Glanmire House, an Irish mansion in historic Dublin, is inhabited by supernatural forces, and no other than Canadian diplomat Kevin Vickers claims this.
The building, which today serves as the Canadian Embassy in Ireland, has a long and eventful history. For example, in 1916, the site was affected by the so-called Easter Uprising, during which Irish rebels killed 132 British military and police officers and wounded 397 enemies. Thus, here is where to get phantoms from the past.
Vickers explains it this way:
Ghosts … I never believed in them until I came here. One evening I was sitting in my office, quietly watching TV, and suddenly I heard that a heavy metal chain had fallen to the floor in the dining room. I immediately got up and went there, but there was nothing on the floor. And just a couple of weeks ago, I was lying in bed at night, and from the stairs near my bedroom came heavy steps and hoarse breathing. Again, I hastened to go to find out what it was, but I did not see anyone either on the stairs or in the corridor. The maids refuse to go up to the second floor in the evening, so they try to do all the work there during the day. They also know very well that we are not alone here.
The Canadian suggests that the spirit of the Irish poet and revolutionary Patrick Pierce, who was here a few years before he became one of the leaders of the aforementioned Easter Uprising, may inhabit the embassy. Vickers became so interested in the ghostly neighbor that he studied the archives of his residence and determined that Pierce actually lived at Glanmire House from 1908-1912.
Does the ghost of one of the founding fathers of modern Ireland still appear here? Many people think that this is quite possible. On May 3, 1916, Patrick Pierce and 14 of his comrades were shot. The rebels were denied even a priest, their bodies were not handed over to their relatives and were disposed of in the most barbaric way. The spirit of an outstanding man, who was treated so cruelly in religious terms, certainly still cannot find peace.