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Poltergeists and banshees, spirit-filled houses, and deathbed
scenes pervaded by specters fill this enchanting treasury of tales
based on supernatural phenomenon. Compiled from Ireland's abundant
reserve of ghost stories, this richly varied collection of
legendary and ancestral phantoms, uncanny forewarnings of death,
and a host of other unearthly experiences relies on the memories of
ordinary Irish folk scattered throughout the isle.
The collection of entertaining tales was the offspring of a
newspaper article in which authors St. John D. Seymour, a Church of
England priest, and his colleague, Harry L. Neligan, asked
contributors to send in their favorite ghost stories, which many
happily did. Classified by geographical area, the simple yet
compelling narratives -- at once disarming, convincing, and
illuminating -- provide amazing descriptions of paranormal
experiences. An entertaining, authentic glimpse of late 19th- and
early-20th-century Ireland and the superstitious natures of its
people, "True Irish Ghost Stories" is a delightful treasury of
other-worldly happenings -- to be shared by devotees of Irish lore,
mystery lovers, and connoisseurs of the paranormal.
There are numerous books about Irish Fairies, but this was one of
the first to focus on the Irish Ghost. The text visits haunted
houses from one end of the island to the other. We learn about
garden-variety ghosts as well as poltergeists and Banshees, and
find out what to do if a 'Headless Coach' shows up. Seymour
solicited the stories from newspaper readers, and many of them are
from respectable military, clergymen, and gentry. Seymour also
wrote Irish Witchcraft and Demonology. True Irish Ghost Stories is
a unique and very entertaining read, particularly for fans of Irish
tales, as well as the paranormal investigator.--J.B. Hare, May 6th,
2009.
Irish fairy and folklore there were in abundance but there was no
book of ghosts. And so I determined to supply this sad omission.
Suddenly a brilliant thought struck me. I wrote out a letter,
stating exactly what I wanted, and what I did "not" want, and
requesting the readers of it either to forward me ghost stories, or
else to put me in the way of getting them: this letter was sent to
the principal Irish newspapers on October 27, and published on
October 29, and following days. On October 30, the first answers
reached me. Within a fortnight I had sufficient material to make a
book; within a month I had so much material that I could pick and
choose -- and more was promised. . . .
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