Haunted Loftus Hall
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Vortex Type: Paranormal, Demonic
Loftus Hall is a large country house on the Hook peninsula, County Wexford, Ireland. Built on the site of the original Redmond Hall, it is said by locals to have been haunted by the devil and the ghost of a young woman. After being purchased by Aidan Quigley in 2011, Loftus Hall was marketed as a haunted house which hosted guided tours of the house until 2020, when it was put on the market for sale.
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Charles Tottenham became Lord of the manor (having to adopt the Loftus name to inherit lands and title as per instructions of Nicolas Loftus 1752) by marrying the Honorable Anne Loftus daughter of the first Viscount Loftus, and they had six children, four boys and two girls – Elizabeth and Anne. However, his wife became ill and died while the girls were still young. Two years later, Tottenham married his cousin Jane Cliffe, and they lived together, along with Anne, in Loftus Hall.
One evening Charles was resting in his home in 1775 with his second wife and daughter from his first marriage, Anne, while the Loftus family were away on business. During a storm, a ship unexpectedly arrived at the Hook Peninsula, where the mansion was located. A young man was welcomed into the mansion. Anne and the young man became very close. One night, the family and mysterious man were in the Game Room playing cards. In the game, each player received 3 cards apart from Anne who was only dealt 2 by the mystery man. A butler serving the Tottenham family at the table was just about to question the man when Anne bent down to pick another card from the floor which she must have dropped. It is said that when Anne bent over to pick up the card, she looked beneath the table to see that the mysterious man had a cloven foot.
It was then that Anne stood up and said to the man you have a cloven foot and the man went up through the roof, leaving behind a large hole in the ceiling. Soon Anne became mentally ill. It is believed that the family were ashamed of Anne and locked her away in her favourite room; where she would be happy, yet out of everyone's view; which was known as the Tapestry Room. She refused food and drink, and sat with her knees under her chin, looking out the Tapestry Room window across the sea to where Dunmore East is today, waiting for her mysterious stranger to return until she died in the Tapestry Room in 1775. It is said that when she died, they could not straighten her body, as her muscles had seized, and she was buried in the same sitting position in which she had died. - Wikipedia
Resources
Image By irpix.de via Wikimedia Commons
The Ghost Adventures Crew from Travel Channel visit Loftus Hall
Loftus Hall with Wexford Paranormal
LOFTUS HALL and The Devil's Visit. The Most Haunted House in Ireland
Irish Ghost Hunters - Loftus Hall
Cam in 6 rooms of the house that live stream each night
Loftus Hall: Most Haunted House in Ireland Has Not Revealed All Its Dark Secrets
Loftus Hall: Spooky pile with a haunting history
