the destruction of a fairy fort - the location of the runway was changed, leaving the fort undisturbed.

Cavalier on Horseback

Location: Shannon - Bickford House
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: Prior to tragedy in the family
Further Comments: The family which once lived in this house were haunted by a Cavalier who would appear galloping towards the building just prior to a death or bad news.

Cold Air

Location: Shannon - Private residence along O'Brien Park
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Between April and November, 2005
Further Comments: A couple who moved into the building experienced a constant coldness throughout the building, even with heating and a fire burning in the sitting room. After moving out a few months later they discovered that a previous tenant hanged himself in the building.

Peist

Location: Shannon Estuary - Close to Scattery Island
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Circa AD 500
Further Comments: Saint Senan engaged a peist in this body of water. The creature, with fiery eyes and venomous mouth, fell after the saint made the sign of the cross, and was bound and thrown into Doo Lough (or Doolough).

The blue flame figure of Shragh.

Blue Man

Location: Shragh - Bog
Type: Other
Date / Time: Nineteenth century
Further Comments: A blue flame which took the form of a man was said to haunt the boggy land around this village.

Fairy Fort

Location: Templemaley - Ballyhee (fort)
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Reported 1839, current status not known
Further Comments: This fort, like another in the area and so many in Ireland, was believed to be home to a troupe of fairies.

Fairy Home

Location: Templemaley - Lissardcarney (fort)
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Reported 1839, current status not known
Further Comments: This fort, like another in the area and so many in Ireland, was believed to be home to a troupe of fairies.

Strange Woman

Location: The Burren - Ballynalacken (aka Ballynalackan) Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The shadowy figure of an unknown woman stands around the castle entrance, as if in waiting.

A ghostly figure on the beach.

Spanish Sailors

Location: The Burren - Beach near Doonagore Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The beach below the castle is haunted by the ghosts of Spanish sailors from a shipwrecked Armada ship. Those who did not drown were quickly put to death by Boetius Clancy, the Sheriff of Clare.

Red Mary

Location: The Burren - Leamaneh Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Seventeenth century
Further Comments: Mary O'Brien was said by many to be a witch, and tales are told of how frequently she hanged her servants if they made mistakes. Some say she was finally caught by her enemies and left to starve to death in a hollow tree. Regardless of how she died, her unearthly form still returns to her castle.

Hounds and Rider

Location: Trough - Former gravel pit in the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Likely nineteenth century
Further Comments: A phantom hunter, complete with steed and hounds, was spotted in this area, leaping over the edge of the quarry. A man who witnessed the event rushed over to help what he expected to be an injured rider, but nothing could be found.

An old woodcut of a ram attacking a well-dressed gentleman.

Shuck and Friends

Location: Tuamgraney - Wooded area
Type: Environmental Manifestation
Date / Time: 31 October (reoccurring)
Further Comments: This wooded hollow is particularly haunted around Halloween, when it is said to change into dense woodland with demonic creatures, including a red eyed dogs and rams.