massey estate kilakee woods

harry Bailey esq

does anybody have any info on the ruins in kilakee woods? i seen something there a few years ago and the only info i could find on the net was the name of the place from a fellow boardsie id love to find out the history of the place.is it haunted?has anybody else seen or felt anything here? thanks.

harry Bailey esq

ps, what i seen was a hooded figure moving diagonally up the inside of the perimeter wall

minikin

Check out "If Those Trees Could Speak"
The Story of an Ascendancy Family in Ireland
by Frank Tracy
Published a few years ago - the pdf is actually on the south dublin library website:
http://source.southdublinlibraries.ie/bitstream/10599/4924/2/If%20Those%20Trees%20Could%20Speak.pdf

ted1

The building your talking about is called the Hell Fire Club, plenty of stories about it.

harry Bailey esq

ted1 wrote: »

The building your talking about is called the Hell Fire Club, plenty of stories about it.

not the hellfire Ted im very familiar with the history of that place,if you reach kilakee house continue straight through the barrier into the woods and its about 150yards in downhill to the left,where i seen this thing looks like the remains of a walked garden or orchard.

oceanman

i think that was part of the old 'massy' estate.

harry Bailey esq

oceanman wrote: »

i think that was part of the old 'massy' estate.

yeah that's the name of the place alright,but nobody seems to know anything about it.the apparition i seen sacred the bejayzus outta me.even in the daytime it has a really strange vibe.id love to find out more

harry Bailey esq

minikin wrote: »

Check out "If Those Trees Could Speak"
The Story of an Ascendancy Family in Ireland
by Frank Tracy
Published a few years ago - the pdf is actually on the south dublin library website:
http://source.southdublinlibraries.ie/bitstream/10599/4924/2/If%20Those%20Trees%20Could%20Speak.pdf

interesting read

oceanman

the 'big house' belonged to lord massy was demolished many years ago when the massy estate ran ito debt. as far as i know there is a modern bungalow on the same site now. can you describe what you seen there?

Kamili

The Black Cat of Killakee is a story related to the area, would that be what you are looking for?

http://www.hellfireclubdublin.com/irish-hellfire-club-dublin.php

harry Bailey esq

oceanman wrote: »

the 'big house' belonged to lord massy was demolished many years ago when the massy estate ran ito debt. as far as i know there is a modern bungalow on the same site now. can you describe what you seen there?

it was a robed figure moving diagonally up the inside of the perimeter wall.i seen it in august 1999 while camping up there.

oceanman

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

it was a robed figure moving diagonally up the inside of the perimeter wall.i seen it in august 1999 while camping up there.

that sounds ceepy alright!

harry Bailey esq

oceanman wrote: »

that sounds ceepy alright!

scared the living crap outta me! ill head up again when the weather picks up and take a few pics,always feel like somebody is watching me up there,always an unsettling vibe in and around that part of the forest.also camped in front of the hellfire a few times,but neither me or any of the group experienced anything.

oceanman

i ment to put an 'r' in there and say creepy.lol.
the the house that most people call kilakee was actually the stable yard for kilakee house that was demolished, i think the old stone water tank that fed the house with fresh water is still there in the woods to be seen.