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Haunted places in Dublin
Dublin
Balbriggan
Ardgillan Castle
The site is associated with Lady Langford reportedly waiting near the Lady's Stairs for the husband who drowned offshore.
Clondalkin
Corkagh Park
The site is associated with a headless horseman reportedly galloping through the Devil's Passage, accompanied by the sound of spectral hooves.
Dublin
Brazen Head
Witnesses describe the spirit of revolutionary Robert Emmet reportedly remaining at the old pub as a spectral guard.
Bull and Castle Pub
Local accounts describe a sudden icy chill and oppressive melancholy traditionally associated with poet James Clarence Mangan.
Collins Barracks
Staff and visitors report Napoleonic soldiers, ghostly gunshots and the sounds of spectral horses reported around the former military barracks.
Connolly Station
Staff and visitors report a grey-uniformed soldier reportedly walking along a disused platform before fading from sight.
Darkey Kelly’s
Reports include the feeling of being watched, strange sounds and objects reportedly moving by themselves inside the pub.
Davy Byrne’s Pub
Witnesses describe James Joyce's shade reportedly appearing in mirrors inside the famous Dublin pub, with the activity reported around the location over many years.
Drimnagh Castle
Local accounts describe Eleanor's spectral figure said to wander the castle searching for Sean O'Byrne after their tragic love story.
Dublin Castle
Staff and visitors report a starving widow, condemned prisoners and other restless presences associated with the castle's dungeons and cells.
Hellfire Club, Dublin
The site is associated with unseen grabbing, a woman's screams, shadowy figures and other spectres reported around the hilltop ruin.
John Kavanagh’s Gravediggers Pub
Reports include an old man in a tweed suit reportedly sitting at the bar drinking before fading from view.
Kilmainham Gaol
Visitors and staff report footsteps, voices, apparitions and sudden cold throughout the former prison's cells, corridors and execution areas.
Marsh’s Library
The historic library is associated with restless spirits, unexplained sounds and ghostly presences said to move among its old bookshelves.
Olympia Theatre
Staff and visitors report a resident poltergeist rattling doors and windows, phantom footsteps and a dressing room wrecked by an unseen force.
Phoenix Park
Reports include Jonathan Swift's ghost is traditionally said to haunt the vast Dublin park, with the activity reported around the location over many years.
Rathmines Bridge
Witnesses describe a phantom lock keeper and disorienting bright light blamed in tradition for drawing victims toward the canal.
Shelbourne Hotel
Local accounts describe longstanding reports of paranormal activity that drew investigators Hans Holzer and Sybil Leek to the hotel.
St Mary’s Chapel of Ease
The site is associated with a longstanding tradition that circling the Black Church at midnight can summon a terrifying supernatural encounter.
St Michan’s Church
Reports include ethereal touches and disembodied voices reported inside the crypt among the church's preserved remains.
