With his last breaths, Puck the jester swore he would forever haunt Malahide Castle in Malahide, Co. Dublin.Photo by: Wikimedia Commons
With a long, long history rife with wars and massacres, Irish land is bound to have a few ghosts here and there. That is, assuming youre a believer in the paranormal.
From castles to beaches, heres a list of our top 10 supernatural destinations in Ireland. Spanning the country, these destinations are supposedly haunted by ghosts of all sorts soldiers, brides, court jesters and more.
1. Ross Castle
On the edge of Lough Lane in Killarney, Co. Kerry, this five bedroom stone castle built in 1536 is currently run as a B&B. Visitors have reported supernatural activity both in and out of the castle: apparently every May Day for hundreds of years, a Medieval knight named ODonoghue rides along Lough Lane past the castle, accompanied by a group of spirits who play music behind him. Inside the castle, visitors have reported waking up in the middle of the night to sounds of screams or doors repeatedly opening and slamming shut. One of the spirits is believed to be Myles the Slasher OReilly, an Irish folk hero who spend his last night in Ross Castle before dying in battle in 1644.
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