TRUE IRISH GHOST STORIES

COMPILED BY

ST JOHN D. SEYMOUR, B.D.

AUTHOR OF "IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY" ETC.

AND

HARRY L. NELIGAN, D.I.R.I.C.

1914




TO THREE LIVELY POLTERGEISTS W----, J----, AND G----, THIS BOOK IS
DEDICATED BY THE COMPILERS




FOREWORD


This book had its origin on this wise. In my _Irish Witchcraft and
Demonology_, published in October 1913, I inserted a couple of famous
17th century ghost stories which described how lawsuits were set on foot
at the instigation of most importunate spirits. It then occurred to me