Hauntings Database
Search ghosts and haunted locations across Britain and Ireland. Hotels, pubs, castles and other haunted places all come from the same Master Places database.
The Sun Inn, Beverley
📍 1 Flemingate, Beverley · HU17 0NP
1 Flemingate, Beverley · HU17 0NP
The Sun Inn on Flemingate has a longstanding cellar haunting. Former publicans and staff have described being brushed by an unseen presence and seeing a shadowy figure below the bar. Other reports mention sudden coldness and the feeling of being watched. The accounts feature in Visit East Yorkshire's guide to the region's ghost stories.
Beverley Friary
📍 Beverley Friary, Friars Lane, Beverley · HU17 0DF
Beverley Friary, Friars Lane, Beverley · HU17 0DF
Beverley Friary is associated with sightings of Dominican monks, including a smiling friar in the kitchen doorway and another figure in the dining room. Three workmen reportedly saw a white figure on an upper floor in the 1980s while the building was locked. Other local accounts mention footsteps and a headless monk walking Friars Lane after midnight.
Burton Constable Hall
📍 Burton Constable Hall, Skirlaugh, Hull · HU11 4LN
Burton Constable Hall, Skirlaugh, Hull · HU11 4LN
Burton Constable Hall has several ghost traditions, including former resident William Constable near his bedroom and Bunter, a family Labrador that died in 1976. Visitors have reportedly felt the dog brushing their legs. Other stories describe a former nanny, a spectral nun and unusual activity in the wine cellar, associated with a brewer said to have died there.
Burton Agnes Hall
📍 Burton Agnes Hall, Burton Agnes, Driffield · YO25 4NB
Burton Agnes Hall, Burton Agnes, Driffield · YO25 4NB
Burton Agnes Hall is associated with Anne Griffith, said to have died after an attack near the house in 1620. According to the family's ghost tradition, her spirit disturbed the hall until her skull was brought inside and concealed within a wall. The story is recorded on the hall's own website and in older collections of Yorkshire hauntings.
Alloa Tower
📍 Alloa Tower, Alloa Park Drive, Alloa · FK10 1PL
Alloa Tower, Alloa Park Drive, Alloa · FK10 1PL
Alloa Tower has reported sightings of a man in clerical robes on the ground floor and an elderly prisoner in chains, sometimes accompanied by a young girl tending his wound. Other accounts include footsteps, tapping and a figure near the well in the Great Hall. A Clackmannanshire heritage account records these stories alongside experiences described by Ghost Club investigators.
The Green Dragon, Beverley
📍 51 Saturday Market, Beverley · HU17 8AA
51 Saturday Market, Beverley · HU17 8AA
The Green Dragon on Beverley's Saturday Market has a longstanding story about the ghost of a young Danish soldier. The tradition appears in local history coverage and has been acknowledged in the pub's own description. Accounts do not establish the soldier's name, when he lived or the circumstances of his death, so the story remains a local haunting tradition.
The New Inn, Pembridge
📍 Market Square, Pembridge, Leominster · HR6 9DZ
Market Square, Pembridge, Leominster · HR6 9DZ
The New Inn in Pembridge has two separate ghost traditions. A young woman in a long gown is said to appear to women while waiting for a soldier who never returned. Another apparition, a soldier wearing a scarlet tunic, reportedly walks through the ground floor, sometimes carrying a sword or beating a drum. Neither figure has been identified through a documented death.
Thunderton House, Elgin
📍 2 Thunderton Place, High Street, Elgin · IV30 1BG
2 Thunderton Place, High Street, Elgin · IV30 1BG
Thunderton House in Elgin has several reported ghost traditions. Local guide Lynda Dean described a former manager's wife said to linger in the old flat, while her husband is believed to patrol the first floor. The stories also include a mysterious woman who disappears and associations with Bonnie Prince Charlie's stay in the house. The figures are presented as local accounts rather than verified sightings.
Busta House Hotel
📍 Busta House Hotel, Busta, Brae, Shetland · ZE2 9QN
Busta House Hotel, Busta, Brae, Shetland · ZE2 9QN
Busta House Hotel near Brae is associated with Barbara Pitcairn, whose child was raised by the Gifford family after her partner died in 1748. Hotel owner Grant O’Neil told Shetland News that a waitress saw a woman seated in a locked restaurant before she walked into a wall. He also reported that the chef had seen a woman in white cross the kitchen on three occasions.
J.J. Bowles
📍 8 Thomondgate, Limerick · V94 HK74
8 Thomondgate, Limerick · V94 HK74
J.J. Bowles in Thomondgate featured in the television series Spooked Ireland. Barman Mike described a figure in a trench coat and peaked cap walking past him and disappearing, and another man in military-style clothing reportedly seen by his wife outside the locked pub. He also recalled glasses breaking without an obvious cause. The team investigated the premises during its visit to Limerick.
Falls Hotel, Ennistymon
📍 Falls Hotel & Spa, Glencree, Ennistymon · V95 D2PC
Falls Hotel & Spa, Glencree, Ennistymon · V95 D2PC
Clare folklorist Thomas Johnson Westropp recorded a spectral black hound haunting the grounds of Ennistymon House, now the Falls Hotel. The dog was said to be large but harmless. Westropp included the tradition in his survey of County Clare folklore, which is preserved by Clare Libraries. The story concerns the historic house and its grounds rather than a modern hotel guest sighting.
Glencairn Abbey
📍 St Mary's Abbey, Glencairn, Lismore · P51 X725
St Mary's Abbey, Glencairn, Lismore · P51 X725
Around 1871, servants at Castlerichard, now part of Glencairn Abbey, reportedly heard footsteps and saw a weeping woman with a wound where her heart should have been. A guest identified a woman in white as Frances Anne Gumbleton, whose preserved heart had been returned to the house after her death abroad. According to family tradition, the disturbances stopped after her heart was buried in the walled garden.
Nano Nagle Place
📍 Douglas Street, Cork City · T12 X70A
Douglas Street, Cork City · T12 X70A
Cork Supernatural Society founder Matthew Clarke recalled an experience in the grounds of what is now Nano Nagle Place when he was a child. He and his sister saw what appeared to be a room on fire inside a convent building. Clarke said a mist then formed into a human figure with clearly visible hands. Another couple reportedly witnessed it too. The incident helped inspire his later interest in paranormal investigation.
Leamy House, Limerick
📍 Leamy House, Upper Hartstonge Street, Limerick · V94 CH9E
Leamy House, Upper Hartstonge Street, Limerick · V94 CH9E
GhostÉire investigated Leamy House, the former Frank McCourt Museum on Hartstonge Street. Investigator Anthony Kerrigan reported hearing a childlike humming sound while setting up a camera in a classroom. The team also described footsteps resembling children running along the corridors. The experiences were recounted in the group's book Drowned Out Voices and reported by the Limerick Post.
The Poor Relation, Cork
📍 19–20 Parnell Place, Cork City · T12 HX98
19–20 Parnell Place, Cork City · T12 HX98
Cork Supernatural Society investigated The Poor Relation after its manager reported unusual activity in an upstairs office. During questioning, investigators say an audio recorder captured a man's voice apparently replying that he was alone in the building. The team described the recording to the Cork Independent in 2024. The voice was not heard by those present at the time.
Lackeen Castle
📍 Lackeen Castle, Abbeville, near Lorrha · E45 TD78
Lackeen Castle, Abbeville, near Lorrha · E45 TD78
Lackeen Castle near Lorrha has a local tradition about a Púca captured by an O’Kennedy and released after promising not to harm the family. The creature is said to remain around the castle. During a 2022 investigation, a paranormal team photographed what they believed might be its face at a window. The reported image drew widespread attention.
Rowallane Garden
📍 Rowallane Garden, Crossgar Road, Saintfield, County Down · BT24 7LH
Rowallane Garden, Crossgar Road, Saintfield, County Down · BT24 7LH
Fairies are said to make their homes among the trees in Rowallane Garden’s old wood. Local folklore also describes monsters appearing there, giving the woodland a longstanding supernatural reputation.
Derry City Cemetery
📍 Derry City Cemetery, Gate Lodge, Lone Moor Road, Derry/Londonderry, County Londonderry · BT48 9LA
Derry City Cemetery, Gate Lodge, Lone Moor Road, Derry/Londonderry, County Londonderry · BT48 9LA
A black hearse drawn by six horses is said to race into Derry City Cemetery on Halloween night every third year. Its driver is a headless coachman, furiously using his whip as the carriage sways along the road. The tradition follows the old Coach Road, now Southway, from the former fever hospital towards the cemetery. The spectral carriage disappears inside the burial ground.
Shane’s Castle
📍 Shane’s Castle Estate, Castle Road, Antrim, County Antrim · BT41 4NE
Shane’s Castle Estate, Castle Road, Antrim, County Antrim · BT41 4NE
The O’Neill family’s banshee is linked in local legend with Kathleen O’Neill. After her father freed a white heifer caught in a sacred whitethorn tree, Kathleen was supposedly taken beneath Lough Neagh. She was returned on the condition that she would come back to Shane’s Castle to announce deaths in the family. The tradition describes a room kept for her and a warning cry before a death.
Boom Hall
📍 Boom Hall, Culmore Road, Derry/Londonderry, County Londonderry · BT48 8JE
Boom Hall, Culmore Road, Derry/Londonderry, County Londonderry · BT48 8JE
A photograph by local man Gavin Whitwell appeared to show a figure beside a window in the ruined Boom Hall. When the image attracted attention around Halloween 2015, he said it had left him frightened but intrigued. The house also has an older ghost tradition. Former resident Miss McDevitt reportedly welcomed its spirits as company, while another story links a haunting with a young woman said to have died in a fire.
Belville House
📍 Belville House, Gortnaglough Road, Brockagh, Dungannon, County Tyrone · BT71 5EE
Belville House, Gortnaglough Road, Brockagh, Dungannon, County Tyrone · BT71 5EE
Lady Morris was said to haunt Belville House after dying there in the 17th century. Local tradition describes her restless spirit moving through the property until a priest intervened. He supposedly trapped the ghost in a bottle, which was then built into the attic. The former residence, later used as an outbuilding, retains a plaque bearing the Morris family crest.
Conway Mill
📍 Conway Mill, 5–7 Conway Street, Belfast, County Antrim · BT13 2DE
Conway Mill, 5–7 Conway Street, Belfast, County Antrim · BT13 2DE
Shadow Hunters NI reported apparitions and shadow figures during overnight investigations at Conway Mill in early 2026. The team also described recordings they interpreted as voices and responses to their questions. Their account places the reported activity inside the former flax mill, now used by businesses and community organisations.
Blackstaff Mill
📍 Blackstaff Mill, 81 Springfield Road, Belfast, County Antrim · BT12 7AE
Blackstaff Mill, 81 Springfield Road, Belfast, County Antrim · BT12 7AE
Unexplained footsteps, shadow figures and voices have been reported inside Blackstaff Mill by Shadow Hunters NI. Founder Francis McDonald described the experiences in October 2026, after the group had used the mill as its base since 2020. He also reported temperature changes and investigators feeling watched or accompanied when alone in the complex. The accounts concern the former textile mill’s commercial premises.
Moyry Castle
📍 Moyry Castle, Kilnasaggart Road, Jonesborough, County Armagh · BT35 8JA
Moyry Castle, Kilnasaggart Road, Jonesborough, County Armagh · BT35 8JA
A large black cat is the avenging figure in Moyry Castle’s folklore. After soldiers from Lord Mountjoy’s garrison shot a man they believed was a spy and wizard, his familiar supposedly turned against them. The cat was said to kill guards and destroy livestock, leaving the remaining soldiers frightened and hungry. The story is associated with the castle built in 1601 to control Moyry Pass.
