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Paranormal record / 1892

The Waterford Ghost: the poltergeist that followed an emergency man's family from Carriglea to Ballybricken

February 1892 · Carriglea, Faithlegg, and Costello's Lane, Ballybricken, Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland
23Thinly documented Paranormal Other 9 sources

February 1892. A farmhouse at Carriglea, Faithlegg, in County Waterford. The candles go out. Furniture moves across the floor. Dishes smash. Then a high-pitched scream fills the house. The family belongs to Mr Kingworth, a retired RIC man guarding an evicted farm for the Marquis of Waterford's estate. The next night the police stand guard. They hear it too. Two weeks later the family is living in Costello's Lane, in Waterford city. On a Saturday night, it all begins again. By Sunday, hundreds have gathered in the street. Was it a ghost that followed a family from the countryside into the city? Or something much closer to home?

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Context

February 1892. Ireland was still living with the Land War. When a tenant was evicted, an emergency man was often sent to guard the empty farm. It was unpopular work, and it could be dangerous.

Sources (9, most influential first)

  1. True Irish Ghost Stories · Hodges, Figgis (Project Gutenberg #14099)· 1914 · Press, book, documentary · book
  2. The Waterford Poltergist · Tides & Tales· 2023-10-31 · Wiki, blog, podcast · blog
  3. The Waterford Ghost (Journal of the SPR vol. 5, pp. 227-8) · Society for Psychical Research · Research organisation · org report
  4. Unexplainable disturbances in Waterford City · WLR FM, The Big Breakfast Blaa· 2025-10 · Wiki, blog, podcast · podcast
  5. Hauntings and Poltergeists bibliography · Society for Psychical Research · Research organisation · org report