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Ireland's most 'haunted house' has gone up for sale

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

04:54 21 Jul 2020


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Imagine living here.

Loftus Hall, supposedly the most haunted building in Ireland has gone up for sale.

The 22 bedroom Wexford house, complete with 63 acres of land will set you back a cool €2.5m, the Irish Examiner reports.

So why is it so haunted? The story is explained on the Loftus Hall's website:

''Legend has it that during a storm at sea, a dark stranger approached the Hall on horseback after his ship was driven into nearby slade Harbour with rough seas. He was invited in to seek shelter and spent some days with the Tottenham Family who were living at the Hall at the time.

''The young Lady Anne Tottenham was especially taken with this dark stranger and fell head over heels for him. One night during a card game, she dropped a card and upon bending down to retrieve it, she noticed that this dark stranger had cloven hoofs instead of feet. As soon as he realised what she had seen, he shot through the roof in a ball of flames.

''Anne never recovered, she went into a state of shock and madness and her family locked her in the tapestry room for fear that anyone would see her. She died a couple of years later, still quite young, but her death was no release as servants and family members reported seeing her wandering through the house at night.

''The family had the local catholic priest Fr. Broaders exorcise the Hall but he could not exorcise the tapestry room''.

It's on the back of this legend that the house attracts thousands of people each year, especially at Halloween.

But current owner Aidan Quigley says he is "just not going to sell it to anyone", according to The Examiner.

"I'll be interviewing potential buyers. If a state body comes in, that's an option. If an American owner wants to live here, I'd be keen to work with them to restore it."


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