Loftus Hall, Hook Head.

Music By Kate Rusby




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A walk around Loftus Hall the famous haunted house
near Hook Head Lighthouse on the Hook peninsula county Wexford.
Visit The Hook Head Lighthouse Online at
http://www.hookheritage.ie


Loftus Hall sits on the Western side of Hook Peninsula about a mile North of Hook Head Lighthouse.

Loftus Hall is a large mansion house on the Hook peninsula, County Wexford, Ireland that is said to have been haunted both by the devil and by the ghost of a young woman. The Redmond family built the original building in about 1350 during the time of the Black Death.

It replaced their original castle at Houseland near Portersgate. The Hall became the property of the Loftus family in the 1650s as a result of the Cromwellian confiscations and this was confirmed after the Restoration of King Charles II of England by the Act of Settlement of 1666.

The building that exists today was built between 1870 and 1871 by the 4th Marquess of Ely. In 1917 Loftus Hall was bought by the Sisters of Providence and turned into a convent and a school for young girls interested in joining the order. In 1983, it was purchased by Michael Deveraux who reopened it as "Loftus Hall Hotel", which was subsequently closed again in the late 1990s.

The name 'Loftus Hall' is also applied to the townland surrounding the mansion. The entire townland of Loftus Hall, including the building itself, can be overlooked from the top of Hook Head Lighthouse.

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[TheZenDruid]

Beautiful! Great matching of music to imagery!

[RinnDubhan]

@TheZenDruid

Thanks, it's so sad to see this beautiful building slowly rotting away.

[Paulmanorbier]

It's a beautifully made video, and I've never been in through the gates, so I'm really glad to have seen inside

[RinnDubhan]

@Paulmanorbier

Thanks for your kind comment Paul.

[JIMM1965]

Shame to see such a fine building going to ruin, the time I was there kids would'nt even get out of the car never mind walk up the driveway for fear of ghosts.

[RinnDubhan]

@JIMM1965 A Shame indeed Jim,can't see any hope for it at the moment.Hopefully

someone with a hefty wallet will save it whenever we get out of this recession.

[TheRichiecha]

I was in there loads of times :) the care takers are my cousins :)

[RachelOSullivan12]

Is it really haunted :O

[TheRichiecha]

handibap3 - the caretakers are my cousins :D

[handibap3]

@TheRichiecha is it not private property



[TheRichiecha]

I was inside there today :D

[reshiendacroke1]

what i want to know... how did u get in there without been chased away lol

[MrDACooling]

To whom ever made this video , you have made wexford look beautiful,as it is ,i agree it is sad to see a fine building like loftus hall allowed to crumble,well done

[MrDACooling]

To whom ever made this video , you have made wexford look beautiful,as it is ,i agree it is sad to see a fine building like lofts hall allowed to crumble,well done

[lurchers123]

Hi would anyone have a rough idea how meany miles it would be from carlow town to Loftus hall? i would really like to see it!

[ballybarney96]

Great video .. And that song was lovely with it :) Any chance anyone could tell me the name of that song?