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Charleville 27/01/07: Post Trp Thread

  • 28-01-2007 04:52PM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭


    Ok best to have a seperate thread for this now. I'll have some photos up soon and will write up a piece later.

    6th


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Just a few of us relaxing in the kitchen, didnt take much video but this was filmed on my phone. This new video attaching is great!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    What the f*ck am I talking about there? Something about a large metallic object?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 994 ✭✭✭kshiel


    Won't get to write a proper report just yet but spirits I encountered in charleville castle were, A Nun, A priest, a small boy, a young girl, three men, a nanny or nanny like figure, an old lady. A group of spirits who seem to watch the coming and going of the place. the young girl I will leave dibs to tell about. Of course and the man in the celler. Most scary part of the castle would be for me anyway was the Third Floor:eek: . Nicest part of the castle was the ball room and the fridge.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Before I get into posting pictures, talking about the night and saying how great everyone was I have to first say a big thanks to Graham for everything ...including the lift ;) I think we can all say he did a great job his first time co-leading a trip.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    I haven't really gone through the photos but I'll throw up some anyway.

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    ...er and in the last one thats a torch in his hands!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 994 ✭✭✭kshiel


    Nice shot, and it really catches the mood of that particular spot.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Well I took another couple of shots at that time and one of them has something in it. I'm pulling it apart at the moment.

    It was just myself, Graham and Gavin up there at the time.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    6th wrote:
    ...er and in the last one thats a torch in his hands!
    Gasp! That's my torch!

    Good to see the Amulet of Denderah makes an appearance in the group photo.
    Well I took another couple of shots at that time and one of them has something in it. I'm pulling it apart at the moment.

    It was just myself, Graham and Gavin up there at the time.
    Should I be excited? Is it a 'shunkey'?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    I'm glad you spell it with an 'e' otherwise Urban Dictionary would confuse people! ... If it was a shunkey I'd be selling the photo to Discovery Channel.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    6th, what is your flickr username by the way?

    I'll be sticking my photos up there later on.

    EDIT: Okay... you can see all my photos here
    There are some photos from the first trip in there too.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    6th, what is your flickr username by the way?

    why, 6thsensitive of course!

    Some nice shots there Mr.Monkeyfudge.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    Where is dib? I think we all want to get a better look that photo.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    I want a look at Helens too ... Pantsless, get that lot on here!

    Dib has til about 10pm to post some pics or I start posting photos of him!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Its ok I see Dib is online so if your reading this .... GET POSTING!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 412 ✭✭dib


    Haha! Chillax there guys! I'm uploading my pics to flickr and will link them here in an hour or two, including the strange fire in the stables and the satanic cow of the damned!! :P :D Comments on my own experience with Harriet and Kim will follow.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    I made a group on flickr so we can pool our photos together in one place.

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 125 ✭✭matdabomb


    kshiel wrote:
    Won't get to write a proper report just yet but spirits I encountered in charleville castle were, A Nun, A priest, a small boy, a young girl, three men, a nanny or nanny like figure, an old lady. A group of spirits who seem to watch the coming and going of the place. the young girl I will leave dibs to tell about. Of course and the man in the celler. Most scary part of the castle would be for me anyway was the Third Floor:eek: . Nicest part of the castle was the ball room and the fridge.

    Hi Kshiel.

    I would love to know how you came to these conclusions? And also please explain alot of this and how each spirt was if you have time.

    Thanks
    Regards
    Matthew


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 994 ✭✭✭kshiel


    matdabomb wrote:
    Hi Kshiel.

    I would love to know how you came to these conclusions? And also please explain alot of this and how each spirt was if you have time.

    Thanks
    Regards
    Matthew


    I will write my report up in the next day or so and I will do my best to explain what you asked.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭stevenmu


    kshiel wrote:
    but spirits I encountered in charleville castle were, A Nun, A priest, a small boy, a young girl, three men, a nanny or nanny like figure, an old lady. A group of spirits who seem to watch the coming and going of the place. the young girl I will leave dibs to tell about. Of course and the man in the celler.
    Are you sure that's them all, you didn't forget any ? :)

    Sounds like a very interesting trip was had by all, great stuff. I'll look forward to hearing more detailed reports, and seeing some of these pictures being alluded to. I'm especially intrigued by these alleged sightings of a shunkey ...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 412 ✭✭dib


    Ok guys here's my tuppence!!

    Many thanks to Mark and Co for organising a brilliant trip and arranging a great night for everyone. Also thanks to Stoner for the lift down and back (especially back when everyone, Stoner included just wanted to be in their bed!). It was much appreciated. Extra special thanks go to Kim for the experience in the Ballroom. It really was an eye opener.

    Glad I got to meet everyone there and put some faces to the names at the start.

    The highlights for me were being on the stairs with Mark & Co when there were a good few spirits following us about. I really couldn't "see" anything at the start and found it a little frustrating that a lot of people were reporting the same things and I wasn't seeing anything. After a while I started to see vaguely misty shapes on the stairs which matched up with what the more sensitive people were reporting. It was a great experience. Apologies for shushing some people but I swore I could hear noises and was straining to hear.

    The best experience of the night for me was when we split into groups for the glass tipping. Kim and myself went to the ballroom where we were joined by Harriet, the little girl that fell from the stairs. We invited her to help us move the glass and tried to make a game of it to see if that would appeal to her childish nature. We got a very small bit of movement but the interesting thing was that Kim told me that she thought Harriet had a little crush on me and that she was holding my hand(which was ice cold compared to my other hand) and trying to snuggle up to me. It was an amazing experience as I honestly felt her presence and felt her holding my hand. When I said that I felt the cold on my wrist, Kim said that she saw Harriet snuggling up against my arm which would account for the cold spot travelling to that point.

    All in all I had a blast and was privileged to meet all of you sound folks. I look forward to the next trip! Here are some of the photos I took on the night.

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    OK I'LL UP LOAD THE REST OF EM TOMORROW. TAKING A BIT OF TIME THIS SO BE PATIENT! :p


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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭stevenmu


    You've certainly got a good eye for a photograph Dib, I'm looking forward to seeing the rest


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭Stoner


    Yeah have to say it was a great trip, the castle was a lot nicer than I expected it to be, it's huge. Thanks to Pantless and 6th for organising it all, great job lads.
    I found the whole place very cool, I'd like to buy it, I wonder how much it would cost???? The heating bill might be high though, I might have to sell my DVD collection to raise the cash.
    Great job on all the photos everyone, I only took about 5 myself.
    The only freaky place for me was the red room, but I think I just don’t like strangely shaped rooms (like the bog in Ross)
    dib no probs on the lift, got your text but I was unsure who it was from and I'm not talking to monkeyfudge at the moment we had an argument about a shunkey on the way home. You are a great man for the directions; this was handy as it seems that Stromtrooper and his mother have no Idea where they actually live apart from the fact that it is near a bridge.
    Over all for me it is a great spot, thanks to Kshiel for the spare pillow, made a big difference to the two hours sleep I got, and to Lou for the double decker (it’s a chocolate bar 6th). Dib have you any pictures of the “experience” you and Kshiels shared in the long room, we’d all like to see them?.
    Finally well done everyone for not eating so much crap, we all did very well even 6th, due to this I have little or no content for our eating adventures apart from the fact that Stromtrooper ate two boxes of cakes by himself. One word of advice though DON'T go to the chipper in the town (well the old one anyway), Monkeyfudge was right, but we never listened to him, I don’t know why, I think he is just generally lacking in character and inspires little confidence in people he also tells huge lies and makes things up, I took him more seriously when he was wearing the Amulet of Denderah though, I think you should put it on for any negotiations you take part in from now on Monkeyfudge, it could swing it for you.
    I ended up with mankey frozen chips and horrible chicken, I thought the breast box policy in the chipper in Ross was bad (i.e. giving you two non breast bits by default and charging you for each upgrade) but this place charged for the upgrade and still gives you the crappy bits, at least my chicken got the fire going better then the firelighters, it burned longer than a tire.
    BTW monkeyfudge I checked out this shunkey thing you were talking about, it’s a lie there is no such animal or fish or fisimal, fisimals don’t exist either you spoofer. I did a Google images search for it and all it returned was a gravestone and some pics of Americans.
    Finally I almost forgot thank you so much 6th for finding my keys, I would have been lost without them.
    When I get around to installing the software for my new camera on my PC I’ll check out the footage of the red room.
    We’ll all miss you on the next trip 6th it couldn’t possibly be the same without you. I’m going to bring a ghost busting Stay Puft Marshmallow man to take your place but it will be a poor substitute for our organizing, sensitive, larger than life, generous, nasty to ghosts, sexy and knowledgeable buddy.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 412 ✭✭dib


    More pictures to follow. Apparently I can only post 15 per reply so I'll just post em up over a fe days. I'll stick some up at lunch time.

    Oh and KShiel!! That cat escaped a good buttering! As I said, if you are ever in a situation where you need to butter a cat, I find that Dairy Gold or I Can't Believe It's Not Butter works quite well. :)

    Stoner - thanks for the laughs on the way back. I was still chuckling to myself on Sunday night about Wizard's Sleeves and Clown's Pockets!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Stoner wrote:
    The only freaky place for me was the red room, but I think I just don’t like strangely shaped rooms (like the bog in Ross)

    And that little closet in the nursery.
    Stoner wrote:
    I'm not talking to monkeyfudge at the moment we had an argument about a shunkey on the way home.
    Stoner wrote:
    BTW monkeyfudge I checked out this shunkey thing you were talking about, it’s a lie there is no such animal or fish or fisimal, fisimals don’t exist either you spoofer. I did a Google images search for it and all it returned was a gravestone and some pics of Americans.

    Shunkey are real and though not well documented there have been numerous sightings.

    Stoner wrote:
    Finally I almost forgot thank you so much 6th for finding my keys, I would have been lost without them.

    I dont even remember you being in the stables?
    Stoner wrote:
    We’ll all miss you on the next trip 6th it couldn’t possibly be the same without you. I’m going to bring a ghost busting Stay Puft Marshmallow man to take your place but it will be a poor substitute for our organizing, sensitive, larger than life, generous, nasty to ghosts, sexy and knowledgeable buddy.

    I was not nasty to any ghosts .. just Andy.


    No mention of Andys amazing ability to spill drink at every oportunity?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    It would appear that Wikipedia are in on the anti-Shunkey agenda!

    Before they delete the page I'll copy and paste the article.
    A Shunkey (pronounced Shun-Key) is an which is believed to be a cross breath of a monkey and a shark. Though thought to be an unlikely mix this creature has established itself and trives in small pockets in many parts of Europe, North America and Asia.

    Though little is known about this animal it is believed that Michael Eisner, of Disney, came up with the idea for the 80's cartoon series The Wuzzles having had an experience with a Shunkey as a child.


    Facts about Shunkey:

    The plural of Shunkey is Shunkey.

    Though thought to be able to fly, Shunkey actually glide much like the flying squirel.

    Shunkey tend to gravitate to area where there are tall buildings and body of water.

    Shunkey, due to their cunning and fierce nature, where used to guard castles. This suited them as they could patrol both the highest towers and glide down to moats with unbelieveable speed.

    Even though they have a lack of body fat they can survive in extreme cold and stay under water for up to an hour. This is due to a chemical that they surcrete which causes a bio-chemical reaction just below the surfaces of the skin radiating heat.

    This chemical also has a strange affect when it comes to light in that due to its reflective nature it causes Shunkey not to appear in photos or video.

    It is believed that Dracula wore a cloak made of the skin of a Shunkey, causing hiim to cast no reflection. This is also backed up by the fact that Dracula dwelt in a Castle with a moat ... a perfect habitate for Shunkey.

    Shunkey are thought to be mute.


    A small group of Shunkey enthusiasts in Ireland (Gavin Corcoraghan, Graham Harkness and Mark Guerin) have recently identified a small community of Shunkey in the area of Tullamore in Co. Offaly, Ireland.

    Articles submitted to magazines such as Fortean Times have failed to reach the publications and it is believed by some Conspiracy Theorists that a Anti-Shunkey group is responsible though the reasons for this.

    Celebraties though to own or have owned Shunkey:

    Micheal Jackson Singer.

    Paul Henry Actor.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 412 ✭✭dib


    6th wrote:
    No mention of Andys amazing ability to spill drink at every oportunity?

    Oh dear God! I forgot all about that! The icing on the cake was when he spilled the can of Heineken beside Elaine's bed, picked it up and placed it, very carefully, upside down, so the rest of the can gushed out all over the bedside!!!

    Good times!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,633 ✭✭✭stormkeeper


    dib wrote:
    Oh dear God! I forgot all about that! The icing on the cake was when he spilled the can of Heineken beside Elaine's bed, picked it up and placed it, very carefully, upside down, so the rest of the can gushed out all over the bedside!!!

    Good times!

    Oh god! :o

    There's a very good reason for that, and that was the fact that my night vision was messed up :|

    That, and my coordination sometimes takes a nosedive >_<


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    And what about all the other times you spilt stuff during the night?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭Stoner


    6th wrote:
    It would appear that Wikipedia are in on the anti-Shunkey agenda!
    Before they delete the page I'll copy and paste the article.

    I reloaded the page again, since you posted I am stating that it came from a reliable source, because everyone knows who you are


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    That is so true!


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