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Truth about Spike in St Mels

  • 30-04-2013 03:57AM
    #1
    thatslife
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75 ✭✭


    Anyone that went to St Mels College would have seen the bricked up window of 'Spikes' room. Apparently murdered in the room back in early 1900's (i think). Room was boarded up and never used again.
    Does anyone know of any truth behind this story?


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  • #2
    Angron
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Music Moderators, Regional Midlands Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 24,167 Mod ✭✭✭✭Angron


    I remember my old History teacher in Mels telling us one of the stories, but he also said there was so many stories, and he doubted any of them were actually true. The story he told was just the one he said he liked the most.


  • #3
    silver campaign
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 365 ✭✭silver campaign


    Can't really remember the story to be honest. Ask Tiernan Dolan if you ever come across him. He scared the bejasus out of every student in Mel's with his story about Spike.


  • #4
    garfieldsghost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 290 ✭✭garfieldsghost


    silver campaign wrote: »
    Can't really remember the story to be honest. Ask Tiernan Dolan if you ever come across him. He scared the bejasus out of every student in Mel's with his story about Spike.

    +1

    I remember him telling us the story. As far as I can recall, 'Spike' was a distant relative of his.


  • #5
    Angron
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Music Moderators, Regional Midlands Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 24,167 Mod ✭✭✭✭Angron


    Dolan wasn't the teacher I had, I had McMonagle.

    Dolan is retired now I believe though, he only went in the last few years.


  • #6
    scudster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 410 ✭✭scudster


    thatslife wrote: »
    Anyone that went to St Mels College would have seen the bricked up window of 'Spikes' room. Apparently murdered in the room back in early 1900's (i think). Room was boarded up and never used again.
    Does anyone know of any truth behind this story?

    I can't confirm or deny spike was chopped into pieces and stuffed behind the window blinds but I can confirm the room is not boarded up only the window is bricked up. Most of that floor was either offices or priests quarters and that particular room was a room/study used by the priests.


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