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Loftus Hall

Hook Peninsula, County Wexford

A stranger at the card table, a cloven hoof, and a daughter who never recovered.

Legend says that one stormy night in the 1760s a stranger came to Loftus Hall and joined the family at cards. When the daughter, Anne, bent to pick up a dropped card, she saw that he had a cloven hoof.

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When
From the 1760s
Where
52.1500, -6.9000
Group
Haunted places

Visiting

Open for guided tours.

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