The Paranormal Database

Carrickogunnel

Location: Newmarket on Fergus (County Clare) - 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.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2005-04-14   Last updated: 2005-04-14   ID: #6188

Monks and Priests

Location: Scattery Island (Inis Cathaig) (County Clare) - 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.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2011-04-27   Last updated: 2011-04-27   ID: #10326

Fairy Fort

Location: Shannon (County Clare) - 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.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2005-04-13   Last updated: 2005-04-13   ID: #6170

Cavalier on Horseback

Location: Shannon (County Clare) - 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.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2005-06-09   Last updated: 2005-06-09   ID: #6346

Cold Air

Location: Shannon (County Clare) - 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.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2006-10-24   Last updated: 2006-10-24   ID: #7010

Banging

Location: Shannon (County Clare) - Private residence, O'Brien Park
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 2009-2010
Further Comments: One former resident recalled hearing bangs and experiencing cold spots, both seemingly without explanation. On one occasion, the witness could see a doll sitting in the corner of a room, although there were no dolls in the house.

Source: User Submission
First added: 2026-10-24   Last updated: 2026-10-24   ID: #16846

Peist

Location: Shannon Estuary (County Clare) - Close to Scattery Island
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Circa AD 500
Further Comments: Saint Senan fought 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).

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2011-04-27   Last updated: 2011-04-27   ID: #10332

The blue flame figure of Shragh.

Blue Man

Location: Shragh (County Clare) - 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.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2011-04-27   Last updated: 2011-04-27   ID: #10322

From 'In Fairyland - A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World'.

Fairy Fort

Location: Templemaley (County Clare) - 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.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2011-04-27   Last updated: 2011-04-27   ID: #10319

Fairy Home

Location: Templemaley (County Clare) - 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.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2011-04-27   Last updated: 2011-04-27   ID: #10318

Strange Woman

Location: The Burren (County Clare) - 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.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2005-04-02   Last updated: 2005-04-02   ID: #6032

A ghostly figure on the beach.

Spanish Sailors

Location: The Burren (County Clare) - 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.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2005-04-02   Last updated: 2005-04-02   ID: #6033

Red Mary

Location: The Burren (County Clare) - 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.

Source: Published Media
First added: 2005-04-02   Last updated: 2005-04-02   ID: #6031

Hounds and Rider

Location: Trough (County Clare) - 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.

Source: Historical Record
First added: 2011-04-27   Last updated: 2011-04-27   ID: #10335

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

Shuck and Friends

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

Source: Published Media
First added: 2005-06-07   Last updated: 2005-06-07   ID: #6304