Moon Mausoleum
An online magazine about the paranormal, haunted and macabre. We collect the ghost stories from all around the world as well as review horror and gothic media.
Ballinagarde House is today only ruins, but once it was a stately home with strange ties to the Limerick Hellfire Club that is steeped in mystery. There is also said that the Devil himself came for a visit.
In the 1600s, the red-headed mistress of Leamaneh Castle in Ireland was run with an iron fist. Red Mary and her dark reign still looms over the area and it is said she is haunting the place after her horrible death.
In the woodlands outside of Castle Durrow in Ireland it is said that the ghost of a highwayman is still guarding his treasure. Inside of the old castle turned hotel, it is said friendly ghosts are haunting.
Kilkenny Castle is a haunted building in an equally haunted village. The Lady in White is haunting the castle to this day, and at night when the castle is empty, the electronic visitor counter has counted over a hundred people.
Castle Roche and its reason for it being built has been the tale of legends since the first stone. It is said that the man behind the castle is haunting it, as his wife murdered him their first night in their newly built home.
Through the horrible gates of hell at Wicklow Gaol in Ireland they started to imprison Irish Rebels, but then it evolved to everyone that did something criminal, small or big crimes and the prison was an overcrowded hell for those serving time. Many of these unfortunate criminals are said to haunt the prison to this day.
Some castles have all of the classical signs for hauntings. This is the case with the gothic Charleville Castle built on Ley Lines from druid times. On the estate is a cursed tree and ghosts from those that lived and worked at Charleville Castle are still haunting grounds.
Deep down in the vaults under the St. Michan’s Church in Ireland, there is a crypt filled with coffins of mummified corpses. Some of prominent families in the local area, and some nameless that are perhaps a millennial year old.
In the old Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin, there are still prisoners that never got out. Strange occurrences for those that have worked there, tells that the prison is haunted by the former inmates, and some of them are more dangerous than others.
After a young girl lost her life on the estate of Duckett’s Grove, her grieving mother cast a curse on the Duckett family. Now, the Banshee haunting the place can be heard shrieking in the dark, warning about tragedy and death for those that hear her.
At Belvelly Castle in Ireland, the ghosts haunting it, all met a tragic end. It is said that the unfortunate singer is heard singing out in the night, and the ghost of the faceless woman is said to haunt the castle after she refused a man, turned mad and died.
An old gentleman’s club became the center of satanic gossip and tales of animal and human sacrifices. The old lodge on Montpelier Hill is now mostly known for being the meeting place for the infamous Hellfire Club.
Haunting the battlements of the historic Charles Fort in Ireland, a ghost after a tragic killing is said to haunt the ground. The White Lady of Kinsale is a ghost that remained after her father killed her husband on their wedding night.
In the Leap Castle in Ireland, the ruthless clan O’Carroll left a trail of blood. Many of their victims came back as ghosts, haunting the halls of the castle. As well as a mysterious spirit known as The Elemental, that might have been there since druid times.
A little aside from the shore, from the village and from people, a Hall stands. Weathered, sure, but still in all its glory a moldy, ancient place inhabits. Ireland’s most haunted place stands alone in the austere and rather bleak landscape.