Is Trim Castle Hotel Haunted.

INCONFIDENCE

Hi a friend of mine who is normally very sensible tells me he stayed in Trim Castle recently and woke up in the night to find a nun in his room praying at the end of his bed. Is the hotel haunted or was he under the weather. Can anyone throw any light on who the nun may be.

Riamfada

Not the forum for this. If you want a "serious" response.

bladespin

Never heard of that, been living close to Trim all my life.

pullandbang

INCONFIDENCE wrote: »

tells me he stayed in Trim Castle recently and woke up in the night to find a nun in his room praying at the end of his bed.

There are no beds in Trim Castle, it's a ruin for tourists to look at, so yeah he was definitely under the influence if he slept there

notahappycamper

I'd say there was a lot of "Blue Nun" involved...

SavageHenry

He may have been having a lucid dream, there are substantial ruins in the area and a lot of history in the town which may have crept into his subcontious. I find it strange when people are around these old buildings that there are always reports of monks and nuns. I lived there for a while and never experienced anything like that. Do you no if he said he was unable to move during the sighting?

chewed

SavageHenry wrote: »

He may have been having a lucid dream, there are substantial ruins in the area and a lot of history in the town which may have crept into his subcontious. I find it strange when people are around these old buildings that there are always reports of monks and nuns. I lived there for a while and never experienced anything like that. Do you no if he said he was unable to move during the sighting?

Yeah, sounds like sleep paralysis!

PauloMN

INCONFIDENCE wrote: »

under the weather.

I love that expression, only in Ireland could being locked be equated with having a cold or flu!

chewed

PauloMN wrote: »

I love that expression, only in Ireland could being locked be equated with having a cold or flu!

...or blaming a hangover on a "bad pint"!

alanajane

Wouldnt surprise me, the garden from the nearby convent would have stretched down that far years ago, long long before it was built on.

INCONFIDENCE

I have been checking around Trim. My friend could have been right apparently there was a cemetery for nuns attached to the convent nearby. The nuns sold then land for development and the bodies were exhumed. The spirits must have been disturbed.

bladespin

INCONFIDENCE wrote: »

I have been checking around Trim. My friend could have been right apparently there was a cemetery for nuns attached to the convent nearby. The nuns sold then land for development and the bodies were exhumed. The spirits must have been disturbed.

That's about two miles from the castle and even then, AFIK the exhumation rumours are only that.

hmboards

bladespin wrote: »

That's about two miles from the castle and even then, AFIK the exhumation rumours are only that.

The Trim Castle Hotel was built on this site (The Nun's Garden), which I think is what the OP is referring to rather than the castle itself. The nuns sold the site to the council for development of a public car park, and there was uproar when it somehow ended up in the hands of private developers.

AFAIK some nuns were exhumed from the garden and moved to another cemetery before the land was sold. Maybe they forgot one :eek:

nowuckenfurries

NUNS!!!

bladespin

Not sure if Nuns spirits actually haunt places, surely they'd be head of the queue for 'better' places

nowuckenfurries

bladespin wrote: »

Not sure if Nuns spirits actually haunt places, surely they'd be head of the queue for 'better' places

Maybe they had some bad habbits........... Gets coat...:o

PopePalpatine

I think Father Jack hit it on the head when he said, "NUNS! NUNS! REVERSE! REVERSE!"

eaglebhoy

Jeebas ! That was our Wedding reception hotel ! No Nuns that I heard about (or saw) then at that time at least !

rockynavan

pervvy ghost nuns watch you when you sleep lol whats the room number myt book a night lol

Barbieliveshere

Shouldn't nuns be off having the craic in heaven? Not scoping round peoples' rooms in trim!

Access

Scary nuns going around a hotel annoying people? sounds like a tv3 investigation is needed!

INCONFIDENCE

Fantastic but how do you check for ghosts. Can you take pictures , is there a smell , can you hear them , do you feel a chill when you are in their presence.Who could TV3 send I hope its Clare she might want to stay .

joseph brand

No such thing as ghosts.

INCONFIDENCE

joseph brand wrote: »

No such thing as ghosts.

Great to hear I can sleep in peace are you an ex Ghostbuster who got rid of them all

Access

In before the lock... this thread is going nowhere and fast!

Monkeypj

INCONFIDENCE wrote: »

Hi a friend of mine who is normally very sensible tells me he stayed in Trim Castle recently and woke up in the night to find a nun in his room praying at the end of his bed. Is the hotel haunted or was he under the weather. Can anyone throw any light on who the nun may be.

This is funny because I'm from the town and recently a member of my family had a strange experience near the hotel too, she was walking to work very early in the morning and seen two nuns they seemed to be chatting , when she got closer she seen that they had long habits and large rosery beads that were swaying around their waists,being in a hurry she quickly passed them and said good morning , being an older woman she was used to seeing nuns years ago dressed this way, but just as she passed them she realised it was a strange sight in this day, when she turned around to have another look they where gone

andy125

Monkeypj wrote: »

This is funny because I'm from the town and recently a member of my family had a strange experience near the hotel too, she was walking to work very early in the morning and seen two nuns they seemed to be chatting , when she got closer she seen that they had long habits and large rosery beads that were swaying around their waists,being in a hurry she quickly passed them and said good morning , being an older woman she was used to seeing nuns years ago dressed this way, but just as she passed them she realised it was a strange sight in this day, when she turned around to have another look they where gone

Maybe they went into the hotel for some soup

Monkeypj

Maybe they went into the hotle for some soup [/Quote]

Fairly early hour for the soup!

jeju DD

Hi Inconfidence,

I had never seen a ghost before or since or even believed in them until I stayed in Trim Castle Hotel in December 2018 for a wedding. I went to bed early and woke up in the middle of the night to see a female figure standing at the foot of my bed. I sat up in bed and she rose diagonally up and out of the room through the ceiling.

Would love to be put in contact with your friend who had a similar experience.

All the best.