loftus hall

Oryx · 03-09-2009 4:19pm

Just to make it clear to everyone. Anyone discussing snooping around or trying to get into Loftus except by legitimate means, will get a ban. K? Thanks.

samdeluxjones · 03-09-2009 6:59pm

Jessica xxx wrote: »

Great Vid, id really really love to see the propper one from start to finish. Is there anyway it can be got??
Is that tomb that Ann was buried in at the back of the house/on site??

i've applied for partnership in youtube, if i get it i'll put it up.

was never released on dvd just video cassette and they are getting rare..

no she is buried in the tomb at the church of ireland in fethard village beside the castle.

calerbass · 02-10-2009 3:07pm

Jessica xxx wrote: »

Great Vid, id really really love to see the propper one from start to finish. Is there anyway it can be got??
Is that tomb that Ann was buried in at the back of the house/on site??

I actually have that documentary on dvd, copied it from video some years back,it was a documentary/drama that RTE did and has all local actors playing the parts, have to root it out, but definitely have it somewhere, your welcome to a copy once i find it...............

Jessica xxx · 02-10-2009 4:25pm

yeah id love a copy if you found it, that would be great. PM me if you find it and ill send you my address.

Thanks

Milly33 · 14-10-2009 12:32pm

Hi just spotted this chat...

It would be great to get in there I ponder if you got in contact with them would they let you in themselves if you said there was a group interested..I rem my unlce told me the storey years ago and gave me the documentry (only to find out it had star wars deep space nine recorded over it crap) so never got to see it.. I was told they had one on the oh crap what is it think it is the twilight zoen site but never got it.

I did go down one time with my sister to see if we could go in and people were a bit odd about it saying no not to chance it as I heard it was a lady was living there, she was a bit batty and had a shotgun that she wasnt afraid to use...

Did i see something aswell about on entrance on the beach

14-10-2009 4:10pm

they are not letting anybody in there and again , its not haunted.

Jessica xxx · 14-10-2009 4:12pm

Deleted User wrote: »

they are not letting anybody in there and again , its not haunted.

Is this first hand information?!!

14-10-2009 4:34pm

Well i live very close to it and there are no first hand storys of it being haunted.

The only haunted story there is that Satan played cards there and then jumped through the roof. The same story that every county has.

Its not even the same building were the story origonated from .
That building was built later. The only reason why people say its Haunted is because it fits the cliche (House on the Haunted Hill)

This is also unfortunate as it is causing more break in's at the house. The local Hook light house even had to stop selling the story books about it to help protect the house from trespassers .

Jessica xxx · 14-10-2009 4:40pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Well i live very close to it and there are no first hand storys of it being haunted.

The only haunted story there is that Satan played cards there and then jumped through the roof. The same story that every county has.

Its not even the same building were the story origonated from .
That building was built later. The only reason why people say its Haunted is because it fits the cliche (House on the Haunted Hill)

This is also unfortunate as it is causing more break in's at the house. The local Hook light house even had to stop selling the story books about it to help protect the house from trespassers .

Yes i know the history of the house, i have an origional copy of The Legand of Loftas Hall at home, so ive seen it and read up about the house etc. I know that is not the origional house. Redmond Hall was the first house and is indeed long gone.

And just to clear something up, no one is suggesting breaking in or anything of the sort! Were not thugs here!!

AI · 14-10-2009 4:42pm

Loftus as it looked in better times :cool:

Jessica xxx · 14-10-2009 4:44pm

AI wrote: »

Loftus as it looked in better times :cool:

Ha ha ha, i was wondering when you were going to spring that one on us!! haha

coffey-16 · 14-10-2009 5:44pm

Last year when I was there we went up through the field to the left and and jumped inside but never actually went into the building. Just as we jumped over the ditch it sounded as if there was a group of dogs near by barking furiously at us.

Does anyone actually know if there are dogs near or on the premises?

AI · 15-10-2009 8:01am

I heard it is haunted :eek:

Hardly surprising that it's locked up like fort knox with a security system to match when EEJTS keep trespassing around the place and trying to break in.

Jessica xxx · 15-10-2009 9:13am

coffey-16 wrote: »

Last year when I was there we went up through the field to the left and and jumped inside but never actually went into the building. Just as we jumped over the ditch it sounded as if there was a group of dogs near by barking furiously at us.

Does anyone actually know if there are dogs near or on the premises?

I dont think there are gard dogs as such but there are dogs in the area somewhere i think. I heard dogs barking before when i was there to.

Jessica xxx · 15-10-2009 9:15am

AI wrote: »

I heard it is haunted :eek:

Hardly surprising that it's locked up like fort knox with a security system to match when EEJTS keep trespassing around the place and trying to break in.

No one has been there in a long time, or got inside either!

15-10-2009 2:21pm

Jessica xxx wrote: »

Yes i know the history of the house, i have an origional copy of The Legand of Loftas Hall at home, so ive seen it and read up about the house etc. I know that is not the origional house. Redmond Hall was the first house and is indeed long gone.

And just to clear something up, no one is suggesting breaking in or anything of the sort! Were not thugs here!!

So what hauntings have you yeard about there ? All my neighbours who have lived there for a long time also have no first second or third hand storys of hauntings .

The only thing is , the devil played poker there :eek:

Jessica xxx · 15-10-2009 3:04pm

Deleted User wrote: »

So what hauntings have you yeard about there ? All my neighbours who have lived there for a long time also have no first second or third hand storys of hauntings .

The only thing is , the devil played poker there :eek:

I havnt heard of any hauntings in the house, apart from the Legand behind it bla bla bla, but i wouldnt belive all you read or see on telly either. Sure no one can even get inside anymore to see if theres anything going on etc.

In the Vid The Legand of........ When he was there, Rick whelan said the vault where the Totnhams were burried was vandalized at one stage years ago and that work men when sealing it up again said one of the coffins was different from the rest, he said that it was safe to assume that this was the final resting place of Ann Totnham... Now it would be very interesting to see inside that vault and look at the coffins!!! (im not suggesting breaking in or anyhting) i have respect for the dead, If one of the coffins was different then that would make what he said true!!?? No??

Jessica xxx · 15-10-2009 3:49pm

Milly33 wrote: »

Hi just spotted this chat...

It would be great to get in there I ponder if you got in contact with them would they let you in themselves if you said there was a group interested..I rem my unlce told me the storey years ago and gave me the documentry (only to find out it had star wars deep space nine recorded over it crap) so never got to see it.. I was told they had one on the oh crap what is it think it is the twilight zoen site but never got it.

I did go down one time with my sister to see if we could go in and people were a bit odd about it saying no not to chance it as I heard it was a lady was living there, she was a bit batty and had a shotgun that she wasnt afraid to use...

Did i see something aswell about on entrance on the beach

AI · 17-10-2009 6:05pm

http://www.abandonedireland.com/Loftus_Hall.html

nothing much new but I tried to put everything in one place

Fuinseog · 18-10-2009 1:01pm

strangepaddy wrote: »

A few days before halloween a few of travelled down to loftus hall near hook head in wexford(for pl who never heard of it the devil was supposed ta have visite there....long story short....he made a big hole in the roof appartently which cant be fixed.)....we didnt go up to it cause its a private place and all plus there was a light on. Anyways the whole point of this post is i just like to know your views on the place? Believe in it? Ever there? cause the place is so weird lookin i cant help but take interest in it!

cathal shannon did aprogramme on in it a few years back. the believe the house has been modified since the first hauntings.

Fuinseog · 18-10-2009 1:02pm

was loftus hall haunted or teh ground on which teh house stood. in the cae of teh altter the ghosts should sill be there, although I believe an exorcism was carried out.

Pretty_Pistol · 18-10-2009 6:40pm

What a waste of a period house. I'm sure it would have been a good attraction for tourists. Even though it's not suppose to be haunted the bar pictures from Abandoned Ireland look creepy. I get The Shining vibe off them.

AI · 18-10-2009 11:54pm

Fuinseog wrote: »

was loftus hall haunted or teh ground on which teh house stood. in the cae of teh altter the ghosts should sill be there, although I believe an exorcism was carried out.

Jaysus I just spent two days writing the whole thing up one post back!
http://www.abandonedireland.com/Loftus_Hall.html

Milly33 · 19-10-2009 10:48am

Great pictures!! Lucky the person who managed to get in you said he got permission was it...You mentioned he felt like there was something in there alrite did he say what

Jessica xxx · 19-10-2009 12:51pm

Milly33 wrote: »

Great pictures!! Lucky the person who managed to get in you said he got permission was it...You mentioned he felt like there was something in there alrite did he say what

Indeed!!

21-10-2009 9:40am

No exorcism was carried out in loftus hall. Believe me i know, i could right a book on the place. No first hand accounts of it being haunted. It served as a hotel for a short while , no guests reported anything . All owners said that there were nothing there. People in the area all say there is nothing there.

"The most un-haunted house in Ireland" :rolleyes:

iamhunted · 21-10-2009 9:58am

what dre said. though people will still want to believe its haunted regardless of reality.

Jessica xxx · 21-10-2009 10:12am

Deleted User wrote: »

No exorcism was carried out in loftus hall. Believe me i know, i could right a book on the place. No first hand accounts of it being haunted. It served as a hotel for a short while , no guests reported anything . All owners said that there were nothing there. People in the area all say there is nothing there.

"The most un-haunted house in Ireland" :rolleyes:

Sure we all know there was no exorcism carried out in Loftas Hall, it was carried out in Redmond Hall to bannish the ghost of Ann Totnham. Anyway..... im not saying the house is haunted, its just an interesting place.

Milly33 · 21-10-2009 10:26am

Nicely caught....Ah sure some people belive some dont

Jessica xxx wrote: »

Sure we all know there was no exorcism carried out in Loftas Hall, it was carried out in Redmond Hall to bannish the ghost of Ann Totnham. Anyway..... im not saying the house is haunted, its just an interesting place.

Jessica xxx · 21-10-2009 10:34am

Milly33 wrote: »

Nicely caught....Ah sure some people belive some dont

Exactly!

21-10-2009 11:33am

Jessica xxx wrote: »

Sure we all know there was no exorcism carried out in Loftas Hall, it was carried out in Redmond Hall to bannish the ghost of Ann Totnham. Anyway..... im not saying the house is haunted, its just an interesting place.

But there is nothing official to say that there was an exorcism there. The fact is Ann Tottenham got pregnant from a stranger . Back at that time to be pregnant out of wedlock was a very bad thing .

So to cover this up they whole devil story was created. The parents said she went mad after the stranger (devil) left. She was not mad she was pregnant . The visits by the priest were for their daughter. They pushed this as an exercism.

This story is also not uncommon it happens everywere.

Redmond hall was not even in the same place as Loftus Hall . They were not even beside each other. redmond hall was closer the sea, then Loftus hall.

Jessica xxx · 21-10-2009 12:51pm

Deleted User wrote: »

But there is nothing official to say that there was an exorcism there. The fact is Ann Tottenham got pregnant from a stranger . Back at that time to be pregnant out of wedlock was a very bad thing .

So to cover this up they whole devil story was created. The parents said she went mad after the stranger (devil) left. She was not mad she was pregnant . The visits by the priest were for their daughter. They pushed this as an exercism.

This story is also not uncommon it happens everywere.

Redmond hall was not even in the same place as Loftus Hall . They were not even beside each other. redmond hall was closer the sea, then Loftus hall.

So what your saying is everything in the origiional video is waffel yeah???

minxie · 21-10-2009 12:54pm

And no mention of all the nuns and others who died in
suspicious circumstances in loftus hall.... nothing at all ..

minxie · 21-10-2009 12:54pm

Jessica xxx wrote: »

Indeed!!

Indeed

Jessica xxx · 21-10-2009 1:00pm

minxie wrote: »

And no mention of all the nuns and others who died in
suspicious circumstances in loftus hall.... nothing at all ..

Hmmm interesting Minxie!! , i never heard about that?! I think you have just opened a new can of worms hehe

Do you know anything about it?

Jessica xxx · 21-10-2009 1:01pm

minxie wrote: »

Indeed

minxie · 21-10-2009 1:07pm

Jessica xxx wrote: »

Hmmm interesting Minxie!! , i never heard about that?! I think you have just opened a new can of worms hehe

Do you know anything about it?

A bit from what i can remember Jess,
there was a few white crosses on the back stairs opposite the
kitchen, we used to always jump over them- just in case :eek:

think originally a nun dropped dead and they put the cross there after!!!
a workman- relation of mikeys dropped dead on same spot around the time
of the hotel being renovated, only young too..

ill ask mum a bit more about it and get back to ye

all i know is i never liked being on my own anywhere,
i always got a very eerie feeling where ever i went!!!

Maverick88 · 21-10-2009 1:34pm

I stayed down at Loftus Hall back in about 1995/1996. About 8 of us in total. I was over from London visiting all the family in Wexford town. A cousin mentioned that he and some of the lads I know had visited it a few days previoulsy and spoken to the lady down there, Kay I believe her name was. They had enquired about putting tents up in the garden area. She had agreed and a trip had been arranged

By sheer luck this trip coincided with my trip over to Wexford, so I went along. Fantastic night spent in the bar hearing about the history of the place and the various ghost stories.

While there we got chatting to a guy who was in the bar area, about 2am in the morning we said to him where was he from, he announced that he was from the Hook lighthouse and invited us all up to the lighthouse the following morning for a tour.

Kay (as I mentioned I think it was her name) gave us a tour of the building the following morning. The stair case was amazing, she mentioned something about the fact that there wasn't a single nail holding it all together. She also mentioned that someone had offered to buy the staircase on it own, but the offer had been turned down.

She also told us about how the cleaning lady had gone past the kitchen area one morning and heard the electric carving knife going, she duly walked in and found the thing buzzing away, however it wasn't plugged in.

We were shown the door leading to the room where the devil went through the ceiling and the chair that the stranger had sat in during that card game.

We saw or heard nothing, the only spirits were the ones we put down our necks!

Following this tour we went up to see our man in the Lighthouse and had our tour around that.

Fantastic weekend all in all.

minxie · 21-10-2009 1:37pm

Maverick88 wrote: »

She also told us about how the cleaning lady had gone past the kitchen area one morning and heard the electric carving knife going, she duly walked in and found the thing buzzing away, however it wasn't plugged in.

Fantastic weekend all in all.

That was my mum!!!!

Maverick88 · 21-10-2009 1:59pm

Minxie- How freaky is that. I've only noticed the Loftus Hall thread today for the first time.

Was the old lady called Kay who owned/ran the place?

One other thing from the night we stayed there, we were all sitting around smoking in the bar area (ahh happy days when you could do such a thing) when couple of us relaised we were running short on fags.

We duly asked Kay and out from behind the bar came a couple of packs, for which she only charged us about £2.50. We were thinking how cheap is that when we noticed they were all duty frees.

The other thing that came to mind, we asked the the chap from the Lighthouse what time he was due on duty, he looked at his watch and then replied, "About 3 hours ago".

Jessica xxx · 21-10-2009 2:07pm

minxie wrote: »

That was my mum!!!!

WHAT?? Kay (Deveraux?) is your mother? Ok, maybe ive got the wrong end of the stick here, but is that what your saying??

x

minxie · 21-10-2009 2:11pm

Jessica xxx wrote: »

WHAT?? Kay (Deveraux?) is your mother? Ok, maybe ive got the wrong end of the stick here, but is that what your saying?? x

Ha Ha, jeez Jess, Kays not my mother:eek: :pac:

re-read my post :rolleyes:

Jessica xxx · 21-10-2009 2:14pm

minxie wrote: »

Ha Ha, jeez Jess, Kays not my mother:eek: :pac:

re-read my post :rolleyes:

BIG OOPSY DAISY..... your mum was the lady working there that heard the carving knife buzzing?? Sorry i didnt read the post right!

haha

minxie · 21-10-2009 2:15pm

Maverick88 wrote: »

Minxie- How freaky is that. I've only noticed the Loftus Hall thread today for the first time.

Was the old lady called Kay who owned/ran the place?

One other thing from the night we stayed there, we were all sitting around smoking in the bar area (ahh happy days when you could do such a thing) when couple of us relaised we were running short on fags.

We duly asked Kay and out from behind the bar came a couple of packs, for which she only charged us about £2.50. We were thinking how cheap is that when we noticed they were all duty frees.

The other thing that came to mind, we asked the the chap from the Lighthouse what time he was due on duty, he looked at his watch and then replied, "About 3 hours ago".

Yeah Kay was married to mikey, she owned a few big propertys in
London as well, bridie was another she came from Campile, small tiny little thing.

and wasnt always the fags that she was selling either,bottles of spirits too!!

the lighthouse keepers were class, Podge was a nickname we had on
one, small grey haired man, lovely fella, spent manys the night
there with them!!

iamhunted · 21-10-2009 2:24pm

Maverick88 wrote: »

We were shown the door leading to the room where the devil went through the ceiling and the chair that the stranger had sat in during that card game.

Yet we know from history, the building now standing wasnt the one with the apparent hole in the roof. ergo, if you have someone telling you that they were showing room a room that didnt actually exist ... then you'd have to admit they'd be fibbing. Therefore I'd be a bit suss about their story of the carving knife.

As I say - it doesnt seem to matter if no-one has actually had any genuine paranormal experiences in loftus hall - a lot of ye just want to pretend its haunted anyway.

Jessica xxx · 21-10-2009 2:49pm

iamhunted wrote: »

Yet we know from history, the building now standing wasnt the one with the apparent hole in the roof. ergo, if you have someone telling you that they were showing room a room that didnt actually exist ... then you'd have to admit they'd be fibbing. Therefore I'd be a bit suss about their story of the carving knife.

As I say - it doesn't seem to matter if no-one has actually had any genuine paranormal experiences in loftus hall - a lot of ye just want to pretend its haunted anyway.

Why pretend? I'm sure there have been loads of people down through the years in the place legally or illegally (im not condemning it) who have had some sort of experience, perhaps they all just have not come forward to share them with us here!

Maverick88 · 21-10-2009 7:34pm

iamhunted wrote: »

Yet we know from history, the building now standing wasnt the one with the apparent hole in the roof. ergo, if you have someone telling you that they were showing room a room that didnt actually exist ... then you'd have to admit they'd be fibbing. Therefore I'd be a bit suss about their story of the carving knife.

As I say - it doesnt seem to matter if no-one has actually had any genuine paranormal experiences in loftus hall - a lot of ye just want to pretend its haunted anyway.

You're assuming that I knew of the place already and knew it ws "haunted". As my post said I was over from London , never heard of Loftus Hall before and didn't know the stories. Doesn't mean I fell hook line and sinker for the stories, merely repeating what was said to me. So no not pretending its haunted what so ever.

I also did say we saw nothing, so cant see how I'm.
pretending its haunted.

Just remembered while typing this we lit a huge bonfire on the little beach just down from the hall- how we found it I have no idea as it was pitch black (apart from the shaft of light from the lighthouse everytime it swept round) and we were all as drunk as a thing that was very drunk

Jessica xxx · 22-10-2009 12:26pm

Maverick88 wrote: »

You're assuming that I knew of the place already and knew it ws "haunted". As my post said I was over from London , never heard of Loftus Hall before and didn't know the stories. Doesn't mean I fell hook line and sinker for the stories, merely repeating what was said to me. So no not pretending its haunted what so ever.

I also did say we saw nothing, so cant see how I'm.
pretending its haunted.

Just remembered while typing this we lit a huge bonfire on the little beach just down from the hall- how we found it I have no idea as it was pitch black (apart from the shaft of light from the lighthouse everytime it swept round) and we were all as drunk as a thing that was very drunk

Sounds like it was good crack alright, fairly chilling spot to be spending the best part of a night tho ehh??!! I was on that little beach before myself at the back of the house, theres some little steps or something there that leads up to the field behind the house.

iamhunted · 22-10-2009 1:42pm

my apologies - I wasnt directly referring to yourself, but how - in general - people like to think loftus hall is haunted without any reasoning. for example, the lady telling you about the roof and showing you the room .. though she should have know quite well that the roof and room the devil apparently had anything to do with was in a now demolished house. she was obvioulsy spinning yarns.

so as I say, i didnt mean *you* think the place is haunted.

Maverick88 wrote: »

You're assuming that I knew of the place already and knew it ws "haunted". As my post said I was over from London , never heard of Loftus Hall before and didn't know the stories. Doesn't mean I fell hook line and sinker for the stories, merely repeating what was said to me. So no not pretending its haunted what so ever.

I also did say we saw nothing, so cant see how I'm.
pretending its haunted.

Just remembered while typing this we lit a huge bonfire on the little beach just down from the hall- how we found it I have no idea as it was pitch black (apart from the shaft of light from the lighthouse everytime it swept round) and we were all as drunk as a thing that was very drunk

iamhunted · 22-10-2009 1:44pm

Jessica xxx wrote: »

Why pretend? I'm sure there have been loads of people down through the years in the place legally or illegally (im not condemning it) who have had some sort of experience, perhaps they all just have not come forward to share them with us here!

exactly - why pretend?

fact is no-one has managed to come forward with any credible story of a paranormal experience from loftus hall. Paranormal mind you - not 'oh it feels cold' or 'boys but it feels creepy in here' type experiences (theres plenty of normal, everyday reasons that will do that). Maybe if people hope enough it might come true?

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