'The white lady' of St. Anne's Park

Paddy Dignam

Hi folks,

Firstly, apologies if this is in the wrong section, I'm new here, so forgive me!

I'm just wondering if anyone has heard of the phenomena known as 'The white lady' which supposedly haunts St. Anne's Park in Raheny? How old are these tales? Has anyone here got their own versions?

Cheers!

Dord

I haven't heard of this one, I've heard many stories of a dark figure that stands around the small bridge beside where the main house used to be. I haven't heard any recent sightings though.

spurious

The white lady is a ghost said to appear in Malahide Castle.

Paddy Dignam

joe robot wrote:

I haven't heard of this one, I've heard many stories of a dark figure that stands around the small bridge beside where the main house used to be. I haven't heard any recent sightings though.

That's interesting. Any theories as to who the figure is meant to be?

I have only come across one reference to the 'white lady', which is mentioned in a book called 'Conspiracy of silence' written by Dermot Butler and Carl Nally. (More info: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Conspiracy-Silence-Ireland-Dermot-Butler/dp/1856355098)

Am curious to hear if there are anymore accounts.

Paddy Dignam

spurious wrote:

The white lady is a ghost said to appear in Malahide Castle.

Yeah, I've heard that one. See my above link regarding the book that I read a reference in.

Cheers!

Dord

Well, my Dad had mentioned it to me several times. He passed the figure numerous times on the way home from work about 30 or 40 years ago. According to what he has told me, it was dressed in a long black coat.

Degsy

There was also a White Lady said to haunt the ruins of Charles' fort in kinsale.Never heard of a ghost in st Annes though and my grandapernets used to live around the corner.

Paddy Dignam

joe robot wrote:

Well, my Dad had mentioned it to me several times. He passed the figure numerous times on the way home from work about 30 or 40 years ago. According to what he has told me, it was dressed in a long black coat.

Thanks Joe, much appreciated. All this stuff is quite fascinating, especially when it happens in suburban Dublin. Not all ghost stories have to be set in castles, etc!!

Paddy Dignam

Degsy wrote:

There was also a White Lady said to haunt the ruins of Charles' fort in kinsale.Never heard of a ghost in st Annes though and my grandapernets used to live around the corner.

Cheers, Degsy. The white lady is certainly a common apparition in Irish places.
I believe Carrickfergus castle in Co. Antrim also has a similar story.

Is it possible, I wonder, that the St. Anne's 'lady' was imported from somewhere else as a means to frighten children from staying in the park too late?

Degsy

Paddy Dignam wrote:

Cheers, Degsy. The white lady is certainly a common apparition in Irish places.
I believe Carrickfergus castle in Co. Antrim also has a similar story.

Is it possible, I wonder, that the St. Anne's 'lady' was imported from somewhere else as a means to frighten children from staying in the park too late?

Or possibly one of the many staues that once stood in teh grounds..maybe seen by somebody in bad lighting or when they were in a superstitious frame of mind.A friend of mine's father claimed to have seen a goblin or something similar at the gates to Santry Demense back in the 60's..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Lady_(ghost)

lightening

Millions of herons and little egrets in the park lately. I'm in there every morning. Its an amazing amenity, badger sets (never seen the badgers, just a dead one), foxes, playground, playing games, trees from all continents... A real gem.

Its cleaned up a good bit lately, new front entrance, fancy market on Saturdays. Anyone notice the "Raheny" being scribbled or masked off various posters with the parks address lately? I think the Clontarf set will start claiming the park as their own now that their is markets and not murders in it...

Never seen any ghosts though!

Paddy Dignam

Degsy wrote:

Or possibly one of the many staues that once stood in teh grounds..maybe seen by somebody in bad lighting or when they were in a superstitious frame of mind.A friend of mine's father claimed to have seen a goblin or something similar at the gates to Santry Demense back in the 60's..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Lady_(ghost)

Yes, indeed, could well have been a statue, must check it up.

Thanks for the link!

Paddy Dignam

lightening wrote:

Millions of herons and little egrets in the park lately. I'm in there every morning. Its an amazing amenity, badger sets (never seen the badgers, just a dead one), foxes, playground, playing games, trees from all continents... A real gem.

Its cleaned up a good bit lately, new front entrance, fancy market on Saturdays. Anyone notice the "Raheny" being scribbled or masked off various posters with the parks address lately? I think the Clontarf set will start claiming the park as their own now that their is markets and not murders in it...

Never seen any ghosts though!

Indeed, it's a lovely park. Isn't the Rose garden one of the largest in Europe??
It's about 20 years since I stepped foot in it I'm afraid to say. That's what I get for emigrating to the southside!

I suspect you're right about the Clontarf set - that's life I'm afraid :mad:

lightening

Paddy Dignam wrote:

I suspect you're right about the Clontarf set - that's life I'm afraid :mad:

Its great to see it cleaned up, the only problem is now its all "put that dog on a lead", "stop cycling", "mind my child", "I"M JOGGING HERE" (someone actually said that to me) no kids on skateboards or dogs chasing each other....

Paddy Dignam

lightening wrote:

Its great to see it cleaned up, the only problem is now its all "put that dog on a lead", "stop cycling", "mind my child", "I"M JOGGING HERE" (someone actually said that to me) no kids on skateboards or dogs chasing each other....

Yes, a problem that's endemic everywhere unfortunately - parks are meant for fooling around in!!

Actually, was there once an event in St. Anne's called 'The lark in the park' (or was that the Phoenix Park, forgive my memory, am just calling it a night here with a glass of Jameson!)

Symbolic, I suppose, that we should end on 'spirits' yet again....

admiralofthefleet

the old red stables are a scary place to be at night, they are re-developed into tea-rooms now.
if anyone is in the park at night stand on the hill where the house used to be and look left at the tallest tree, the top is the shape of a dog leaping at the guinness house

Degsy

The Follies within the grounds are cool too,my favourite is teh Temple of The Winds which is the pillared building at the head of the old boating lake.

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Hmm.

I don't know anything about the White Lady, but I have a question to ask.

It's about the 'Blue Boy' of St David's School, formerly Artane Industrial School. I went to the school and I remember the old Brother's residence, which on the corner of one of the walls had a pattern in the concrete that looked like a face. The building was torn down when the land around the school was sold for housing.

The Blue Boy was said to have either frozen to death while running around the school building as part of some punishment, or jumped to his death from the cross atop the school.

If you ventured inside the grounds on Hallowe'en night at midnight, you could catch a glimpse of him running, or jumping.

Anyone else from the Artane area, or who attended St David's ever hear these stories?

lightening

Yeah, lovely building, pitty they had to knock down the bridge over the river.

Here is a classic winter morning park shot...



And some Autunm shots..

Degsy

seansouth wrote:

Hmm.

I don't know anything about the White Lady, but I have a question to ask.

It's about the 'Blue Boy' of St David's School, formerly Artane Industrial School. I went to the school and I remember the old Brother's residence, which on the corner of one of the walls had a pattern in the concrete that looked like a face. The building was torn down when the land around the school was sold for housing.

The Blue Boy was said to have either frozen to death while running around the school building as part of some punishment, or jumped to his death from the cross atop the school.

If you ventured inside the grounds on Hallowe'en night at midnight, you could catch a glimpse of him running, or jumping.

Anyone else from the Artane area, or who attended St David's ever hear these stories?

Kids used to die like flies in that place when it was the industrial school,even driving by the place now i always get a bad vibe from it.Just finished reading a book called "Fear of the collar" and it doesnt mention the blue boy although given the level of brutality there,the story probably has some basis in fact.

Paddy Dignam

seansouth wrote:

Hmm.

I don't know anything about the White Lady, but I have a question to ask.

It's about the 'Blue Boy' of St David's School, formerly Artane Industrial School. I went to the school and I remember the old Brother's residence, which on the corner of one of the walls had a pattern in the concrete that looked like a face. The building was torn down when the land around the school was sold for housing.

The Blue Boy was said to have either frozen to death while running around the school building as part of some punishment, or jumped to his death from the cross atop the school.

If you ventured inside the grounds on Hallowe'en night at midnight, you could catch a glimpse of him running, or jumping.

Anyone else from the Artane area, or who attended St David's ever hear these stories?

Fascinating story Sean! Have you seen it in print anywhere?

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Unfortunately not. I just remember it from going to 'Little' David's, the Primary School on the Kilmore Rd. The natural progression was to head on to 'Big' David's for secondary. Some of the lads in the class were telling the story from around fifth class, maybe earlier.

I went to secondary in '92 and the story was doing the rounds, it was an old story though. By the time I was leaving school in '98 the houses had started to be built, and afaik the story started to 'die out'.

At the back entrance to the school, just past the McDonalds, there was a little driveway all the way up to the school, past the now gone Brother's residence, on the driveway there was a big rock with some red staining on it, possibly some iron in the rock maybe. It was said that it was the blood of The Blue Boy and he couldn't pass that rock, it marked the place where he finally fell and died, and that if you were up in the school grounds on Hallowe'en night, looking for him, if he spotted you he'd chase you, but if you could make it past the rock before he caught up with you, he couldn't chase any more.

My god, it's a long, long time since I told that story.

Paddy Dignam

seansouth wrote:

Unfortunately not. I just remember it from going to 'Little' David's, the Primary School on the Kilmore Rd. The natural progression was to head on to 'Big' David's for secondary. Some of the lads in the class were telling the story from around fifth class, maybe earlier.

I went to secondary in '92 and the story was doing the rounds, it was an old story though. By the time I was leaving school in '98 the houses had started to be built, and afaik the story started to 'die out'.

At the back entrance to the school, just past the McDonalds, there was a little driveway all the way up to the school, past the now gone Brother's residence, on the driveway there was a big rock with some red staining on it, possibly some iron in the rock maybe. It was said that it was the blood of The Blue Boy and he couldn't pass that rock, it marked the place where he finally fell and died, and that if you were up in the school grounds on Hallowe'en night, looking for him, if he spotted you he'd chase you, but if you could make it past the rock before he caught up with you, he couldn't chase any more.

My god, it's a long, long time since I told that story.

That's brilliant Sean, and now you have committed it to print!! You should submit it to one of those local history magazines - you have told it well and it's certainly a piece of oral folklore which could easily die out in the next couple of years or so. That's the fascinating thing about oral narratives and how robust folklore is, the continuity of the folk tale.


For further reference, I've just rechecked the mention of 'The white lady' in the book which I provided link to in a previous post. Pages 75-76 deal with it, and it's quite scary. Although the book largely deals with the UFO phenomena,
the tale is appropriate when read in context of a persons experience in St. Anne's Park. If anyone wants a scanned copy of it just PM me.

Degsy

Here's abrief story i manged to unearth about Artane.The industrial school was built on the site of Artane Castle which was built in the 1500's and taken doen in 1825.In 1534 Artane Castl was the scene of a brutal murder of the Archbishop of Dublin,John Alen.This englishman was a friend of Cardinal Wolsey yet it was reported that he had Henry viii's interest in recording monastic lands to be taken over bythe king.Adherents of the disgruntled Silken thomas had heard the cleric was about to do a bunk because things were "getting out of hand".His escape boat was grounded by high winds at Clontarf and teh Archbishop sought refuge with his friend,St Lawrence in Artane castle.He was subsequently discovered and brutally murdered in the castle grounds where for generations the overgrown bushy site was fenced off and shunned by the loacls.The story goes that on a moonlit night,the ghost of the murdered Archbishop can be seen wandering around the spot!

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I recognise that story.

It used to be told on a number of painted boards facing the tills of Quinnsworth (now Tesco) in Artane Castle Shopping Centre.

admiralofthefleet

lightening wrote:

Yeah, lovely building, pitty they had to knock down the bridge over the river.

Here is a classic winter morning park shot...



And some Autunm shots..

those pics are cool, do you have anymore

lightening

Thanks a million Admiral.

I have a few more, they aren't as good though.

Paddy Dignam

lightening wrote:

Thanks a million Admiral.

I have a few more, they aren't as good though.

Sorry lightening, meant to compliment you about these earlier, fantastic shots, I must ramble over the St. Anne's again one of these days!

(White lady notwithstanding..)

Dord

Paddy Dignam wrote:

I must ramble over the St. Anne's again one of these days!

Likewise, I haven't been there in a while.

lightening

Paddy Dignam wrote:

Sorry lightening, meant to compliment you about these earlier, fantastic shots, I must ramble over the St. Anne's again one of these days!

(White lady notwithstanding..)

Lol... thanks Paddy. You know, I think I prefer it in winter.

JoeSchmoe

back in the 80s, I used to be in the Artane Boys Band, which is located in the grounds of St Davids, and we heard a lot of stories about the Blue Boy, from what I can remember, he was regularly abused by the brothers and one day he snapped and ran up the stairs with the brothers in hot pursuit, he ran to the top of building 5/6 floors and jumped out of one windows.

Why he is blue is said to be explained by the all denim uniform the inmates/students/boys had to wear at the time.

There was regular sightings of him, or at least flashes of blue, in the upper windows of St Davids by various lads, "Tommy saw the Blue Boy on his way home last night" rumours went around almost weekly.

I spent many hours staring up at those windows but I never saw him, I'm not sure anyone did, prob just the reflection of the sky in the windows, still that didn't really matter compared to the fascination it brought to our impresionable minds

BENJAMIN61

I live in raheny and i have never heard of a ghost in st.anne park

Gaspode

I have never heard of the White Lady either, despite spending large amounts of my time playing in St. Annes as a kid, (later follwed by drinking there as a teenager!).
Mind you I've heard stories of white ladies just about everywhere else!

I was back to St. Annes recently with my kids who absolutely loved it - We live near Pheonix Park now but thats so big its mainly empty space. St Annes is compact and has a lot of things that caught their interest. As it happens there was also something going on for the Phillipine Day of Indepence celebrations so we got some free music and dance as well.

The only negative vibes we got were the 11-15yr olds having a pissup in one of the old buildings and pelting passers-by with cans thay had pissed into and also the foul stench from the stream that flows into the 'new' lake and the lake itself. Otherwise though it was a few hours well spent.

THe park is looking well so it might just make a big comeback like another of Dublin's hidden gems, the Iveagh Gardens, is doing.

smdweb

Theres a similar story about the road connecting Keanes Road in Waterford to the area near Roanmore Park. I have heard of similar things on that road behind the presentation convent ... I also heard that if you say 3 hail marys in the bathrooms of that school there is the White Nun who appears.

jomac

Hi Paddy Dignam have pm'd you.

kittex

I've never heard of the White Lady despite growing up near the park (the Clontarf end). There is a large part of it in Clontarf, entrances at each end, so I don't see how anyone can say it's exclusively Clontarf or exclusively Raheny. Blummin territorialism.:P

Anyway, on the topic of ghosts... the only White Lady ghost I know of is the one from Malahide Castle. They told us about it on a school tour and since then it spooks me.

Malahide Castle Website wrote:

For many years, the painting of a very beautiful anonymous lady, in a flowing white dress, hung in the Great Hall of the Castle. Nobody appeared to know her identity or the identity of the artist who portrayed her. It had been recorded that from time to time she would leave her painting and wander through the Castle in the quiet of the night. Reputed to have been seen by a number of people, over a period of many years, she has become known as the White Lady.

The tour guide also said that the unconfirmed story, is that the lady in question found out her fiancé had been killed and so committed suicide in her wedding dress.

The St David's story I know well too. I was always terrified of that building knowing the history, ghost or no ghost, the vibe was awful from it.

Rashers

Paddy Dignam wrote:

I'm just wondering if anyone has heard of the phenomena known as 'The white lady' which supposedly haunts St. Anne's Park in Raheny? How old are these tales? Has anyone here got their own versions?

Very old. I actually saw the White Lady many years ago. :eek:

But I saw her at around 9pm on a frosty night in the field at the front of St Joseph's Nursing Home, as it was known then, in Raheny.

I'm a grandaddy now and was about 12 or 13 when myself accompanied by 3 friends saw her sort of 'float' through the field with her head tilted forward as though in prayer.

And that was long before I ever heard the story of the St Anne's 'Lady'.

A-Train

Never heard any of the stories about St. Annes but I remember the Blue Boy stories there were a few different versions of them when I was growing up!

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I may be able to shed some light on this White Lady.

I was at a talk on the history of the Coolock area on Tuesday night, given by Douglas Appleyard.

He put up a slide about the Guinness family, who owned St Anne's Park.

One of the sons was married to a Lady Olivia White.

I have his book Green Fields Gone Forever here beside me, I'll have a look through later to see if I can find the actual facts.

raheny red

JoeSchmoe wrote:

back in the 80s, I used to be in the Artane Boys Band, which is located in the grounds of St Davids, and we heard a lot of stories about the Blue Boy, from what I can remember, he was regularly abused by the brothers and one day he snapped and ran up the stairs with the brothers in hot pursuit, he ran to the top of building 5/6 floors and jumped out of one windows.

I remember that story alright and down our way he got his name 'blue boy' from the ink which was thrown over him by the Christian Brothers - these sort of tales are great

I go to College in Mater Dei on the Clonliffe Road and some evenings you could be there on your own, scares the **** out of me sometimes . The priests use to be trained there so I'm sure there have been some strange goings on there in the past!

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DesF wrote:

I may be able to shed some light on this White Lady.

I was at a talk on the history of the Coolock area on Tuesday night, given by Douglas Appleyard.

He put up a slide about the Guinness family, who owned St Anne's Park.

One of the sons was married to a Lady Olivia White.

I have his book Green Fields Gone Forever here beside me, I'll have a look through later to see if I can find the actual facts.

Here's a bit about her. From a part down this page
http://www.thepeerage.com/p1934.htm

Sir Arthur Edward Guinness, 1st and last Baron Ardilaun of Ashford1 (M)
b. 1 November 1840, d. 20 January 1915, #19337
Pedigree

Father Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, 1st Bt.1 d. 19 March 1868
Mother Elizabeth Guinness1 d. 22 September 1865

Last Edited 8 Sep 2003

Sir Arthur Edward Guinness, 1st and last Baron Ardilaun of Ashford was born on 1 November 1840 in St. Anne's, Clontarf, County Dublin, Ireland.1 He was the son of Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, 1st Bt. and Elizabeth Guinness.1 He married Lady Olivia Charlotte Hedges-White, daughter of William Henry Hare Hedges-White, 3rd Earl of Bantry and Jane Herbert, on 16 February 1871 in Bantry, County Cork, Ireland.1 He died on 20 January 1915 at age 74 St. Anne's, Clontarf, County Dublin, without issue.2 He was buried on 23 January 1915 in All Saints, Rahemy, County Dublin, Ireland.2 His will (dated 25 February 1902) was probated in April 1915.2
Sir Arthur Edward Guinness, 1st and last Baron Ardilaun of Ashford was educated at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.1 He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin University, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland.1 He graduated from Trinity College in 1863 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).1 He graduated from Trinity College in 1866 with the degree of Master of Arts (M.A.).1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for the City of Dublin between 1868 and 1869.1 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Guinness on 19 March 1868.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for the City of Dublin between 1874 and 1880.1 He was created 1st Baron Ardilaun of Ashford, co. Galway on 1 May 1880.1 He graduated from Dublin University in 1891 with the degree of honorary Doctor of Law (LL.D.).1
On his death, the Baron Ardilaun of Ashford became extinct.2

Family Lady Olivia Charlotte Hedges-White b. 27 August 1850, d. 13 December 1925

katiemac

My grandparents told me about a young lady dressed in white that appeared each night on a bridge at Kinsealy. Apparently, she was killed in a fire at Malahide Castle.
And they also told me about the headless horseman who used canter down the Richmond road to the Fairview end on a winter's night. They didn't know any more background.
Regarding St Anne's park, they told me they had seen a figure dressed in black or brown standing on the location of the former Guinness House. If you walk by there at night in the dark you are supposed to feel a shiver. No birds will nest there because when the winds blow the nests are blown away.
Has anybody heard of the Banshee of Benburb St?

Degsy

I used to work in a warehouse in Santry demense,quite near whats left of santry woods.In one particular part of the building we were allways hearing noises and "seeing" a person standing round the corner,its hard to explain but it was more of a prescence than anything else.people locking up that part of the building would hear sombody else on the floor above and generally the temperature was afew degrees lower than inother parts of the building.An old wives tale that had circulated since the 1950's(before the building) said there was a fairy fort on the site.When they excavated nearby to build the next phase,i found flint scrapers and clay balls such as were used as votive offerings.Anybody else heard anything weird about santry?

dade

jesus these stories take me back

I went to secondary in '92 and the story was doing the rounds, it was an old story though. By the time I was leaving school in '98 the houses had started to be built, and afaik the story started to 'die out'..

I left Davids around 92 and the story was going back then. it was popular in first year but you'd always hear it mentioned by the new kids, mostly by the older kids or the kids that went to channel to frighten the crap out of them

At the back entrance to the school, just past the McDonalds, there was a little driveway all the way up to the school, past the now gone Brother's residence, on the driveway there was a big rock with some red staining on it, possibly some iron in the rock maybe....

at that gate there use to be a shed or two, i think they kept the tractors for cutting teh foot ball pitches in there. the story i head was he was buried in an unmarked grave under the one to the left as you enter the gate from McDs or just at the wall to that shed.

there was also a story that a ghost could be seen in a lane close by, not sure if it was the blue boy though. think it's maryfield ave or park (where that timbermill estate is) it was about half way along on teh right as you head to teh A1. again a huge rock and the ghost was suppose to sit on it or something

the overall story i heared when i went to the school was that some kid climbed onto the cross (no idea why) and jumped. IIRC the other kids where playing football on the front lawn, someone saw him jump and turned to tell the others and when he turned back the young lad got up and ran away toward the brothers housing. it was said he was buried at that gate near McDs. that face like mark on the side of the building was suppose to have appeared after his death.

heard some stories about Artane castle and about supposed tunnels that link the caste to Davids and the casino in Marino.

Heard something about a black/brown robed figure in Saint Anne's alright but not a white lady.

humberklog

Blue Boy story of David's is a long time doing the rounds. It woulda been '76-'77 when I heard of it and told to us by a Brother that lived on the grounds. His said he saw it and that the apparition was supposed to be always the same. Boy (with a blue glow, like the reddybreak kid)struggles at 2nd floor window then falls to ground. Now I don't believe in ghosts but what years later struck me as odd was the meat to the bones of the story, Acceptance of abuse etc. Blue Boy stories a rife around the world by the way. He gats around.
Never heard of the White Lady though. But oddly as it is there is a acorn type white granite sculpture on the road near the stables that my daughter has always referred to as..."The White Lady"!. Gem of a park. May I reccommend feeding the squirrells high sugar conmtent sweets and watching them mill about. Ok, Ok Bill Oddy may disapprove but me and my daughter think it's the funniest.

dade

humberklog wrote: »

. Boy (with a blue glow, like the reddybreak kid)struggles at 2nd floor window then falls to ground.

yeah i head the blue bit was the glow that comes from him when people see the ghost. but like i said i heard he jumped from the cross, which would have been 4 maybe 5 floors up. but then stories change over time i guess.

never did see him myslef though, but then i was too chicken**** to go look for him

humberklog

dade wrote: »

never did see him myslef though, but then i was too chicken**** to go look for him

Well he ain't about. I still keep a beady eye out when I'm around that way and have never come across the anti-reddybreak kid. Spooky building when there's a mist about. I recall playing there as a nipper and we were able to break into the old derelict industrial sewing buildings. Big adventure playground. Few good trees for rope swings too.

dade

humberklog wrote: »

I recall playing there as a nipper and we were able to break into the old derelict industrial sewing buildings..

no idea where they are, i remember getting into the old swimming pool as a kid alright.

not teh only thing that hung from those trees. isn't there a story of some kid hanging himself down my the main gate? may be blue boy related

Dub13

Des wrote: »

I went to secondary in '92 and the story was doing the rounds, it was an old story though. By the time I was leaving school in '98 the houses had started to be built, and afaik the story started to 'die out'.

I heard most of these story's,a lot of my mates went to Davids around those times (I am sure we know a lot of the same people).My father also went to the old industrial school there and he has some great story's about the place.Them brothers were tough tough men.

CtrlSource

Haven't heard the story about St Anne's Park, but there are oodles of 'white lady' stories about.

Heard about a 'white man' who used to ride a phantom coach outside the side gates of Powerscourt estate in Enniskerry years ago.

Also know that there was supposed to be a lot of ghostly activity in Balbriggan. My own father has a story about a house there, that he used to holiday in as a child.

The ghost i had heard about in Malahide Castle was called "Puck" and lived in a little room off the Dining or Great Hall (can't remember which)

punchdrunk

I went to "little Davids" and i definitely remember the tales of the blue boy infact,my mate marks parents had a painting of him in their Gaff,no idea who painted it

the story i remember is definitely of a hanging or a jumping though
I went to channel after primary though,so i never investigated any further!

also we had loads of stories about woodville house up behind where the log yard used to be,no that was one scary kip!!!