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It would be great to see such a lovely building repaired and opened to the public.
Every place in Ireland has a story or ghost story attached to it. Yep Grandma's and Grandad's every where responiable for this lol. Hey were else would we get our legends from. Lovely tradition to pass along
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Woah only found this thread now.
I was in Loftus Hall years ago, about 15 years ago. We used to have a holiday home in Fethard, we'd go down there every summer, used to love it there.
Anyway, when I was about four/five we went to Loftus Hall. Now, I had no idea whatsoever about it's history or why we were even going there at the time and it's only in the last few years that i've found out. I remember visiting it so clearly, I can even remember the song that was on the radio lol.
It must of been a guest house at the time because we went into the bar area. Such a beautiful building, was huge, i remember very clearly walking in the big door into the hall and there was the sound of dogs barking viciously, quite scarey when you're four
. What was really strange was there was a scream from upstairs when we were in the hall and the old lady came out and brought us into the bar area straight away. It was quite odd, there was noise of televisions on and people talking but there was no one there 
We were the only people in the whole place.
Even the bar area was weird, we didn't stay long at all, think just finished our drinks and left. They only sold coca cola as well :mad:but that's beside the point xD.
After talking about it since with my parents my mother said she wanted to get out of there fast the place had such a horrible atmosphere. I often wondered why I remember it so vividly being so young, I didn't even know the history so it's not like I invented things in my head. Very eerie place.0 -
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Hey there.
I have had the experience of going up to the hall. Myself and 9 others travelled down, but in the end only 3 of us walked up, including me. We had no intention of going inside or any thing, we just wanted to go look at the house itself and all that. We made it to the top of the drive way when I clearly heard dog's barking, as did my 2 friends. We walked slowly forward with anxiety wrote all over our faces. Just as we reached the pillars turning into the court house one of my friends stopped suddenly. I turned and asked "what's wrong" he pointed at the corner of the pillar where the big tree's start and said "there's some one there", the other fella also started backing up, and at this point I was afraid to turn around and look. After a ****ing scary 10 seconds or so I did turn and I am almost certain to this day that I seen some one standing beside the pillar...
We turned and ran back, but had to dodge the spot light of a local and eventually made it back to our cars. To this day all three of us can swear we did hear dogs and see some body at the top of that long lane.
That was almost 2 years ago.
After reading this thread I had renewed interest and travelled down with a lager group with more people genuinely interested in the paranormal. We arrived at the gates, and about 2 minutes later we had 3 local men telling us they had our registration plates and would phone the guards if we so much as touched the land at the other side of the wall.
We made them look silly and told them we were on our way to visit the light house, the left but we never went back to the house...
I am genuinely curious as to why the locals are so protective of this place, I mean yeah it may be private property buy besides that what harm is there being done with 3 or 4 people walking on the land?
Also, as for the stories behind this place.
The Generic devil story is not true, how ever, the story of the priest and the children in the "devils room" is true and actually recorded (some where).. As for the cannon's plaque I think that may have to do with the fact that one of the residents did suffer from a mental illness leading the family to believe that she was possessed and needed an exorcist. People seem to forget that the idea of possession is accepted by the catholic religion and at the time would have had to be taken very seriously. 0 -
Hey there!
Wow, Nail bitting stuff. The first time you went up to the house how did you even get down the lane to begin with?? There is a man living in the little cottage directly across from the main gates of the house and he gards them with his life, anyone that even remotely slows down driving by the gates and hes out like a shot telling them to "Move On"......
I went down to Loftas for the frist time last year with my boyfriend, just for a look and to try and get a few pictures for my friends Web Site Abandoned Ireland.... we parked the car a couple of hundred yards down the road while we decided which was the best way to head in. We walked down the road towards the gate to take a look, there was no way in there with out beeing seen so we turned around and walked back, just as we turned on our heals i heard the front door of the cottage click open and an elderly man stepped out, i wanted to look behind but we kept walking. He went back into the house after a few min, when he was gone we made a dive into the field next to the house. We made our way down along by the hedge and kept low. We ended up down beside the beach, so we were coming at the house from below eye level and from the back. We were in stelth mode going through the fields, all of a sudden a car drove up the lane at speed and started circling the house. We stayed low in the corn fields. Eventually the car left and we moved closer to the house, by this stage there was only one hedge and a narrow gravel road seperating us between the house. We were just about to stand up and make our move when my BF said "GET DOWN" theres the car again..... the car, out of "NO WHERE" just drove out from behind the house!!!! We ducked down behind the bushes and the car came closer rolling along the gravel track, it stopped right beside us on the other side of the hedge, we were practicly holding our breath it was sooooo close. After a few min it drove off!! Lucky or what!!!! In the end we just packed it in and left cos they were onto us from min go, how i dont know, we were not seen at all and were ultra sneaky. Ahhww i got a few good photos anyway, thats all i really wanted and to get a close up look at what all the fuss was about!!!!
So anyone whos planning a trip to the house, be carefull cos they are wide to everyone, its harder than it looks 0 -
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I know the house is not haunted, i dont belive in all the nonsence said about the house an all the stories behind it, just heard stuff about the sale of it so was wondering if anything came of it
Its an amazing house and would be great to see someone living in it again etc. Ive never been in the house myself only ever got a few pics of it from one of the fields. General love of old houses.0 -
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