Maynooth's 'Ghost Room'

1968

Are first years still retold this story?

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As the legend goes Room 2 of Rhetoric House was the sight of a student suicide by means of a razor in 1842. For the next two years the resident of that room met a similar fate until, during the third year, the similarly possessed new student opted to throw him- self out the window, instead, breaking many bones, but still surviving. From that point on no new students consented to live in Room 2, so by Trustee resolution
on October 23, 1860, the room was converted into an Oratory of St. Joseph, with a small altar in place of the room’s back wall.

After this, the tale goes on, a priest spent the night in the room and was so terrified by whatever he saw – he refused to speak about it – that his hair turned bright white.

Hans Holzer, the great paranormal researcher, personally visited Maynooth in the company of a psychic and recorded impressions of a four-legged creature which felt fear and the desire to run – as well as a strong presence around the statue, where the window once was.



More info:

http://www.spellfyre.com/html/stories/storydisplay.php?storyid=11

http://www.maynooth.org/?p=919


Apparently there's also an interesting account in Denis Meehan's book Window on Maynooth (1949)

K4t

Ha! I asked my tour guide to bring us up to the room on the campus tour. Was well worth it. The bloodstains are still on the floor!

Also, there is no mirror in the room anymore so the image of satan cannot appear in it. :rolleyes: (Can't wait to place a mirror in there in April )

PrivateEye

Denis Meehan's book Window on Maynooth (1949)

*off to the library*

1968

PrivateEye wrote: »

*off to the library*

Let me know what it's like PE.

Thwip!

K4t wrote: »

Ha! I asked my tour guide to bring us up to the room on the campus tour. Was well worth it. The bloodstains are still on the floor!

Also, there is no mirror in the room anymore so the image of satan cannot appear in it. :rolleyes: (Can't wait to place a mirror in there in April )

ha i was in your tour group

TheDrog

we were told it was three different priests

Ostrom

Love how the story grows more bells every few years.

A student in the history department completed a phd on suicide amongst priests four years ago, and gave a paper on it. Her sources are discussed in one of her chapters. If there is any interest, I can go looking - cant remember her name right now.

Selkies

I heard one of the priests drank a can of coke before killing himself, because he found it especially refreshing.

5Aces

The window was pointed out to me a week ago and after reading this story i got creepy feeling this morning... could be that i was up early and there were people around doing stuff at what is more or less the middle of the night and that alone was weird...

Deelicious1

TheDrog wrote: »

we were told it was three different priests

i was told the same on my tour guide too! My tour guide took the whole group to an old graveyard and showed the group the three unmarked graves of the priests... and showed us where they were supposed to have killed themselves :eek:

it was a very interesting first day thats for sure

tuborg

does anyone have a pic of the haunted room?

DingChavez

Its just a copy room with a coffee stain on the floor.

K4t

jpcarlow wrote: »

ha i was in your tour group

Unfortunately....

PrivateEye

Some day I want to just walk around the buildings on the south campus, know nothing of the place bar around the History Dept., and its lovely over there. Stalling up the haunted room?

Thwip!

K4t wrote: »

Unfortunately....

ha ouch.....i'll remember that next time you want to know when we're heading to mantra;):rolleyes:

banquo

PrivateEye wrote: »

Some day I want to just walk around the buildings on the south campus, know nothing of the place bar around the History Dept., and its lovely over there. Stalling up the haunted room?

There's a Ghost Tour of South Campus this tuesday at 10pm. Think it's being led by Peter Carr. It's free. I'm so there.

K4t

jpcarlow wrote: »

ha ouch.....i'll remember that next time you want to know when we're heading to mantra;):rolleyes:

Haha I have plenty of people to go to Mantra with! Do you know who I am!!!!!:eek: Couldn't face it that night though, actually looked in and nearly felt sick!

cweeva

haha, I went to primary school in Maynooth, and every kid in the place was told this story, whenever we went on our 'school walks' in the college the boarded up window was pointed out to us and the story retold. it was in our local history books and all!

Thwip!

K4t wrote: »

Haha I have plenty of people to go to Mantra with! Do you know who I am!!!!!:eek: Couldn't face it that night though, actually looked in and nearly felt sick!

ha i do indeed know who you are, as does Dave;)

sick? why?

masherella88

banquo wrote: »

There's a Ghost Tour of South Campus this tuesday at 10pm. Think it's being led by Peter Carr. It's free. I'm so there.

where will this ghost tour start from? it sounds very interesting

banquo

Outside st patricks! I think. Somewherearound there anyway (I'll find out and post here)

st pats Is the front of bowser's castle on south campus.

ytareh

Is this ghost walk for current students only?Ex Maynooth college student here.

banquo

Ah, I'd say you could come along.

Personally, I can't wait to go on this. We should make a boards trip out of it!

masherella88

i'm looking forward to this too! i think it should be good fun

rcaz

I heard it was called the "Blood Room".

funky penguin

Remind me of this tomorrow Banquo, sounds like fun!

Clare Bear

I'm in Maynooth on Tuesday evening visiting a friend, I'm so dragging him to this! If you find out more information please let us know. Always wanted to check it out when I was in college but never had the opportunity.

ytareh

This still on ...how long is it likely to last in hours?

(Any post events impressions ?)

brennra

Just read PhD Thesis on this, its true, if ya go to the graveyard near the library the graves are there no 21 & 29 i think!
Two students slit their throat and jumped out window of Rhetoric, didnt believe it until i read the thesis but its all backed up in it so it gotta be true :eek:

Holda

I first heard about that room in Maynooth when I was 12 and read a book on the haunted places of Ireland. I think it's well enough known. Isn't there also a shrine walled up in that room?

Effluo

Selkies wrote: »

I heard one of the priests drank a can of coke before killing himself, because he found it especially refreshing.

The first student was found clutching a piece of paper.
Written in blood it read,

"What do you get when you put a baby in the Microwave?"

On the other side of the parchment....

"An Erection"

XxMCRxBabyxX

jpcarlow wrote: »

ha i was in your tour group

I wish I'd been in your tour group! our guy was borin and wouldn't bring us up!

dr.quirky

ive heard if you stand under the window wearing 2pairs of socks at 12.45am when the fifth tuesday falls in march, december or august while the moon is in the second phase





a midget priest will run naked across the quad.......

1968

Full story:

http://comeheretome.wordpress.com/2012/07/20/the-ghost-room-in-maynooth/

banquo

Donal is legend.