Examining folkloric, paranormal & cryptozoological locations in the UK and beyond
Location: Portrush (County Antrim) - General area
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 2006
Further Comments: The press reported that people should not approach a large cat if seen in this area, following several sightings in quick succession.
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Published Media
First added: 2006-02-19
Last updated: 2006-02-19
ID: #6697
Location: Portrush (County Antrim) - Golf course
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: Late nineteenth century
Further Comments: Dr Westall was halfway through a game of golf with two friends when he was called away to attend to a patient. Unfortunately, the doctor died in an accident during the journey. Soon after, when the two friends took to the golf course again, they heard a phantom voice shout 'fore!' and the sound of a ball being hit. This occurred on the same green from which the doctor was called away.
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Published Media
First added: 2005-06-09
Last updated: 2005-06-09
ID: #6333
Location: Portrush (County Antrim) - Holiday bungalow on outskirts of town
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown (but pre-1965)
Further Comments: A woman with her family staying at the holiday home felt something crawl over her bed and lay at a right-angle. The woman reached out and could feel the arm of another woman in the bed - she fled and woke other members of the household who were unable to find anything out of the ordinary. After the event repeated on subsequent nights, the room was left locked and unused for the remainder of the holiday.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2024-07-28
Last updated: 2024-08-13
ID: #15544
Location: Ramoan (County Antrim) - Off coast
Type: Environmental Manifestation
Date / Time: Eighteenth century
Further Comments: A strange island, likely to be a Fata Morgana, was said to periodically appear off the coast. The island was covered in trees, ruins and tall towers, and would always disappear at sunset. It is not clear whether this phantom land was 'Old Brazils', an island which appeared once per year along the Antrim coastline.
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Needs Review
First added: 2011-04-28
Last updated: 2011-04-28
ID: #10357
Location: Randalstown (County Antrim) - Exact location not known
Type: ABC
Date / Time: Circa 2008
Further Comments: A local man and his friend witnessed a huge, black creature run past their car while heading towards a local chip shop.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2012-01-28
Last updated: 2012-01-28
ID: #10689
The face of a ghostly white lady, a sketch by Wayne Lowden.
Location: Randalstown (County Antrim) - Shane's Castle (aka Shanes Castle)
Type: Curse
Date / Time: 1966 (lady), but banshee unknown
Further Comments: This pallid female wraith cursed the family with everlasting sorrow and misfortune. She is said to be quite tall and slender, with blue eyes and blonde hair. The figure was last seen in 1966, where the entity was said to be on her knees, crying, bathed in bluish-white light. A banshee has also been heard wailing at the castle; one man who heard the entity as he left the site died before his journey ended.
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Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2005-04-13
Last updated: 2005-04-13
ID: #6132
Location: Rathlin Island (County Antrim) - Crocascreedlin (aka Hill of the Screaming)
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: Post 1575
Further Comments: In the summer of 1575, all men on the island were murdered, the women and children watching from this hill. The screams from the witnesses echoed from the hill for hundreds of years after the slaughter.
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Published Media
First added: 2020-12-31
Last updated: 2020-12-31
ID: #14027
Sea off the island, copyright Phil Willis.
Location: Rathlin Island (County Antrim) - Off the coast
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: Prior to a death in an unnamed family
Further Comments: The sighting of a strange boat pulled by six oarmen heralded the death of an unidentified family who lived on the island. The area was also visited by the enchanted island, which has appeared and disappeared along a large section of the Irish coastline.
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Published Media
First added: 2020-12-31
Last updated: 2025-03-22
ID: #14026
Location: Rathlin Island (County Antrim) - Private cottage
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2020s
Further Comments: On the TV show New Lives in the Wild, the owner of this cottage claimed that he would hear partying coming from his empty living room.
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Published Media
First added: 2021-05-06
Last updated: 2021-05-06
ID: #14129
Location: Shandra (County Antrim) - Loch an Eich
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The Each Ceannan Dubh was a magical horse with fire burning in its eyes. The creature also had a large spear embedded in its chest. Each Ceannan Dubh died after galloping into a wall, the impact pushing the spear further into its chest and piercing its heart.
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Needs Review
First added: 2011-01-09
Last updated: 2011-01-09
ID: #10136