How I fooled the world. Irish lad’s ghostly pranks. Special to “People’s Journal.” The inhabitants of the quiet little village of Eskra, which is situated between Clogher and Omagh, are laughing heartily over what has
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Evishbrack, County Tyrone (1906)
( Eibhis Breac / Evishbrack is near Kildress) An Extraordinary Tale of Bewitchment in Tyrone. Tyrone seems to be a happy hunting-ground for ghosts. The “Cookstown ghost” attained much notoriety in its day, and later
Continue ReadingMullaghmenagh, County Tyrone (1906)
More Ulster Ghosts. Haunted Farm House. Mysterious Fusilades of Stones. The Police Baffled. (Special Telegram) Belfast, Friday. An extraordinary affair is reported from Mullaghmena, a country district, about two miles from Omagh, Co. Tyrone. It
Continue ReadingDungannon, County Tyrone (1875)
North of Ireland. A Ghost in Dungannon. Dungannon, Thursday. Some time ago we had a wonderful sensation about the Cookstown Ghost. Here we have had a visit of a somewhat similar nature. In Union-place, Dungannon,
Continue ReadingStrabane, County Tyrone (1913)
The Strabane “Ghost.” “Apparition” at Railway Station. What three engine-cleaners saw. Stories told to our representative. There has not been a period in the world’s history when belief in ghosts did not exist, and today
Continue ReadingTrillick, County Tyrone (1880)
The Trillick Ghost. On Sunday evening, as Mr Richie Wilson’s house-keeper was proceeding to the byre to milk, a stone was hurled at her heels. Being alarmed, she returned to the house, and, after relating
Continue ReadingCookstown, County Tyrone (1894)
Re-appearance of the Cookstown Ghost. Extraordinary Occurrence. A person going over Oldtown Hill, a well-marked locality in Cookstown, during the past week, any time between eight o’clock and midnight, or even later, must have noticed
Continue ReadingClonoe, County Tyrone (1910)
Mysterious Affair in County Tyrone. Strange doings at Clonoe Rectory. Police and servants said to be baffled. Stewartstown, Wednesday. For some time past at Clonoe Rectory, the residence of the Rev. John. S. Monck, A.B.,
Continue ReadingMountfield, County Tyrone (1865)
Singular affair. The following letter was sent to us for publication at the time of its date, and was held over till the present. As it has created considerable curiosity in the neighbourhood of the
Continue ReadingBrackey, Drumnakilly, County Tyrone, NI (1939)
A Tyrone “Ghost.” Mysterious noises in Tyrone house. Family forced to remove. As the result of mysterious nocturnal happenings in the district of Brackey, a townland between Drumnakilly and Sixmilecross, Co. Tyrone, a family named
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