Scaled Creature

Location: Achill Sound - Glendarry Lake
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: One witness said that this lake monster looked like a dinosaur, thought the creature had scales running down its back. Another viewer saw the monster on the lake bank - he described it as four metres in length, with a long neck and a sheep's head. It moved in little 'hops'.

Mantelpiece

Location: Athenry - Dunsandle House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid to late twentieth century
Further Comments: The ghost of a tall man attached itself to the mantelpiece which was in this house - when a stoneworker took the piece away, the ghost followed both it and him and began to haunt his workshop. Items were thrown around, and strange fiddling could be heard at night. It is unclear whether the new owner returned the mantelpiece or smashed it up.

Faces at the Windows

Location: Athleague - Castle Strange
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Built on a site of Celtic ceremony, many people have reported seeing weird faces peering out of the windows.

Knocking Girl

Location: Ballinasloe - Rathpeak House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: An unknown young girl has sometimes been seen standing by an upstairs window in the ruined house. There are reports of strange, loud bangs which drift from the empty building.

Just William

Location: Ballinfull - Lissadell House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Another building haunted by W B Yeats, Yeats himself saw the ghost of one of his friends on the staircase.

Bear-faced Man

Location: Ballymacward - Lane near Woodlawn railway station
Type: Other
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Two people walking home after leaving the station heard groaning coming from over a wall. One climbed up to have a look, and observed a creature with a man's body but with the head of a bear. The witness tried to speak to the strange creature, but it told him 'don't speak to me' before wandering off.

Green Lady

Location: Boyle - Rockingham House (currently a barracks?)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid twentieth century
Further Comments: Soldiers stationed at the barracks reported seeing this green lady as she patrolled the area. Some said she was a former servant at the house who went mad and hid herself away in a vegetable cupboard.

Christopher St George

Location: Clarinbridge - Tyrone House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Christopher came from a strongly Protestant family, but fell in love with and married a Catholic woman. His family immediately disowned him, his ghost a testament to his protests of being unfairly treated.

White Trout

Location: Cong - Cong Lake
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The trout is said contain the spirit of a woman who lost her husband to be. One man who caught the fish found it impossible to cook - after several attempts to roast the trout, the fish transformed into a beautiful woman demanding to be returned to her lake. The man did so.

Strangler

Location: Connemara - Renvyle House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This house is thought to be haunted by the ghost of a man who strangled himself with bare hands.

St Patrick

Location: Croagh Patrick - General area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Most common during Lent
Further Comments: Climbers in the region sometimes hear the sound of a hand bell, which encourages them to keep climbing to the summit, though they never see the bell or bell ringer. The consensus of belief is that the bell is rung by St Patrick himself.

Playing Creatures

Location: Croagh Patrick - Lough na Corra
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 1911
Further Comments: Four people watched several strange black creatures playing and diving around the surface of the lake. They said the animals were larger than horses, which they could see standing on the shore line.

WB Yeats

Location: Galway - Renvyle House hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Yeats treated this building as home away from home, and is believed to still reside here. Several of the rooms are also haunted by the ghosts of children.

Hippo-like Beast

Location: Glinsk - Lough Dubh, aka Black's Lake, between Glinsk and Roscommon
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 1962
Further Comments: A father and son out fishing fled after encountering a strange water creature the size of a cow. It possessed short thick legs, and a hippo face with small ears and a white pointed horn on its nose.

Rhino-Like Creature

Location: Glinsk - River Suck
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: March 1962
Further Comments: A cow-sized creature was hooked by a man and his son out fishing along the river - the monster emerged from the water after the younger of the two snagged it with his hook. The strange beast was described as having short stumpy legs, small ears, and a single horn protruding from its nose.

Water Horse

Location: Gort - Coole Lake
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The lake is said to be home of a mysterious water monster resembling a horse.

Yeats's Son

Location: Gort - Islandmore Castle (also known as Thoor Ballylee)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1989
Further Comments: While the building is now thought to be haunted by the son of W B Yeats, the poet himself believed his summer home to be shared by a ghost of a Norman soldier.

Giant Eel

Location: Gort - Lough Graney
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: At least one swimmer in the Lough has been chased by a wriggling water monster, named by locals as a giant eel.

Pair of Dadharchu

Location: Lake Glenade - Waters of the Lake
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Translated their name means 'Hound of the Deep'; two Dadharchu lived in this lake until one of the beasts killed and ate a young bride. Her husband exacted revenge by shooting one of the creatures and taking a sword to the other. Regardless whether this is myth or legend, there have been reports in the twentieth century of four metre long creatures seen swimming in the lake.

Loathsome Creature

Location: Lough Fadda - Waters of the lake
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 1954 onwards
Further Comments: After spotting this strange water creature, one of the witnesses had nightmares for weeks after the event, and refused to return alone to the lake. She said the creature was long and black, with smooth skin and a head like a shark.

Brief Visitor

Location: Lough Graney - Waters of the Lake
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Every seven years (exact time unknown)
Further Comments: Said to resemble a giant eel, this monstrous creature appears only once every seven years.

Dobhar Chu

Location: Lough Mask - Waters of the lough
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Seventeen century
Further Comments: A man walking along the bank of Lough Mask had a narrow escape when a water beast jumped from the water and tried to drag the witness into the water. The man managed to escape and ran for his life.

Horned Eel

Location: Lough Nahioon - Waters of the lake
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 22 February 1968
Further Comments: A family watched this creature, almost four metres long, swimming around the lake. It was described as dark and long without hair or eyes, and possessed two horns at the top of the head.

Frightful Beast

Location: Lough Ree - Waters of the lake
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 800 AD?
Further Comments: A swimmer was torn to pieces by a monster after trying to leave a small island in this body of water. More recently, it has been speculated that the lake is home to a giant eel.

Partying

Location: Loughrea - Castle Daly
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The echo of a party, complete with music and laughter, can be heard from the building, though some reports say the celebrations end with screams and cries for help.