The Real Haunted Story Of Ghost River

Few countries have, as a rich history as Ireland. Ancient remains dot our gorgeous terrain from coast to coast, reminding us of the past. Our unique legacy is mystically enhanced by folklore and local mythology in every town, city and hamlet.

There are castles, stately homes destroyed, city walls and more modern reminders of our agricultural or industrial history in every county. We are lucky to be surrounded by these direct ties to our forebears.

Few cities and counties have kept their historical pulse like Kilkenny in a technology era. Modern life blends with medieval life at the Marble City. Many Irish cities, towns and counties are gorgeous, but Kilkenny is really atmospheric.

Kilkenny castle's frightening beauty overlooks narrow cobblestone streets, city walls St. Cathedral and its beautiful tower. Kilkenny is full with ghostly stories due to its magical appeal. People have passed down tales for decades, making them more than here.

Kilkenny's ghost stories share one crucial characteristic. They are all based on real historical catastrophes. This is true even for lesser known stories like John's Bridge, the bridge, one of Kilkenny's two principal ones.

Dates to 1910 John's Bridge has been renovated multiple times since 1200. The 1763 flood brought thousands to Greensboro to see it fall. While they watched events upriver, John's bridge crumbled, sending everyone on it into the dark swelling. 16 died today.

Residents and tourists report ghostly forms leaning on the new structure's walls and looking toward greens bridge. Today, people take photos and admire the castle as they cross the bridge. Most people are unaware that they stand on the scene. Such tragedy. Yet the bridge has history. An ominous river mist in the morning. Kilkenny Castle has existed on the location since 1195, so it's hardly unexpected that legends and sightings persist. The castle. Been visited for centuries and still is.

A parade tower electronic counter meant to tally visits to the 13th century component of the castle, continues to register up to 100 people at night when the tower is shut. Staff on the bottom floor, once a dungeon where many a poor person died. Are still puzzled by the cutting edge equipment.

The castle tour begins at the site of the Dame Alice Keitler witch trial. Locals say the castle's white lady roams. Grounds and riverbanks. She wanders the halls and stairs and may have been accidentally captured by two young tourists in 2010. Kilkenny residents think this ghost is Lady Margaret Butler. Born in the castle in 1454 or 1465. Through her oldest son, Thomas, she was the paternal grandmother of Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry the eighth.

Her ghost reportedly returned to Kilkenny after death. Legends of Ghost monks and merchants Stock Kilkenny streets and pubs. Few are as thoroughly recorded and engaging as Dame Alice Kitlers. Noblewoman. Dame Alice was born in Kitler's house around 1280 into a prominent family. She married four times after her first 3 husbands died mysteriously. Her 4th husband, John Lepore, became unwell and aroused suspicions of poisoning.

The four children from his former marriage and the offspring of her three prior marriages accused Dame Alice of poisoning and sorcery after his death, blasphemy, renouncing religion and sacrificing animals to devils were also charged. Kilkenny Castle hosted her 1324 trial before Bishop Richard de Ledred of Ossory.

After months of impasse, her servant Petronella confessed to witchcraft against Dame Alice after torture. Dame Alice Keithler and Petronella's daughter may have escaped to the UK. Nothing is known about her after 1324, Petronella was unlucky. A scapegoat for the witch hunt. She was flogged and burnt at the stake on November 3rd 1324, becoming the first Irish heretic to be burned at the fire. Petronella swore retribution as she awaited her destiny in front of the baying audience, ironically.

The fast food business, where she died, burnt down in December 2009. The first witch trials ever documented. In Central Kilkenny, Keitler's House is a famous Tavern and restaurant, a menacing female ghost sometimes appears to visitors.

The spirit of Petronella, or Dame Alice, is debated locally. According to legend, Keitler's ghost walks the steps beneath the western window of Saint Kines Cathedral. A feeling of Dame Alice permeates Kilkenny's cosmopolitan passageways and side streets.

Yet the city's mystery extends beyond its medieval walls. History abounds across the county. The ruins of industrial structures that once energized laborers who worked day and night in perilous conditions. Industrial past to life. Deer Park coal mine in Castle Comber is gloomy and evocative. Nestled in the woods since 1928.

The Deer Park Colliery, formerly Irelands Mining Hub, has housed 600 men and boys. Many structures or foundations remain since 1969. The bathhouse bicycle shed and Explosives magazine have been abandoned under Belle's Heap Shadow.

The tunnel entrance is sealed by bricks and. Concrete. Revealing nothing about the dark realm below, or the soldiers who never returned. The Deer Park is full, with legends long lost, men's ghosts traverse the trails to the abandoned bridges to return home. Many families of miners live in Deer Park homes, which were erected for them stately mansions in the county contain many mysteries.

Pallest towns Shankle Castle is isolated on the Kilkenny Carlo border. It was the site of torture and murder, including by Cromwell when it was Kilkenny's first line of defense. Family members say phantom carriages stop in the yard outside the huge, elegant property. The ghost of an old woman was seen in a first floor bedroom by a visiting artist in recent years.

The look through the towers windows. Her mother was dissatisfied with her boyfriend and put her in a room where she starved or became sick before dying. The castle guard spirit is second. Legend has it that the Watchmen fell asleep on duty and was hurled from the battlements.

His frantic footsteps echo throughout the palace as he seeks redemption also. A ghostly woman is supposed to wander the castle and grounds, smelling fresh flowers around every corner is a tale. Eerie ghosts of Kilkenny's past fascinate even without local legends.