A house where the line between history and legend has blurred for more than 250 years.
A lonely young woman whose tragic fate became one of Ireland's greatest ghost stories.
A newspaper account from 1937 that tells a very different story to the version made famous on television.
And a mansion that still inspires claims of footsteps, whispers and a ghost said to wander its halls.
These days, many know Loftus Hall for the Devil and the card game. But the older stories are far stranger… and perhaps far more human.
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