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.
6 Vicars’ Hill
📍 6 Vicars’ Hill, Armagh, County Armagh · BT61 7ED
6 Vicars’ Hill, Armagh, County Armagh · BT61 7ED
Armagh’s Green Lady tradition centres on this house, where Bellina Prior drowned Annie Slavin in 1888. Local stories identify the Green Lady with Bellina and describe her spirit being trapped inside a green bottle. The bottle was supposedly bricked into the house, with its breaking threatening to release her. During renovations around 1991, workmen reportedly fled after the first hammer blow struck a blocked window. No bottle was found.
Newtownstewart Castle
📍 Townhall Street, Newtownstewart, County Tyrone · BT78 4AX
Townhall Street, Newtownstewart, County Tyrone · BT78 4AX
An armoured figure was reported at Newtownstewart Castle during a local ghost scare in December 1906. Accounts described a bright light and midnight bells, with the figure disappearing when approached. The story continued into January 1907, when a notice announced the supposed death of the “warrior ghost”. The notice was treated as a joke, and the newspaper did not establish that anyone had actually shot at an apparition.
Lissan House
📍 Drumgrass Road, Cookstown, County Tyrone · BT80 9SW
Drumgrass Road, Cookstown, County Tyrone · BT80 9SW
During his first Christmas working at Lissan House in 2013, curator Dr Neil Watt asked his sister to bring him a takeaway. Looking through the drawing-room window, she thought she saw a young man in tweeds beside the piano, talking to him. Watt said he had been alone. Other accounts describe children playing in the hallway who vanished when a visitor approached. Watt also reported hearing a dog bark at his feet when no animal was there.
St Columb’s Hall
📍 Orchard Street, Derry/Londonderry, County Londonderry · BT48 6EG
Orchard Street, Derry/Londonderry, County Londonderry · BT48 6EG
A cameraman returning to St Columb’s Hall for additional filming reportedly felt repeated tugs at his coat. He assumed a workman was playing a trick on him. When he mentioned it, the workmen said they had experienced the same thing. Local guide David Douglas heard the account through a heritage project at the hall. He did not witness the incident himself, and the identity of the supposed presence remains unknown.
Springhill
📍 20 Springhill Road, Moneymore, Magherafelt, County Londonderry · BT45 7NQ
20 Springhill Road, Moneymore, Magherafelt, County Londonderry · BT45 7NQ
Olivia Lenox-Conyngham is the name associated with Springhill’s female ghost. Visitors and staff have reported the figure, with children especially associated with the sightings. A separate account describes knocking from the nursery while American soldiers stayed at the house during the Second World War. The sounds reportedly stopped after a cot was removed, then returned when it was brought back.
Prehen House
📍 91 Prehen Park, Derry/Londonderry, County Londonderry · BT47 2PB
91 Prehen Park, Derry/Londonderry, County Londonderry · BT47 2PB
Guests in Prehen House’s so-called Ghost Room have described the sensation of someone getting into bed beside them. When they reached out, they found nobody there. One woman said the unseen presence pressed close to her. The house is associated with the Knox family and the killing of Mary Ann Knox by John MacNaghten. Later paranormal interpretations connect different members of that story with the haunting, but the reported bedside experience does not establish the presence’s identity.
Limavady Workhouse
📍 LCDI, 24 Benevenagh Drive, Limavady, County Londonderry · BT49 0AQ
LCDI, 24 Benevenagh Drive, Limavady, County Londonderry · BT49 0AQ
Crying babies have reportedly been heard around the former maternity ward at Limavady Workhouse. A nurse wearing a red hood is another figure associated with the building. Staff accounts also describe footsteps and shadows in the corridors of the former workhouse, which later served as a hospital.
Bellaghy Bawn
📍 20 Castle Street, Bellaghy, Magherafelt, County Londonderry · BT45 8LA
20 Castle Street, Bellaghy, Magherafelt, County Londonderry · BT45 8LA
A member of staff at Bellaghy Bawn reported hearing court shoes crossing a wooden floor, then turning to find nobody there. Another employee struggled to enter a room and discovered a chair wedged behind its door. The accounts featured in a televised investigation of the fortified house. Investigators also interpreted recorded sounds as voices and knocks, although an overnight experiment with a bottle produced no movement.
Tempo Manor
📍 4 Tullyreagh Road, Tempo, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh · BT94 3PA
4 Tullyreagh Road, Tempo, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh · BT94 3PA
A murdered stable boy is said to haunt the outbuildings at Tempo Manor. Lady Rosamond Langham told a visiting journalist that the boy had been buried beneath a stone floor, which she showed him. She associated the presence with horses becoming severely distressed in the stable. The story survives as a tradition of the house; the boy’s identity and the circumstances of his death have not been independently established.
Woburn House
📍 120 Ballywalter Road, Drumfad, Millisle, County Down · BT22 2HS
120 Ballywalter Road, Drumfad, Millisle, County Down · BT22 2HS
A staff member at Woburn House described becoming intensely cold during a break on a warm evening. When he tried to stand, he felt an unseen force holding him around the waist. He then felt something cover his mouth as he tried to call for help. He said he escaped after falling to his knees. The account featured in a television investigation of the former borstal and prison service training premises, where investigators also reported faint footsteps.
Tollymore Forest Park
📍 Bryansford Road, Newcastle, County Down · BT33 0PR
Bryansford Road, Newcastle, County Down · BT33 0PR
A woman dressed in blue is said to walk a tree-lined avenue in Tollymore Forest Park after dark. The story connects her with Tollymore House, the former Roden family residence. In the local tradition, the Blue Lady remained after the house was demolished in the years following the Second World War. No name or dated witness account accompanies the surviving version of the story.
St Patrick’s Church, Drumbeg
📍 260 Upper Malone Road, Drumbeg, Belfast, County Down · BT17 9LD
260 Upper Malone Road, Drumbeg, Belfast, County Down · BT17 9LD
James Haddock’s ghost is associated with the churchyard at Drumbeg. In the local story, he returned after his death to demand that his son receive land diverted to another child. The tradition describes repeated appearances to a local man and howling in the graveyard. Bishop Jeremy Taylor is said to have investigated, with the dispute eventually reaching court.
St John’s Church
📍 161 Central Promenade, Newcastle, County Down · BT33 0EU
161 Central Promenade, Newcastle, County Down · BT33 0EU
A huge black dog is said to appear at St John’s Church in Newcastle. The reported animal has fiery eyes and conspicuously white teeth, placing it among the spectral hounds found in local ghost traditions.
Scrabo Tower
📍 203A Scrabo Road, Newtownards, County Down · BT23 4SJ
203A Scrabo Road, Newtownards, County Down · BT23 4SJ
Whispering and banging have been reported inside Scrabo Tower. A woman in old-fashioned clothing is also said to have appeared on its winding staircase.
Newcastle Harbour
📍 South Promenade, Newcastle, County Down · BT33 0EX
South Promenade, Newcastle, County Down · BT33 0EX
A small female figure is said to move among the moored boats and lobster pots at Newcastle Harbour. Local tradition identifies her as a banshee and associates her appearance with an approaching death.
Nendrum Monastery
📍 Mahee Island, Comber, County Down · BT23 6EP
Mahee Island, Comber, County Down · BT23 6EP
Monks are said to appear around the remains of Nendrum on Mahee Island. One local tradition describes several spirits returning after sacred objects were removed from the monastic site.
Movilla Abbey
📍 Movilla Cemetery, Old Movilla Road, Newtownards, County Down · BT23 8HH
Movilla Cemetery, Old Movilla Road, Newtownards, County Down · BT23 8HH
Unexplained lights are said to appear after dark around the ruins of Movilla Abbey and the surrounding graveyard. The reports form part of the local ghost tradition attached to the old monastic site.
Inch Abbey
📍 Inch Abbey Road, Downpatrick, County Down · BT30 9AX
Inch Abbey Road, Downpatrick, County Down · BT30 9AX
Ghostly monks are said to return to Inch Abbey through the mist above the nearby river. The story describes them coming back from Downpatrick at night, approaching the ruins of their former religious house.
HMS Caroline
📍 Alexandra Dock, Queen’s Road, Belfast, County Down · BT3 9DT
Alexandra Dock, Queen’s Road, Belfast, County Down · BT3 9DT
A phantom stoker is associated with HMS Caroline. The story identifies him as a sailor who took his own life aboard the ship and whose presence remained afterwards. This account forms part of Belfast’s maritime ghost lore. The ship, which served at the Battle of Jutland, is preserved at Alexandra Dock.
Grace Neill’s
📍 33 High Street, Donaghadee, County Down · BT21 0AH
33 High Street, Donaghadee, County Down · BT21 0AH
Glasses moving, bottles opening and lights flickering form part of the ghost tradition at Grace Neill’s. The Donaghadee pub’s former landlady is said to have retained an interest in the place after her death. The disturbances are usually attributed to Grace herself, keeping her name attached to the everyday life of the bar.
Craigavon House
📍 121 Circular Road, Strandtown, Belfast, County Down · BT4 2NA
121 Circular Road, Strandtown, Belfast, County Down · BT4 2NA
Investigators at Craigavon House have reported the image of a bearded man reflected in a mirror. The former hospital is also associated with a matron said to have returned to the building after her working life there. Photographs presented as possible ghost images were reported in 2015. These remain the investigators’ interpretations of what they recorded. The mansion served as a hospital for wounded servicemen, giving the matron story its setting.
Cleland Mausoleum
📍 St Elizabeth’s Churchyard, Church Green, Dundonald, County Down · BT16 2LP
St Elizabeth’s Churchyard, Church Green, Dundonald, County Down · BT16 2LP
Whispering with no visible speaker has been reported around the Cleland Mausoleum in St Elizabeth’s churchyard. The accounts centre on the tomb itself rather than a named apparition. Eliza Cleland commissioned the mausoleum in memory of her husband Samuel, who died after a wall collapsed on him. The ghost tradition does not establish whether the reported voices are connected with him or with other members of the family buried there.
Bangor Castle
📍 City Hall, Castle Park Road, Bangor, County Down · BT20 4TF
City Hall, Castle Park Road, Bangor, County Down · BT20 4TF
Lady Maude is the name attached to Bangor Castle’s best-known presence. She is said to linger around the staff dining room, taking an interest in conversations long after her death in 1941. Staff have reported cold areas in the corridors and the sensation of a hand touching an arm. The identification with Lady Maude belongs to the castle’s ghost tradition rather than a confirmed explanation of those experiences.
Ballydugan Mill
📍 3 Drumcullan Road, Ballydugan, Downpatrick, County Down · BT30 8HZ
3 Drumcullan Road, Ballydugan, Downpatrick, County Down · BT30 8HZ
Unexplained electrical disturbances and moving objects have been reported at Ballydugan Mill. An account from the restored mill describes a dryer starting by itself, with the problem continuing after the appliance was replaced. Lighting faults also resisted an electrician’s attempts to explain them. During a paranormal event in 2013, a woman dressed in black was reportedly seen in the cellar. The reports concern the converted mill building, now used as a hotel.
