| There are many, many holiday homes available in | | | | has a history that spans 120 years. This property |
| Ireland and if you would take the time to browse | | | | was once a favorite abode of the Irish poet |
| the Internet for websites specializing in Irish travel | | | | William Butler Yeats. Yeats had dabbled in occult |
| tours, you will not find it hard to snag the perfect | | | | and was said to have witnessed apparitions and |
| holiday home for your vacation in Ireland. But if | | | | unearthly sounds. Nowadays, it is said that Yeats |
| you want to experience something special that will | | | | himself has joined the ghosts that haunt Renvyle |
| make your trip to Ireland truly memorable, why | | | | House 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 it | | | | castle 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 natives | | | | Nixon who lived and died in Ballygally Castle Hotel |
| and the invaders from Normandy who came with | | | | and whose wandering spirit now likes to tease |
| William the Conqueror in 1066. Much of these | | | | guests by knocking randomly on their doors. |
| periods of violence were witnessed by the stone | | | | Another story is that of a Lady Isabella Shaw, |
| castles that dot the Irish landscape; more often | | | | who threw herself and her baby daughter to their |
| than not, the owners or former owners of these | | | | deaths after failing to deliver a baby boy. It is said |
| stone castles took part in them. But not all | | | | that 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 a | | | | These 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 House | | | | otherworldly stay in a holiday home in Ireland, |
| Hotel in County Galway. Although it was | | | | search the Internet for some haunted castle |
| completely rebuilt after being burned down by the | | | | hotels and stay for the night. |
| Irish Republican Army, Renvyle House Hotel itself | | | | |