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

Andrewf20 · 28-10-2013 03:16AM #1

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 · 28-10-2013 03:17AM

Not a chance

ColeTrain · 28-10-2013 03:19AM

No chance. Apparently the wi-fi is terrible.

certifiedcrepe · 28-10-2013 03:20AM

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

poundapunnet · 28-10-2013 03:22AM

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 · 28-10-2013 03:22AM

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 · 28-10-2013 03:34AM

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

TheHighest92 · 28-10-2013 03:37AM

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 · 28-10-2013 03:38AM

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 · 28-10-2013 03:38AM

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 · 28-10-2013 03:41AM

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 · 28-10-2013 03:43AM

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 · 28-10-2013 03:44AM

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

poundapunnet · 28-10-2013 03:46AM

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 · 28-10-2013 03:48AM

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 · 28-10-2013 03:49AM

Lux23 wrote: »

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

Because you're suggestible?

DEFTLEFTHAND · 28-10-2013 04:01AM

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 · 28-10-2013 04:04AM

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 · 28-10-2013 04:20AM

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 · 28-10-2013 04:31AM

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

lovesfatgirls · 28-10-2013 08:56AM

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

Teyla Emmagan · 28-10-2013 09:34AM

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 · 28-10-2013 09:35AM

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 · 28-10-2013 09:42AM

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

stefan idiot jones · 28-10-2013 10:04AM

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.

28-10-2013 10:07AM

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 · 28-10-2013 10:11AM

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 · 28-10-2013 10:12AM

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 · 28-10-2013 10:29AM

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 · 28-10-2013 11:39AM

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 · 28-10-2013 11:44AM

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!)

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

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