Paranormal Database
This weekends two recommends ahead of the witching season. The Wexford Halloween Festival runs from Friday with spooktacular parades, puppets and fireworks display. In Cork, you can spook yourself silly at the Irish Ghost Family Festival in Cork
Both celebrate Ireland’s spooky heritage or you could visit the online Irish paranormal database to find out more about some stroppy spirits .
Did you know a vanishing island was spotted of the coast of Ballycotton in 1878?
In Dublin, the phantom Buck Jones has been seen riding headless on the back of a white horse.
In Limerick, a company of fairies on horseback patrol Carrigogunnell Castle
The Kerry Carabuncle is a mythical lake dwelling snake like beast covered in jewels and gold
Finally, on Lough Derg legend tells of an abomination with cloven hooves which protects a hidden trove of treasure - folklore doesn’t confirm if it’s Daniel O’Donnell’s family pet.
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