The Paranormal Database

Lady Ena

Location: Ards - Friary / Monastery
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A visitor noticed a ghostly woman dressed in a white blouse and long skirt walking from the beach. When talking about the sighting with locals, they believed the figure to have been Lady Ena who once owned the Ards Estate. A lane in the area may also be home to a phantom man killed by the Whiteboys organisation.

Piper Piping

Location: Ballintra - Cave system known as Pullans
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Moonlit nights (reoccurring)
Further Comments: The sound of pipes echoes throughout this cave structure on certain nights, as the ghost of a piper tries to find his way out.

Escape

Location: Ballybofey - Private residence, Naveny Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 2009
Further Comments: A local newspaper reported that the occupiers of a house along here fled to escape a haunting presence. As a side note, there once stood a fairy well near this site.

A ghostly green lady.

Green Lady

Location: Ballyshannon - The Barracks, Erne Bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This old garrison building was said to be haunted by a green lady, though little more is known about her.

Vanishing Hitchhiker

Location: Barnesmore Gap - Castlederg junction / bridge area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: December 1983?
Further Comments: The vanishing hitchhiker in this story takes the form of a young woman who jumps into any car that stops on dark and rainy nights. One story states she entered a taxi passing this way; the car became extremely cold and after nearing a section of road, the woman said, 'Stop here. This is where I died', before vanishing.

White Horse

Location: Buncrana - Father Hegarty's Rock
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: Early 1990s
Further Comments: Four friends quad biking along the cliffs at night were forced to brake when a ghostly white horse appeared and reared up. The horse vanished, but they friends realised that the cliff path had come to an end; if the phantom horse had not appeared, they would have driven over the edge.

Figures

Location: Buncrana - Swan Park and O'Doherty's Keep area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Anglers and photographers visiting the area have spotted strange figures near the ruined keep and bridge. One witness watched a ghostly man near the building for several seconds until it disappeared.

Fight

Location: Bundoran - Close to an unidentified stream in the area
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The local giant fought another giant who wandered into his land. The local giant managed to kill the newcomer, who, it transpired, was his son.

Fairy Bridges

Location: Bundoran - Roguey Walk, Tullan Strand
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: It was said that the Fair Folk danced upon the Fairy Bridges, which are actually naturally formed sea stacks. There is also another formation close by known as the Wishing Chair.

Young Woman

Location: Burt - Lough Swilly close to Burt Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nights of the full moon (reoccurring)
Further Comments: A phantom woman throws herself into Lough Swilly and vanishes as nearby swans cry out. The father of the woman's unborn child, who lived at Burt Castle, had refused to help her, although he was later murdered by a member of the woman's family.

Illuminated Woman

Location: Castlefin - Road leading to Ballybofey
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1992/1993
Further Comments: A driver spotted an older woman bathed in a bright white light on the left side of the road.

Eaten Calves

Location: Convoy - Unnamed farm
Type: ABC
Date / Time: October 2012
Further Comments: After two calves found half eaten, fears were expressed that a large cat was on the loose in the area. A local RSPCA inspector said it was unlikely that a dog would be able to cause so much damage to the dead animals.

Lady in Blue

Location: Creeslough - Old Ard Mhuire Friary
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A priest at the bottom of the friary's staircase spotted a ghostly lady dressed in blue standing at the top. Another phantom woman, this time dressed in white, may haunt the path leading to the beach. Finally, one story places the ghost of a man here, killed by the Whiteboys organisation.

Woman in Headscarf

Location: Creeslough - Owencarrow Viaduct area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1925 onwards
Further Comments: In 1925 a freak gust of wind blew a train over the edge of the viaduct resulting in the deaths of four people. Since that date, there have been reports of a woman dressed in 1920s clothing and wearing a headscarf. Prior to the accident, an old man thought to have been a worker killed while building the line would be seen walking along the tracks, while on the day of the accident, the same figure appeared to a Kathleen McGinley while she walked to catch the train; the man warned her against travelling and Kathleen cancelled her trip.

A ghostly lady in blue.

Blue Lady

Location: Creeslough - Unnamed manor house (now demolished)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre-1966
Further Comments: The appearance of a phantom woman in blue was said to be so common that she appeared every night. After a team of friars intervened, the ghost was never seen again.

Home

Location: Crolly - An Rampar
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown - modern tradition?
Further Comments: This scenic route, popular with walkers, is said to be home to fairies.

Thrown Stone

Location: Crolly - The Large Rock Of The Foxes Leap, aka Crolly Stone
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: Fionn Mac Cumhaill threw this large boulder during the pursuit of Diarmuid and Grainne but missed his targets. It is said to grant a wish if three small stones can be successfully thrown on top of it. Another legend says the boulder will roll if the most beautiful maiden in the all the land stands in its shadow.

Darrie Loughlin

Location: Derryveagh Mountains - Area around Lough Dheerig (possibly Lough Derg?)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early to mid nineteenth century
Further Comments: Around eighteen months after his death, Darrie Loughlin's ghost started to appear in the area, riding a white horse towards the lough.

Blue Light

Location: Donegal - Abbey Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2010s
Further Comments: Paranormal activity featured in a few online reviews, with one claiming a blue light hovered over a bed, and another discussing the mild poltergeist activity experienced during the night.

Crossing Man

Location: Doonan - Unidentified street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A misty male figure is said to cross an unidentified road here.

Weeping Statue

Location: Dungloe - Kerrytown shrine
Type: Other
Date / Time: 29 September 2009, 8pm
Further Comments: Fourteen people claimed to witness crosses that formed in the sky above the shrine, before the statue became animated and began to weep.

Green Lady

Location: Dunlewey - Dunlewey House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This area is reportedly home to a phantom woman in green.

Humped Creature

Location: Fintown - Lough Muck
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 1885
Further Comments: A female witness reported seeing a strange creature with two humps in the lough.

Old Man

Location: Fintown - Unidentified house in the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: One story states that this house swopped hands several times, each owner intending to renovate the property, but they would be driven off by a ghostly old man who would often be seen sitting in the kitchen.

Red Haired Lady

Location: Fintra - Bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A ghostly lady with red hair with a child occasionally sit on the bridge.