Curraghchase House

matt cork

does anyone know whether there is any paranormal activity connected with this place?

I have visited the Forest Park and seen the house and somewhat embarrassed to say that our inquisitive nature forced us to hop over the wall to have a look around.....:o

although the place is obviously derelict there is a certain atmosphere there, especially the steps down the the wrought iron gates that would lead to the lower levels / cellar.

be interested to hear of anyone who has been there

6th

Photos?

matt cork

apologies but no photo's, didn't know the house or indeed the park existed, just happened to chance upon it.

i've done a google and found this

http://www.limerickdioceseheritage.org/Kilcornan/sitesKilcornan.htm#Curraghchasehouse

sorry but thats all i have

nudge

Used to go there as a child quite a bit. Been a good few years since I was there so don't remember a whole lot about it other than there is not much of it left.

SoCo2009

Is it pretty safe to pop in there ya? No heads or anything??

Kess73

There are no local legends for the house or park. The only place close (ish) to there that has had a few tales told about it is the ruins of Shanid Castle near Shanagolden.

SoCo2009

Kess73 wrote: »

There are no local legends for the house or park. The only place close (ish) to there that has had a few tales told about it is the ruins of Shanid Castle near Shanagolden.

Can i ask what directions you would take going out from the city so?

Kess73

SoCo2009 wrote: »

Can i ask what directions you would take going out from the city so?

Head out the R69 towards Foynes. About two miles before Foynes there is a turn off to the left with a sign for Shanagolden/Newcastle West. Continue along this road and drive past the village of Shanagolden and continue along the Newcastle West Road.

About two to three miles outside of Shanagolden you will reach a cross called Jobber's Cross, if you look to the hills on your right at this point you will see the ruins of Shanid castle.


It is not a tourist spot, just the ruins of the castle. There is also the ruins of another castle/church near where you would turn off of the Foynes road at a place called Robertstown (The yellow church before the turn off is Robertstown church) and in the ruins in that area is meant to be the other end of the tunnel that was said to go between there and Shanid castle. The story is that some people were trying to escape along the tunnel hundreds of years ago and were blocked up inside it and left to die. The wives/children are meant to be heard on winter nights calling for their men.

The legend could easily be put down to wind as the tunnel at the Robertstown end is right on the Shannon estuary and is quite an open spot, that is windy at the best of times, so I could imagine many noises carrying on the wind from the nearby towns and even across the estuary from Clare.

feelio

Kess73 wrote: »

Head out the R69 towards Foynes. About two miles before Foynes there is a turn off to the left with a sign for Shanagolden/Newcastle West. Continue along this road and drive past the village of Shanagolden and continue along the Newcastle West Road.

About two to three miles outside of Shanagolden you will reach a cross called Jobber's Cross, if you look to the hills on your right at this point you will see the ruins of Shanid castle.


It is not a tourist spot, just the ruins of the castle. There is also the ruins of another castle/church near where you would turn off of the Foynes road at a place called Robertstown (The yellow church before the turn off is Robertstown church) and in the ruins in that area is meant to be the other end of the tunnel that was said to go between there and Shanid castle. The story is that some people were trying to escape along the tunnel hundreds of years ago and were blocked up inside it and left to die. The wives/children are meant to be heard on winter nights calling for their men.

The legend could easily be put down to wind as the tunnel at the Robertstown end is right on the Shannon estuary and is quite an open spot, that is windy at the best of times, so I could imagine many noises carrying on the wind from the nearby towns and even across the estuary from Clare.

Interesting :eek:

Ghost Girl

Yes, is supposed to be haunted. It burned down in a fire. I spoke to a relative of the people who lived there. They told me about hauntings. Locals will tell you its haunted.

SoCo2009

Kess73 wrote: »

Head out the R69 towards Foynes. About two miles before Foynes there is a turn off to the left with a sign for Shanagolden/Newcastle West. Continue along this road and drive past the village of Shanagolden and continue along the Newcastle West Road.

About two to three miles outside of Shanagolden you will reach a cross called Jobber's Cross, if you look to the hills on your right at this point you will see the ruins of Shanid castle.


It is not a tourist spot, just the ruins of the castle. There is also the ruins of another castle/church near where you would turn off of the Foynes road at a place called Robertstown (The yellow church before the turn off is Robertstown church) and in the ruins in that area is meant to be the other end of the tunnel that was said to go between there and Shanid castle. The story is that some people were trying to escape along the tunnel hundreds of years ago and were blocked up inside it and left to die. The wives/children are meant to be heard on winter nights calling for their men.

The legend could easily be put down to wind as the tunnel at the Robertstown end is right on the Shannon estuary and is quite an open spot, that is windy at the best of times, so I could imagine many noises carrying on the wind from the nearby towns and even across the estuary from Clare.

cheers for that Kess

Sounds really interesting so I must get out there before the summer is out! I'll let ye know how it goes haha

fintonie

Kess73 wrote: »

Head out the R69 towards Foynes. About two miles before Foynes there is a turn off to the left with a sign for Shanagolden/Newcastle West. Continue along this road and drive past the village of Shanagolden and continue along the Newcastle West Road.

About two to three miles outside of Shanagolden you will reach a cross called Jobber's Cross, if you look to the hills on your right at this point you will see the ruins of Shanid castle.


It is not a tourist spot, just the ruins of the castle. There is also the ruins of another castle/church near where you would turn off of the Foynes road at a place called Robertstown (The yellow church before the turn off is Robertstown church) and in the ruins in that area is meant to be the other end of the tunnel that was said to go between there and Shanid castle. The story is that some people were trying to escape along the tunnel hundreds of years ago and were blocked up inside it and left to die. The wives/children are meant to be heard on winter nights calling for their men.

The legend could easily be put down to wind as the tunnel at the Robertstown end is right on the Shannon estuary and is quite an open spot, that is windy at the best of times, so I could imagine many noises carrying on the wind from the nearby towns and even across the estuary from Clare.

whats the story in the summer do the get a break from the oul hauntin stuff, if so do u know where they go or what they do .

daithi_lacha

there are plenty of local 'ghost' stories surrounding curraghchase house. The house burnt down on christmas eve 1941. I've heard 2 different stories, one in which a young girl is walking through the house late at night carrying a candle, tripped and banged her head, and the candle set the house on fire. Another story is that the husband was a bit mad, and used to beat the wife and children. one night he was very drunk, and to protect the children the wife locked them in the basement. He then demanded her to tell him where they were, and set her hair on fire, resulting in the place burning down. I was told that the children survived the fire, but they were locked in the basement and noone knew they were there, and died after some time.

Someone told me that the basement of the house is still very much intact as it wasnt damaged by fire. Again, I don't know how true this is.

I don't think any of the stories are true, but I know plenty of people who have camped there and would never go there again due to paranormal activity. I've personally had no problem with the other place, stayed there this weekend, nothing bothered me only a couple of hundred howling dogs early in the morning (a pound nearby), and some very strange neighbours in a camper van!

Bellamaya

matt cork wrote: »

does anyone know whether there is any paranormal activity connected with this place?

I have visited the Forest Park and seen the house and somewhat embarrassed to say that our inquisitive nature forced us to hop over the wall to have a look around.....:o

although the place is obviously derelict there is a certain atmosphere there, especially the steps down the the wrought iron gates that would lead to the lower levels / cellar.

be interested to hear of anyone who has been there

Hi Matt I love curraghchase house and yes I agree there is paranormal activity within the building. I visited once with my son who was 2 at the time-he experienced a really bad feeling inside the walls of the house, we heard a humming noise (quite loud) he was petrified and kept asking me to leave saying not nice, not nice, the hairs on the back of my neck stood up, I felt a really negative presence there

Doom

I have a photo from there, I'll put it up and tell me what you think. About 5mins

Bellamaya

Doom wrote: »

I have a photo from there, I'll put it up and tell me what you think. About 5mins

Great thanks:p

Doom

ok, this was taken in dec 2002, only thing done to photo is cover our faces, look in the background......

maccored

wasnt there a whole thread on that photo before?

GodlessM

Curragh Chase House is supposedly haunted, however I wouldn't take heed if it; it's more the kind of typical rumour that spreads by somebody looking at a derelict house and saying 'oh, it must be haunted', than any genuine tale or lore.

Kess73

Doom wrote: »

ok, this was taken in dec 2002, only thing done to photo is cover our faces, look in the background......

What's freaky about that pic is your blurred face looks very like someone I knew who is originally from Killarney.


He has a young daughter as well and used to bring her to Currachase now and then.

GodlessM

I might add that for those who mentioned they were researching the proper name of the building is the DeVeer House.

brianregan09

What are we actually supposed to be seeing in that photo ? being going to curragh chase since i was small nd never heard of anything weird there

GodlessM

Background centre there looks like a lady in a maid outfit or something. Just some further clarifications as well for people looking at this photo as I researched the De Vere site quite a bit; the house itself is not the sight of the hauntings but rather the lake on front of the house and indeed it is a lady that is meant to haunt the lake. I'm going to be looking into this further as there seems to be more substance to this tale than I originally had assumed.

Skuxx

I remember going on a treasure hunt there years ago with school or a youth club or something and one of the things we had to find was hidden by the small entrance to the back of the house on the left hand side of the building (if I'm remembering correctly, was a few years ago now) anyway what ever it was we were ment to be looking for there we couldn't find it! Before we left the teacher went to get it since no one found it but it was gone! I remember that bit so clearly!

But the stories I've heard of the house are that in the top left hand window you can see the image off a woman, supposedly the room she died in! and it has been reported that she disapprears over to the monument accross from the house then!

KeithAFC

Doom wrote: »

ok, this was taken in dec 2002, only thing done to photo is cover our faces, look in the background......

You see, i was trying to think it could be those black beg bins you get or just rubbish in general. The signs of paradolia but you would know better than me, was there rubbish in that direction?

GodlessM

alan1990 wrote: »

But the stories I've heard of the house are that in the top left hand window you can see the image off a woman, supposedly the room she died in! and it has been reported that she disapprears over to the monument accross from the house then!

All the windows have been boarded up for at least the last decade so that's definitely not true.

Skuxx

GodlessM wrote: »

All the windows have been boarded up for at least the last decade so that's definitely not true.

I know that, maybe I phrased it wrong! The reports are of the ghost of a woman seen at the top left hand window (where the window would have been )

Also some nice photos of what seems to be inside the house and garden!
http://www.nobodyhome.ie/40cc/curraghchasehouse.html

GodlessM

alan1990 wrote: »

I know that, maybe I phrased it wrong! The reports are of the ghost of a woman seen at the top left hand window (where the window would have been )

Also some nice photos of what seems to be inside the house and garden!
http://www.nobodyhome.ie/40cc/curraghchasehouse.html

Great snaps.

I get what you mean about the window. Still, through all the research I've done n the place so far, every local story and legend points to the lake and not the house for the hauntings. Also despite popular belief, no one was killed in the 1941 fire.

Skuxx

GodlessM wrote: »

Great snaps.

I get what you mean about the window. Still, through all the research I've done n the place so far, every local story and legend points to the lake and not the house for the hauntings. Also despite popular belief, no one was killed in the 1941 fire.

Do you know was the house occupied full time up until the time of the fire? Its only 60 years ago, I wonder would some of the family be still alive who would have been kids at the time...

GodlessM

Now I know what to do next in my research

Not sure after the De Veres left it in the early 1900's if it was attended but I think so.

Ray Ray

PicturesOf Curraghchase House June 2010:)

daithi_lacha

I'd forgot all about this thread! nice to see it bumped up the listings! Has any of the research on the 'ghost' stories turned up anything? I'd love to know what became of the stories surrounding the lakes....

GodlessM

daithi_lacha wrote: »

I'd forgot all about this thread! nice to see it bumped up the listings! Has any of the research on the 'ghost' stories turned up anything? I'd love to know what became of the stories surrounding the lakes....

Nothing that I've come up with so far. All the stories are vague, and the lady of the lake is the only one that has kept continuity. I'm trying to obtain records at the moment.

daithi_lacha

Only help I can offer is to have a chat with Lil in the office of the campsite she might be able to point you in the right direction... Also theres a gentleman in that small museum beside King Johns Castle that is a mine of information he may be able to point you to some clues also! Perhaps some of the local historians up in UL also??

Best of luck with it :-)

GodlessM

Unless Lil is 70+ years old I doubt it,but thanks all the same I'm arranging a look at the county archives in the next few weeks hopefully, and then I should know exactly who lived there, if anyone, after Aubrey DeVere's passing and if anything happened them in the fire. No other tragedy's appeared to have befallen in the park that are on notable record.

babytinytot

pplz the storys i could tell you about curraghcase you would be shocked i live over the bank of curraghcase river i no nearly ever detail that has happened about the fire the place is still very much so haunted :eek:! x

babytinytot

Ray Ray wrote: »

PicturesOf Curraghchase House June 2010:)

did you not go inside the house ? its amazing and wonderful place x

babytinytot

alan1990 wrote: »

I know that, maybe I phrased it wrong! The reports are of the ghost of a woman seen at the top left hand window (where the window would have been )

Also some nice photos of what seems to be inside the house and garden!
http://www.nobodyhome.ie/40cc/curraghchasehouse.html

alan you are right there is one window open it was never blocked up ! i just live over the otherside of the bank of the river so i no everything about the house i have been inside the house loads its amazing :)x

Skuxx

babytinytot wrote: »

alan you are right there is one window open it was never blocked up ! i just live over the otherside of the bank of the river so i no everything about the house i have been inside the house loads its amazing :)x

What's the easiest way to get inside the house?

GodlessM

Aside from the fact that there is no such thing as Curragh Chase River, the windows are all boarded up. Was there recently, and was always there as a kid too and they were always boarded up, every last one of them.

But if you know everything about the house and the fire please do share.

babytinytot

alan1990 wrote: »

What's the easiest way to get inside the house?

when you are standin at the front of the house walk right and down the side on your left there is loads of trees there you need to in behind them n there is a half knocked wall there you jump that n theres another wall u jump that !! when you jump it you will be at the back of the house on the right hand side there is a window that wasnt boarded up ! its still not boarded up cos my brothers always go down with there friends n have a laugh going down around there and into the house ! !! x

babytinytot

GodlessM wrote: »

Aside from the fact that there is no such thing as Curragh Chase River, the windows are all boarded up. Was there recently, and was always there as a kid too and they were always boarded up, every last one of them.

But if you know everything about the house and the fire please do share.

your right cheeky !!! n i ment a lake !!!!!!!

blobbyblob

They were still around in 1911 anyway

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Limerick/Kilcornan/Currahchase/640866/

Anyone else find census records a bit spooky?

lindamac83

the lake is haunted by a woman who runs across it at night, nobody knows who she was or what happened

Milly33

Ah we went down here last month and mmm I am afraid unless you are a climber and know how to fall properly me thinks you cant get in there anymore..I was all excited has printed out the tips about how u get in but nope, i think the window ye are talking about is now boarded up...Such a same to see it closed up..

SoCo2009

Thinking of going out there today for a nose around!

So The Forest Park is open to the public, is the house included in this area?

Also, is there no way of getting inside the house anymore? This thread has got me all inquisitive!

tfitzgerald

The park is open to the public but you have to pay 5€ to get in the house is all blocked up but the gardens at the back of the house are well worth a walk around down by the lake is nice too . Well worth a visit

SoCo2009

Cheers tfitzgerald for that speedy response!

Looking forward to it now. Ill bring the camera just incase any ghosts turn up!

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