Ballygally Castle Hotel
Northern Ireland · United Kingdom · Hotel
Lady Isobel Shaw's ghost still knocks on doors in the Ghost Tower. The hotel offers 'Ghost Watch' packages. Bookings 6 months in advance.
Ballygally Castle Hotel near Larne (BT40 2QZ) is part seventeenth-century castle, part modern hotel. A winding stair leads to the sparsely furnished "ghost room". Lady Isabella Shaw was imprisoned here by her husband for failing to give him a son. She leapt to her death with her baby and now walks the castle.
Source: Haunted Places in Britain (PDF compilation).
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Where is Ballygally Castle Hotel located?
Ballygally Castle Hotel is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Accounts are drawn from local folklore and visitor reports.
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