Ghostly Waterford tales.....spooky!

magick · 01-08-2008 6:45pm #1

While im a fan of the Paranormal forum, id rather see the post stay here as its only talking about local folklore/ghosts etc in the Waterford Area

I heard recently their was some sightings/weird things happening down near the bridge hotel.

Of course theirs the "ghost" of Garter Lane, also a few other places out by the kilmeaden road and near annestown/benvoy.

Now we all heard ghost stories when we were young, but is their any truth to them ?

I remember looking at old black and white photos of tramore one time and saw their was a place called the Haunted Well, its at the end of the secnic walkway in tramore, the well is bricked up now but the water still flows out of it down to the a peir (dont know the name of it).

dlofnep · 01-08-2008 7:17pm

Obviously the bibe is the tale of the local Banshee.

There used to be an old broken down large house up Grace Dieu road that was used to go to. Not sure if it's still there. We'd call it the Haunted House. Not because it was, but it fit the description for youthful minds.

Xyo · 01-08-2008 7:19pm

I was staying in that big house on the Tramore road that Tawdy always drinks outside for a school thing and I saw two ladies in white dresses on the ground floor but all the staff were adamant that no one works during the night.

They could have been messing with me and I could have imagined it, but you wanted spooky tales and it spooked me.

garp · 05-08-2008 2:06pm

19 lady lane.... nuf said..:eek:

Heathen · 05-08-2008 2:23pm

garp wrote: »

19 lady lane.... nuf said..:eek:

pray tell??

for a Dub who is only living in Waterford 8 years...

Fajitas! · 05-08-2008 5:15pm

Don't know about that one myself?

trishw78 · 05-08-2008 5:54pm

magick wrote: »

While im a fan of the Paranormal forum, id rather see the post stay here as its only talking about local folklore/ghosts etc in the Waterford Area

I heard recently their was some sightings/weird things happening down near the bridge hotel.

Of course theirs the "ghost" of Garter Lane, also a few other places out by the kilmeaden road and near annestown/benvoy.

Now we all heard ghost stories when we were young, but is their any truth to them ?

I remember looking at old black and white photos of tramore one time and saw their was a place called the Haunted Well, its at the end of the secnic walkway in tramore, the well is bricked up now but the water still flows out of it down to the a peir (dont know the name of it).

are you talking about the Doneraile Walk and the Boat Cove at the end of the steps.

Sully · 05-08-2008 6:24pm

trishw78 wrote: »

are you talking about the Doneraile Walk and the Boat Cove at the end of the steps.

I think so. The well isn't bricked up though, its still running as per old photos.

magick · 05-08-2008 6:34pm

19 lady lane, any info on that? and yup Doneraile Walk and the Boat Cove at the end of the steps yup, thats what i was on about, anyone know why its knows as the haunted well ?

Minto · 05-08-2008 6:52pm

magick wrote: »

19 lady lane, any info on that? and yup Doneraile Walk and the Boat Cove at the end of the steps yup, thats what i was on about, anyone know why its knows as the haunted well ?

Whats the annestown/benvoy one about? Also, isn't there the story about some farmer or something out by Ballinamona?

garp · 06-08-2008 12:09pm

magick wrote: »

19 lady lane, any info on that? and yup Doneraile Walk and the Boat Cove at the end of the steps yup, thats what i was on about, anyone know why its knows as the haunted well ?

Its was a run down slum a few years back (a few mates were living there) everyone of them had storys about the place. Some were strange others were run like fu*k strange. One lad (Lived in the attic room) left everything he owned and would not go back for love or money. My mate had to pack his stuff up for him.

Heathen · 06-08-2008 4:52pm

so who is gonna spill the beans on 19n Lady lane then?? should we hold waterford beers there?

magick · 06-08-2008 6:29pm

Minto wrote: »

Whats the annestown/benvoy one about? Also, isn't there the story about some farmer or something out by Ballinamona?

well the area is difficult to descibe but its the house you pass just as ur coming onto a long straight (going to annestown) where u can finally see the sea, (i know my directions arent the best) but local lore has it that someone hung themselves in the place, and that the place is haunted.

Also on another note, theirs a warehouse out by the car dealerships between ntl and AOhell where a certain illegal radio station used to broadcast a few years back was haunted. This one i can defo say with some substance, firstly because my father used to work there and second i spoke to people who worked there and all claimed the same spooky goings on.

Typhoon. · 06-08-2008 10:17pm

What about the house up at Carrols cross.. I know its in the county but everyone knows about this house.....anyone any info on that??

smaoifs · 06-08-2008 10:45pm

Taxi driver was telling me one night he dropped 3 girls somewhere just outside Cheekpoint. He pulled into a drive to swing around and the girls jumped straight back in. Whatever they saw freaked the bejaysus outta them! Gracedieu, we're always hearing noises. Nan and Dad say banshee, cynical mother says a fox!

JamesBase · 07-08-2008 12:24am

I don't believe in that things but what about that haunted church in Waterford? I've been recently told kind of legend on a man and his dog happening in a church in the other side of the river Suir... ???? Does it ring a bell?

Heathen · 07-08-2008 12:05pm

magick wrote: »

Also on another note, theirs a warehouse out by the car dealerships between ntl and AOhell where a certain illegal radio station used to broadcast a few years back was haunted.

A B C Power 1 0 4 !!! Nothing but 90's!! great station

Fajitas! · 07-08-2008 12:09pm

The Leper Hospital/aparment complex has plenty of stories coming out about it.

KingLoser · 07-08-2008 12:25pm

Fajitas! wrote: »

The Leper Hospital/aparment complex has plenty of stories coming out about it.

Yep, the one about the search dogs they sent in before doing the place up. They wouldn't go into one of the rooms for some reason!

Spooooooooooooooooooooooooooky.

Lucy Locket · 07-08-2008 2:31pm

Typhoon. wrote: »

What about the house up at Carrols cross.. I know its in the county but everyone knows about this house.....anyone any info on that??

Yeah that house is freaky alright, always gives me the heebee jeebees when I pass it, I wouldn't walk past it that for sure, I'll stay in the car and zoom past!!

My cousin once told me that there was an old graveyard up the road from the Holy Cross Pub and that one night some guy was walking down and he saw eyes looking out at him - FREAKY!!!....once its dark and I have to walk to the pub I make a run for it on that part - don't know how true it is, but I'll always be weary about that part of the road!!!.....:eek::eek::eek:

Tragamin2k2 · 08-08-2008 3:34am

Lucy Locket wrote: »

Yeah that house is freaky alright, always gives me the heebee jeebees when I pass it, I wouldn't walk past it that for sure, I'll stay in the car and zoom past!!

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Lucy Locket · 08-08-2008 8:04am

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OH my god SHIVERS DOWN MY SPINE....too freaky for me, I know they say its not the dead you should be scared of but the living...but hey...that just not for me!!.....oh I'm trying to shake that off....

A little off topic, being it's not waterford but I went to see Batman last night in WATERFORD cinema, but I heard that it is meant to be cursed, first heath's death, then Cillian Murphy got in for trouble for abusing a memeber of his family, and then Morgan Freemans accident....Strange or what.....

trishw78 · 08-08-2008 11:31am

I didn't hear about Cillian Murphy are you sure it wasn't Christian Bale

Lucy Locket · 08-08-2008 11:38am

trishw78 wrote: »

I didn't hear about Cillian Murphy are you sure it wasn't Christian Bale

Oh maybe...it could of been him

CantGetNoSleep · 08-08-2008 4:50pm

Lucy Locket wrote: »

Oh maybe...it could of been him

It was

Typhoon. · 08-08-2008 5:28pm

Lucy Locket wrote: »

Oh maybe...it could of been him

lol...thats so funny

:D:D:D

those pics are class Trag...theres no way i would've went in there knockin...knowin my luck someone/something would answer !!

antog86 · 09-08-2008 6:29pm

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So the story goes, that the person that can spend one night in that house on their own will own it forever more. Rumour has it many have tried but to no avail. If you told me their was €10k in the upstairs bedroom but i could only get it between 2-4am, i wouldnt do it!

Roen · 09-08-2008 6:36pm

Whereabouts is that gaff?

stick-dan · 09-08-2008 7:35pm

It can't be that scary, what has stopped the others? Were they magically lifted out of the house or something. Maybe a group of us boardsies should get together and stay there, We can't all be moved.

Tragamin2k2 · 09-08-2008 8:43pm

stick-dan wrote: »

It can't be that scary, what has stopped the others? Were they magically lifted out of the house or something. Maybe a group of us boardsies should get together and stay there, We can't all be moved.

I'd be up for it. When we went around the back there was a light on inside so we headed off

magick · 09-08-2008 8:48pm

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great pics there, i remember someone moved in there in the early 90s but moved out rather quickly, anyone know what happened in that house or the disturbances that we hear about ?

stick-dan · 09-08-2008 9:12pm

Tragamin2k2 wrote: »

I'd be up for it. When we went around the back there was a light on inside so we headed off

Really were you creeped out like? I dunno if i would be i mean like i did try to get people to go to loftus and it really does mystify me but i dunno if i'd be scared. The old man leaves by the rule that the dead won't harm you.

Sully · 09-08-2008 9:22pm

Due to possible legal problems for Boards, we cant be organising anything illegal. So if thats private property, im afraid the organising of visiting the property is not permitted here.

Thanks folks.

quietobserver · 10-08-2008 12:49am

i used to live in waterford and was living in scotch quay, house had a giddy eery spooking when we moved in first, especially at weekends when everyone else went home. sometimes the hall lamp would be on in the morning and bedroom doors would be open.

i started talking to what ever might be there and the mood of the place changed. there was still a mischevious feeling but it was more childish if that makes sense.
dont know should i disclose the number in scotch quay.
id be intersested to hear of the other hauntings down by the quays in waterford.

Tragamin2k2 · 10-08-2008 2:09pm

stick-dan wrote: »

Really were you creeped out like? I dunno if i would be i mean like i did try to get people to go to loftus and it really does mystify me but i dunno if i'd be scared. The old man leaves by the rule that the dead won't harm you.

Nah, jus treated it as any old house. No point gettin scared unless ya have a reason to

i reckon the light was left on incase someone was gonna break in or something and theyd think theres someone inside

daftdave · 10-08-2008 10:31pm

what about the sightings of inventor bill hayes who was seen in the garage now owned by mechanic pj o'shea in dominics place, so the story goes , pj was working in the bonnet of a car and bill walked past him and into the office of the garage and when pj followed, there was nobody in there, bill used to own the garage many moons ago, if you ask pj or his son they will show you a framed newspaper full page story that the sunday world ran on it, i think it was sometime in the early 90's, there were other sightings of him in the garage also but i cant remember the specifics !!

stick-dan · 11-08-2008 7:24am

Tragamin2k2 wrote: »

Nah, jus treated it as any old house. No point gettin scared unless ya have a reason to i reckon the light was left on incase someone was gonna break in or something and theyd think theres someone inside

Typically Irish! "Ah sure we'll leave the light on so they think someone is at home

:D"

magick · 11-08-2008 6:53pm

actually one place in the city that truly has the creepy look (but i dont know about haunted but it sure looks it!) is the grave yard beside St Ottrans mental hospital, right near my parents house. If you pass by it at night the long path down the graveyeard on a moonlight is the stuff of classic horror movies!.

If u take a visit there make sure u take a camera some great shots you will get, you will have to ask for permission at the gate,but a worthy trip.

daftdave · 11-08-2008 7:55pm

magick wrote: »

actually one place in the city that truly has the creepy look (but i dont know about haunted but it sure looks it!) is the grave yard beside St Ottrans mental hospital, right near my parents house. If you pass by it at night the long path down the graveyeard on a moonlight is the stuff of classic horror movies!.

If u take a visit there make sure u take a camera some great shots you will get, you will have to ask for permission at the gate,but a worthy trip.

the back of the houses on the upper part of the folly look directly into that graveyard, we used to hang around in there a bit when i was a teenager

Typhoon. · 11-08-2008 9:40pm

The house up in gracedeiu opposite the bucket factory is meant to be haunted too..the one thats has a slate facade on it. theres also a plaque on the wall...some doctor was born there iirc

quietobserver · 12-08-2008 1:55am

i remember reading a book in the book centre that had a number of hauntings listed in waterford city, cant think of the name of the book though.:(

magick · 13-08-2008 7:25am

aye i was googling waterford haunting and came across an article about parts of the quay being haunted, heres a link to it

http://blather.net/zeitgeist/archives/2008/04/ghosts_of_waterford_quay.html

Lucy Locket · 14-08-2008 12:57pm

magick wrote: »

aye i was googling waterford haunting and came across an article about parts of the quay being haunted, heres a link to it

http://blather.net/zeitgeist/archives/2008/04/ghosts_of_waterford_quay.html

Its a bit spooky alright, but I've never heard about that before....and I've often come across the bridge and odd hours and never noticed anything strange......Now I'll be freaking myself out and thinking I'm seeing things when I cross the bridge......:eek::eek::eek:

My uncle has my nan's house after she died, and he converted the attack into a bedroom and a stairs down from it, and the knocked down where her room was into the next room and made a big sitting room, and ever since he has done that he swears he hears foot steps coming down the stairs and my nan calling his name....FREAKY!!!....and also my little cousin when to a fortune teller lately and she said your nanny doesn't like what has been done to her house.....she is dead 8yrs....even FREAKIER:eek::eek::eek:

sopick · 09-05-2010 11:50pm

Typhoon. wrote: »

What about the house up at Carrols cross.. I know its in the county but everyone knows about this house.....anyone any info on that??

yea i know the one just down a bit from the pub i heard a priest went into bless the house but had to get the f**k out of there because it was too evil someone cuts the grass there still because i pulled in there the other day and the grass was short and same any other time i pulled in never did i see anyone in there nor a light on i would like to know more about this place too does anybody know who owns the house?

sopick · 09-05-2010 11:55pm

Lucy Locket wrote: »

Its a bit spooky alright, but I've never heard about that before....and I've often come across the bridge and odd hours and never noticed anything strange......Now I'll be freaking myself out and thinking I'm seeing things when I cross the bridge......:eek::eek::eek:

My uncle has my nan's house after she died, and he converted the attack into a bedroom and a stairs down from it, and the knocked down where her room was into the next room and made a big sitting room, and ever since he has done that he swears he hears foot steps coming down the stairs and my nan calling his name....FREAKY!!!....and also my little cousin when to a fortune teller lately and she said your nanny doesn't like what has been done to her house.....she is dead 8yrs....even FREAKIER:eek::eek::eek:

i lived in mary strrt in an attic flat with my girlfriend and it was haunted lights flicking on and off and the volume on the telly goin up and down all at the same time then would stop and a few weird things happenin around the place then found out the fella before us broke his leg goin down the stairs must have been tryin to run out of the place the mullins own it do ye know the mullins does the horses there well known the place should be burned to the ground

BBM77 · 10-05-2010 12:25am

sopick wrote: »

yea i know the one just down a bit from the pub i heard a priest went into bless the house but had to get the f**k out of there because it was too evil someone cuts the grass there still because i pulled in there the other day and the grass was short and same any other time i pulled in never did i see anyone in there nor a light on i would like to know more about this place too does anybody know who owns the house?

Could you tell me exactly where this house is? Is it on the main N25 at Carroll’s Cross or of a side road? I have heard about it many times, I would love to see it.

I don’t suppose anybody has any pictures…

Thanks.

dayshah · 11-05-2010 1:44pm

sopick wrote: »

i lived in mary strrt in an attic flat with my girlfriend and it was haunted lights flicking on and off and the volume on the telly goin up and down all at the same time then would stop and a few weird things happenin around the place then found out the fella before us broke his leg goin down the stairs must have been tryin to run out of the place the mullins own it do ye know the mullins does the horses there well known the place should be burned to the ground

Hmm, did you try get in an electrician? Maybe you sat on the TVs remote, or NTL is acting up?

sopick · 14-05-2010 11:38am

Ballybrickenman wrote: »

Could you tell me exactly where this house is? Is it on the main N25 at Carroll’s Cross or of a side road? I have heard about it many times, I would love to see it.

I don’t suppose anybody has any pictures…

Thanks.

its on the main road waterford to dungarvan just before ye come to carrols cross from the waterford direction its on the right hand side you cand miss it it dont look derilict or nothing it looks like a normal house no broken windows or nothin curtains up never anyone home though

sopick · 14-05-2010 11:41am

dayshah wrote: »

Hmm, did you try get in an electrician? Maybe you sat on the TVs remote, or NTL is acting up?

this isnt a thread to talk about the construction industry so off with ye and i was trying to turn it up and it kept goin down only while the lights started flickering

Kxiii · 10-06-2010 4:56pm

garp wrote: »

19 lady lane.... nuf said..:eek:

The missus live in the attic flat for two years and the only noises she heard was the old fridge making well, fridge noises and a noisy student below.:pac:

funtelaar · 26-06-2010 3:14pm

KingLoser wrote: »

Yep, the one about the search dogs they sent in before doing the place up. They wouldn't go into one of the rooms for some reason!

Spooooooooooooooooooooooooooky.

i lived in the waterside before and all i can say is cold air/breathing type over my face....no windows open etc....shat meself and left

Ghostly Waterford tales.....spooky!

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