Haunted House on Washerwomans Hill?!?!

steviecakes · 12-03-2009, 09:27

If anyone else knows the house I'm talking about.... its close to the MET office in Glasnevin. There's a new small apartment development with some hoarding around it, and right beside it is a very, very old house.

It looks abandoned, the downstairs window is boarded up with wood, and the upstairs window looks smashed, with the old & dirty curtains blowing in and out with the breeze. The door is a green wooden one, with glass in the top half of it, and a wire mesh over the glass.

Anyway, I was driving by yesterday at about 17.10 and I happened to glance over at this old house. There was an old woman looking out through the glass in the front door!

She looked in her 70's - 80's and was wearing a headscarf, your typical 'Irish-Granny' sort of look.

Was I seeing things? Does someone still live there? I drove by again this morning on the way in to work and there was no sign of life.... Anyone else know anything about this?

dublinreject · 12-03-2009, 09:49

Oooooooo i love a good ghostly story!! i'll be checking back to see if anyone has the 'history' on this !

sambuka41 · 12-03-2009, 23:25

im dying to hear bout it too!!! You should post this in the paranormal section. They'll know something!!!!

crustyjuggler · 12-03-2009, 23:38

Possibly a homeless person seeking shelter .

*Quality* · 12-03-2009, 23:43

I know the house your talking about... Yes there is an old lady that still lives there, I would say she is about 90. I used to go to a sports club every thursday and we would run by!! She was always standing in the door way. She looked like a ghost then, 15 yrs ago!!

jason2501 · 12-03-2009, 23:47

oohhhh!!!!

Kieo · 13-03-2009, 02:08

oh.... i be going for a drive tomorrow to have a look now

Ste.phen · 13-03-2009, 09:07

Aye, I know the house in question and don't think there's anything paranormal, just an old lady living in a run down house...

face2face · 13-03-2009, 09:41

That house has two elderly sisters living in it. There was a brother too, but he died a couple of years ago. One of them goes out every day food shopping, the other never goes out. They do not accept any outside help, but the public health nurse and the parish priest locally are aware of them The conditions are dreadful in there, but at least one of them has all her marbles.

brick tamland · 13-03-2009, 09:47

Jaysus i was scared by that face 15 years ago. Cant believe she's still alive. its an old shop isnt it

steviecakes · 13-03-2009, 12:33

There's actually someone living in it? It's practically a ruin. Thats a terrible way to live, I wonder are they scared or wary of the outside world to allow anyone to help them. I don't think there's any electricity, I'd drive by there on a fairly regular basis, can't remember ever seeing lights on.. dunno if they'd have running water or anything. It's a shame that they'r not been looked after a little better.

ajc100 · 13-03-2009, 14:06

If it the house i am thinking about, the old lady's used to run a shop there.
I was in it once, years ago, and it reminded my of the shop in The League of Gentlemen...... A Shop for locals....I wasn't welcome.....I am a local....

Loxosceles · 13-03-2009, 22:13

I used to live in Addison Park and whenever I walked down to the Botanics I'd pass it by wondering how the heck anyone with half a brain wouldn't refurbish it, because it's so big that it would have easily sold during the height of the tiger for 4 million or more. It was the only boarded up ruin I saw on that road, the rest of them are mansions. I thought that it was in probate with no one to inherit it, I didn't know anyone actually lived in it! Ew, freaky!!!

gollem_1975 · 14-03-2009, 14:42

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Originally Posted by Loxosceles

I used to live in Addison Park and whenever I walked down to the Botanics I'd pass it by wondering how the heck anyone with half a brain wouldn't refurbish it, because it's so big that it would have easily sold during the height of the tiger for 4 million or more. It was the only boarded up ruin I saw on that road, the rest of them are mansions. I thought that it was in probate with no one to inherit it, I didn't know anyone actually lived in it! Ew, freaky!!!

i think you might be thinking of a different house.
there is a boarded up house on the road leading to the botanics but the one they are talking about is the house across the road from the car dealership beside the washerwomans restaraunt.
I didn't think anyone was living there until I read this thread.

Poxyshamrock · 15-03-2009, 17:17

Anyone got pics?

12-03-2009, 09:27	#1
steviecakes Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 785 Adverts \| Friends	Haunted House on Washerwomans Hill?!?! If anyone else knows the house I'm talking about.... its close to the MET office in Glasnevin. There's a new small apartment development with some hoarding around it, and right beside it is a very, very old house. It looks abandoned, the downstairs window is boarded up with wood, and the upstairs window looks smashed, with the old & dirty curtains blowing in and out with the breeze. The door is a green wooden one, with glass in the top half of it, and a wire mesh over the glass. Anyway, I was driving by yesterday at about 17.10 and I happened to glance over at this old house. There was an old woman looking out through the glass in the front door! She looked in her 70's - 80's and was wearing a headscarf, your typical 'Irish-Granny' sort of look. Was I seeing things? Does someone still live there? I drove by again this morning on the way in to work and there was no sign of life.... Anyone else know anything about this?

12-03-2009, 23:43	#5
Quality Subscriber Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: East Coast Baby! Posts: 3,597 Adverts \| Friends	I know the house your talking about... Yes there is an old lady that still lives there, I would say she is about 90. I used to go to a sports club every thursday and we would run by!! She was always standing in the door way. She looked like a ghost then, 15 yrs ago!! __________________

13-03-2009, 02:08	#7
Kieo Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: at my house Posts: 261 Adverts \| Friends	oh.... i be going for a drive tomorrow to have a look now __________________

13-03-2009, 09:41	#9
face2face Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 64 Adverts \| Friends	Not haunted That house has two elderly sisters living in it. There was a brother too, but he died a couple of years ago. One of them goes out every day food shopping, the other never goes out. They do not accept any outside help, but the public health nurse and the parish priest locally are aware of them The conditions are dreadful in there, but at least one of them has all her marbles.

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12-03-2009, 09:49	#2
dublinreject Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 18 Adverts \| Friends	Oooooooo i love a good ghostly story!! i'll be checking back to see if anyone has the 'history' on this !

12-03-2009, 23:25	#3
sambuka41 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Rathmines,my spiritual home Posts: 129 Adverts \| Friends	im dying to hear bout it too!!! You should post this in the paranormal section. They'll know something!!!!

12-03-2009, 23:38	#4
crustyjuggler Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 103 Adverts \| Friends	Possibly a homeless person seeking shelter .

12-03-2009, 23:47	#6
jason2501 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 47 Adverts \| Friends	oohhhh!!!!

13-03-2009, 09:47	#10
brick tamland Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 262 Adverts \| Friends	Jaysus i was scared by that face 15 years ago. Cant believe she's still alive. its an old shop isnt it

13-03-2009, 12:33	#11
steviecakes Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 785 Adverts \| Friends	There's actually someone living in it? It's practically a ruin. Thats a terrible way to live, I wonder are they scared or wary of the outside world to allow anyone to help them. I don't think there's any electricity, I'd drive by there on a fairly regular basis, can't remember ever seeing lights on.. dunno if they'd have running water or anything. It's a shame that they'r not been looked after a little better.

13-03-2009, 14:06	#12
ajc100 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 54 Adverts \| Friends	If it the house i am thinking about, the old lady's used to run a shop there. I was in it once, years ago, and it reminded my of the shop in The League of Gentlemen...... A Shop for locals....I wasn't welcome.....I am a local....

13-03-2009, 22:13	#13
Loxosceles Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Behind a box of moldy novels, eating millipedes Posts: 171 Adverts \| Friends	I used to live in Addison Park and whenever I walked down to the Botanics I'd pass it by wondering how the heck anyone with half a brain wouldn't refurbish it, because it's so big that it would have easily sold during the height of the tiger for 4 million or more. It was the only boarded up ruin I saw on that road, the rest of them are mansions. I thought that it was in probate with no one to inherit it, I didn't know anyone actually lived in it! Ew, freaky!!!

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Poxyshamrock Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Limerick Posts: 1,137 Adverts \| Friends	Anyone got pics?