Clomantagh Castle

Marc Agony

Friends of mine are staying here soon, I've heard its haunted, anybody know anything about this?

stormkeeper

I don't know anything myself, but maybe the others might...

PotatoJunkie

I'm from Urlingford which is nearby, I remember stories about the castle and the church nearby when I was a young fella but I can't remember them! I'll ask the lads when I'm home at the weekend.

nellieswellies

Dunno but I'm staying for a while commencing tomorrow! personally I dont buy into all that hocus pocus malarkey.

That said, if something were to happen it'd be egg on my face.

I'll let you know in a few days how we got on.

nellieswellies

Well nothing strange happened.

Marc Agony

Very disappointing!
How was it? As I mentioned friends of mine are staying there, any tips for them?

PotatoJunkie

Ok, so the story has it that the immediate area to the castle is haunted by some fella called Burke who died of Dyssentry during the famine and blamed the British. A few people knew this story or versions of it (above is the concise telling!) nobody I know ever saw anything untoward though - although they all knew someone who did! I'll ask around again at home over the long weekend, bringing this up certainly got all the old ghost stories going in the pub the other night.

Saruman

Cool so get some british people staying there and he will scare the crap out of him. You think he would be fooled by Irish speaking with British accents?

PotatoJunkie

Oooh! Sore head today
Heres what I found when looking up my friends tales,

80. William BURKE was baptized on May 19 1822 in Parish of Urlingford, Ireland. (45) There is a comment on the register which may indicate that this child was born outside of wedlock. Sponsor of baptism is Judy Phelan. He died in 1849 in Ireland. Died during the Irish potato famine. His death was said to be due to the "Bloody Flux," the result of corn meal which the British gave the Irish and which was unsuitable in some way as food for them. He Rented from Catherine Shortall and land from H.L St. George on Aug 27 1849. (11) He was born in Tulleroan, Ireland. May have been born out of wedlock.
He was Catholic. He Lived in Tulleroan, Ireland. He Lived in Clomantagh (between Freshford and Urlingford), Ireland.(11) He Lived in Lower Tubrid, Ireland. He was married to Bridget CLOHESSEY in Sep 1836 in Freshford, Ireland. Sponsors: James Douglas and Judith Clohosey.

It's from this site http://www.bridyfrett.com/origins/d171.htm
Spooky eh? I don't like the sound of the bloody flux :eek:

PotatoJunkie

I'll just add this about the Bloody Flux, christ I'd haunt someone if i got this!!!

'Flux’ is similarly defined as 'an abnormally copious flowing of blood, excrement, etc. from the bowels or other organs; a morbid or excessive discharge.

It's from here...
http://www.jmr.nmm.ac.uk/site/request/setTemplate:singlecontent/contentTypeA/conJmrArticle/contentId/1/viewPage/2

Marc Agony

Thanks a lot Potatojunkie, that'll freak my friends out. Any reliable sightings or are the stories you've been told just pub talk?

BigStiffy

i just did a search on this bloody place as we have just left and i had to register here to warn you DONT GO to this place. we left early it was horrible there was little noises in the night but there was always a feeling of being watched sometimes especially at night. the girls all felt this like a bloody pervert ghost was looking at us in the evenings and brushing off of us. Be careful if you go to this place it is a evil place with things going on ther is just a bad feeling there. in the toilet you could feel it the most and in the room with the big bed.