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Seafield House (1900s Poltergeist infestation)

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    AI wrote: »
    Seafield_House.jpg

    Visited this place a few days ago:-

    Owen Phibbs an eminent archaeologist in the 1800s began to fill the house with ancient treasures from the Far East, Syria, and Egypt. The objects were housed in a long gallery on the first floor which became known as ‘The Museum’.

    Trouble started soon afterwards when the house became infested with a particularly unpleasant and malicious poltergeist. A strange figure was often seen on the stairway at night accompanied soon afterwards by terrible loud crashes heard throughout the house. Broken pottery and ornaments would be found the next morning. On one occasion the whole house shook violently - all in the house fled in terror. After this event servants refused to stay inside the house. Shortly after a gardener was terrified by a tall dark shadowy figure seen disappearing into the sea laughing maniacally. The gardener was also said to have fled in terror never to return.

    The house had such a bad reputation that it’s name was changed from Seafield House to Lisheen House to try to conceal it’s past history.

    Eventually in the 1900s the house was handed over to a group of Jesuit priests who performed mass daily for some weeks in an attempt to exorcise the poltergeist.

    The priests attempt failed, they also fled the property never to return.

    Unable to rid the house of it’s infestation D.W.Phibbs sold the house in 1940.

    Shortly after the house was dismantled and left as a roofless ruin.

    Write up on my website:-
    http://www.abandonedireland.com/Seafield.html

    Anybody know any other places with documented history of poltergeists?

    I’m not sure if it was mentioned previously but the Coonian Ghost (and the house) comes to mind. See the link below. The house is near Brookborough, in Co Fermanagh. It’s a small cottage type house. This case is one of the most well known ghost stories in Ulster.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/yourplaceandmine/fermanagh/A799022.shtml

    Your site is great by the way. Well done. I love the books too.

    Regards, JP.

    (Just noticed this is an old thread by the way. Anyway, hope that link helps).


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