A Haunted Irish Holiday

There are many, many holiday homes available inhas a history that spans 120 years. This property
Ireland and if you would take the time to browsewas once a favorite abode of the Irish poet
the Internet for websites specializing in Irish travelWilliam Butler Yeats. Yeats had dabbled in occult
tours, you will not find it hard to snag the perfectand was said to have witnessed apparitions and
holiday home for your vacation in Ireland. But ifunearthly sounds. Nowadays, it is said that Yeats
you want to experience something special that willhimself has joined the ghosts that haunt Renvyle
make your trip to Ireland truly memorable, whyHouse Hotel.
not go and book a stay in a haunted home?Ballygally Castle Hotel in County Antrim is another
Ireland has a long history, with some periods of itcastle reputed to have an otherworldly resident.
graced with warfare among clans and within clans,Stories are afloat that there was a Madame
not to mention warfare between the Irish nativesNixon who lived and died in Ballygally Castle Hotel
and the invaders from Normandy who came withand whose wandering spirit now likes to tease
William the Conqueror in 1066. Much of theseguests by knocking randomly on their doors.
periods of violence were witnessed by the stoneAnother story is that of a Lady Isabella Shaw,
castles that dot the Irish landscape; more oftenwho threw herself and her baby daughter to their
than not, the owners or former owners of thesedeaths after failing to deliver a baby boy. It is said
stone castles took part in them. But not allthat her sobbing and her daughter's cries can be
hauntings were of lost soldiers who died in fighting;heard in the castle.
there were some hauntings with stories have aThese are just two of the famous haunted
more personal note.castles in Ireland. So, if you want a uniquely
One of these haunted homes is Renvyle Houseotherworldly stay in a holiday home in Ireland,
Hotel in County Galway. Although it wassearch the Internet for some haunted castle
completely rebuilt after being burned down by thehotels and stay for the night.
Irish Republican Army, Renvyle House Hotel itself