Would you spend a night on your own in Loftus hall?

Andrewf20

Im curious to see who would do it, assuming no one else is in the grounds. I ask the question because a fear of the dark seems to be more prevelent that I expected in adults.

I dont have any fear of the dark myself, but I couldnt face this place for a night. Im not really a believer in ghosts either, but for some weird reason the place unnerves me.

Thoughts?

Pics...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3239/2663902804_ecfd057b00.jpg
http://www.abandonedireland.com/Loftus_Hall_4_files/Loftus1018-filtered.jpg

More info...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loftus_Hall

Osmosis Jones

Not a chance

ColeTrain

No chance. Apparently the wi-fi is terrible.

certifiedcrepe

Only if one of the ghosts leaves a chocolate on my pillow.

poundapunnet

well to what ends? I'd probably do it for a tenner to be honest. If it was one of those "you have to stay here a night and then you inherit it" deals then definitely. Just for the craic, probably not. Hassle.

donegal__road

I have been down at this place a couple of times... it looks foreboding from the front gate, and when I inquired locally I was told all about the devil and a game of cards, cloven hooves etc... spend a night there on my own? yep, give me 2 bottles of wine and a few spliffs........

and some holy water, and a crucifix

creep

Yes I would stay there because I aint afraid of no ghost!

TheHighest92

yes, providing a generous cheque was presented to me afterwards and a few attractive ladies during my stay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqUt1Lo-lIs

loveBBhate

Just read on the wiki link that it's haunted by both the devil and a young woman. I'd say they're riding all sides haha, alone on their own in the house for that long...

DEFTLEFTHAND

There's many stories about Loftus Hall besides the Devil playing cards in it's parlour, including the murder of a former owners wife by arsenic poisoning which was discovered years later when she was exhumed.

It's a fascinating property but I probably wouldn't stay a night there, I scare easily.

endacl

Just to prove the dribblin' slackjaws wrong? Yes. I'd be happy to spend the night alone in that characterful period residence. Tea/coffee will be provided, I trust?

loveBBhate

To be fair though I'd imagine the devil would have better to be doing than playing a game of cards down in Wexford.

Lux23

It does look spooky alright, can't work out why.

poundapunnet

Lux23 wrote: »

It does look spooky alright, can't work out why.

The thread title probably has a lot to do with it change it to "this house looks a lot like Downton abbey" and you'll fit in a completely different set of associations

endacl

loveBBhate wrote: »

To be fair though I'd imagine the devil would have better to be doing than playing a game of cards down in Wexford.

"Everybody needs a break. Climb a mountain or jump in a lake."

-Christy Moore.

endacl

Lux23 wrote: »

It does look spooky alright, can't work out why.

Because you're suggestible?

DEFTLEFTHAND

endacl wrote: »

Just to prove the dribblin' slackjaws wrong? Yes. I'd be happy to spend the night alone in that characterful period residence. Tea/coffee will be provided, I trust?

Maybe you should stay in 50, Berkeley Square London for the night. The upstairs of the building has been sealed off for over 100 years. Two sailors from from the Royal Navy's HMS Penelope stayed there on a bet in 1887, they'd been drinking in a local pub and took on the challenge. Seaman George Bigley died when he fell down the stairs in a attempt to escape, his fellow service man testified in a military court that they were visited by an malevolent apparition that night.

Whether they were blind drunk and imagined things from the stories they heard in the tavern or actually experienced something isn't clear. However to testify in a military court to the fact is fairly serious.

endacl

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Maybe you should stay in 50, Berkeley Square London for the night. The upstairs of the building has been sealed off for over 100 years. Two sailors from from the Royal Navy's HMV Penelope stayed there on a bet in 1887, they'd been drinking in a local pub and took on the challenge. Seaman George Bigley died when he fell down the stairs in a attempt to escape, his fellow service man testified in a military court that they were visited by an malevolent apparition that night.

Whether they were blind drunk and imagined things from the stories they heard in the tavern or actually experienced something isn't clear. However to testify in a military court to the fact is fairly serious.

You get it unsealed. Good book and sleeping bag at the ready...

April O Neill

endacl wrote: »

Because you're suggestible?

Everyone is a bit suggestible, otherwise there'd be no advertising industry. Yup, even you. I know some people like to kid themselves that they're not, that they're special snowflakes, but no.

StewartGriffin

I'd spend a night there. Ghosts are a joke.

lovesfatgirls

depends, is it a draughty building? wouldnt want to be getting a chill

Teyla Emmagan

TheHighest92 wrote: »

yes, providing a generous cheque was presented to me afterwards and a few attractive ladies during my stay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqUt1Lo-lIs

That's the voice of Moriarty from Sherlock!

Toots

donegal__road wrote: »

I have been down at this place a couple of times... it looks foreboding from the front gate, and when I inquired locally I was told all about the devil and a game of cards, cloven hooves etc... spend a night there on my own? yep, give me 2 bottles of wine and a few spliffs........

and some holy water, and a crucifix

That's the last place I'd want to be smoking the whacky tobaccy! Imagine getting a dose of the fear in there! Or worse, a case of the munchies! No way is a takeaway gonna deliver out there.

Qualitymark

Lazy Anglo-Irish, haven't mended the roof yet and it's been 200 years?

stefan idiot jones

If I remember correctly, the original building burnt down and/or was demolished. The structure there now is not the original Loftus so the card playing Devil will not be visiting anyone there.

I can not think of a single reason why I would not - so I would if I could overcome the small problem of also not being able to think of a single reason why I would bother.

vicwatson

loveBBhate wrote: »

To be fair though I'd imagine the devil would have better to be doing than playing a game of cards down in Wexford.

Exact same story was told to me as a youngster about the Hellfire club in Dublin.

Both are baloney.

Still wouldn't stay there !;)

Canis Lupus

Andrewf20 wrote: »

Im curious to see who would do it, assuming no one else is in the grounds. I ask the question because a fear of the dark seems to be more prevelent that I expected in adults.

I dont have any fear of the dark myself, but I couldnt face this place for a night. Im not really a believer in ghosts either, but for some weird reason the place unnerves me.

Thoughts?

Pics...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3239/2663902804_ecfd057b00.jpg
http://www.abandonedireland.com/Loftus_Hall_4_files/Loftus1018-filtered.jpg

More info...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loftus_Hall

Did you not actually read the wiki entry which points out the building is completely new....

Qualitymark

The storyteller seems to have a little problem with geography; apparently the Atlantic Ocean lashes the shores of Hook Head.
The same story appears in lots of areas, but normally it's an evil landlord and his corrupt buddies. This version lacks oomph in its subtext.

Andrewf20

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Did you not actually read the wiki entry which points out the building is completely new....

I sure did. Even still.

Jimoslimos

Ah I thought this was going to be a thread on the lecture theatre in Maynooth (which I've slept in on many a dull hour!)

Qualitymark

This thread brings back to me an extremely rude Limerick story about a woman accosted by the Devil at a dance; passing a graveyard he suggested that she should please him in his favourite way, and she looked at him, shocked, and said "O, I couldn't, I'm receiving in the morning!" whereupon he disappeared with his usual flash-bang.

gramar

loveBBhate wrote: »

To be fair though I'd imagine the devil would have better to be doing than playing a game of cards down in Wexford.

vicwatson wrote: »

Exact same story was told to me as a youngster about the Hellfire club in Dublin.

Both are baloney.

Still wouldn't stay there !;)

I heard the same about a place in Kilkenny when I was a young lad.

He liked to get around with his cards. He was probably one of the original founders for the poker tour.

NuckingFacker

Not a chance. Those purple curtains would give me a migraine. Who picked the decor?

Cunning Stunt

donegal__road wrote: »

when I inquired locally I was told all about the devil and a game of cards, cloven hooves etc... [/SIZE]

That 'aul devil seems to like playing cards and showing off his hoof in Irish houses. You'll hear the exact same story about Castletown house in Celbridge.

hatrickpatrick

If it was still the original building it'd be a freakier story TBH, the fact that it was rebuilt makes it far less interesting from that point of view.

Andrewf20

I was watching a Derren Brown programme there a few months back. As far as I remember he put some athiests in a dungeon underneath a supposed haunted building in the pitch dark. Even still a few subjects felt an unsettling presence and were happy to get out.

bluefinger

no bother if i could have a tent or something. i'd be more worried about rats.

Qualitymark

NuckingFacker wrote: »

Not a chance. Those purple curtains would give me a migraine. Who picked the decor?

Hellish.

FouxDaFaFa

I don't believe in ghosts but I love doing ghost tours and things, have ever since I was a kid.

I would probably spend the night, provided I could have a light to read or something. Only worry would be boredom.

beano345

Anne bent down to pick another card from the floor which she must have dropped. It is said that when Anne bent over to pick up the card, she looked beneath the table to see that the mysterious man had a cloven foot.

ive heard this same story about the hellfire club in dublin

One of the best known of these tells of a stranger who arrived at the club on a stormy night. Invited in, he joined the members in a card game. One player dropped his card on the floor and when he bent under the table to retrieve it noticed that the stranger had a cloven hoof. At this point the visitor disappeared in a ball of flame. This is a very similar story to one associated with Loftus Hall, County Wexford.[30]

as for staying in loftus hall...yes i would im fairly skeptical,a friend of mine in college had to do an assignment last week were he had to film a bunch of ghost hunters like the ones on tv that stay in these supposedly haunted places over night,he could hardly contain his laughter....sometimes theres a want in people to believe!

Merkin

beano345 wrote: »

ive heard this same story about the hellfire club in dublin

Me too

Canis Lupus

Andrewf20 wrote: »

I sure did. Even still.

In which case then you're just being a bit silly

donegal__road

the devil has appeared during a game of cards at the following addresses in Ireland..

The King House, Boyle, Co. Roscommon,
Castletown, Celbridge, Co. Kildare.
The Hell-Fire Club, Mount Pelier, Dublin.
Ardee, Co. Louth
Loftus Hall, Wexford.

there are probably more..

There are numerous accounts of the same tale in Britain over the years, the most popular being where the devil would play cards with people for their soul.

FouxDaFaFa

If I tell people I saw the devil in my house, do you think I could charge admission during the halloween season?

(I'm imagining it being like that episode of Father Ted where they're trying to convince Bishop Brennan there's a face in the woodwork).

Arawn

doing the tour this sat, will bring along a pillow and sleeping bag

PizzamanIRL

Yes I'd spend a night there, because I wouldn't really be alone.

beano345

donegal__road wrote: »

the devil has appeared during a game of cards at the following addresses in Ireland..

The King House, Boyle, Co. Roscommon,
Castletown, Celbridge, Co. Kildare.
The Hell-Fire Club, Mount Pelier, Dublin.
Ardee, Co. Louth
Loftus Hall, Wexford.

there are probably more..

There are numerous accounts of the same tale in Britain over the years, the most popular being where the devil would play cards with people for their soul.

wonder if he'll show up at gamblers anonymous to try win some of them back

Ghost Buster

gramar wrote: »

I heard the same about a place in Kilkenny when I was a young lad.

He liked to get around with his cards. He was probably one of the original founders for the poker tour.

The same rumour was around in the late 70s about a dance hall in Pontoon, Mayo and countless other halls around the country. Put out by The Church to scare folk off the sin of socialising!!!!

Andrewf20

Canis Lupus wrote: »

In which case then you're just being a bit silly

Yes, irrational fears are definitely silly but a bugger to fix. Its the same deal as with those rudy spiders.

Johro

I've been to Loftus Hall a few times, the first time was in the late eighties. It's a spooky place alright, it has a weird atmosphere. I think the setting helps that, it stands alone in a very bleak and barren landscape just down from Hook lighthouse. The estate is huge and stone walls surround it, with a few big wrought iron gated entrances. The house has some pretty weird gargoyles, I would have expected pics of those somewhere in this thread. I took a tour of the place years ago, it has an amazing staircase that was shipped from Italy when the house was built, and the downstairs tiled floors are something to see too. They used to let groups of people stay the night, I don't know if they still do.
I used to have a drink there the odd time, when the place had a bar. I saw nothing strange in the house anytime I was there, but it does have a strange feel to it and there are weird temperature changes throughout, i.e. warm in one room, freezing the next. I like the place. It looks impressive sat there in that landscape. I'd stay there no problem.