Caroline Kavanagh

Review of Loftus Hall

If your fascinated with a haunting ghost story, th...

If your fascinated with a haunting ghost story, this is the place for you. It's a guided tour only. The tour guide was friendly, helped react the 'devil's tale in the card room with audience help. Some younger patrons found this scary! I went to look at the house, it's architecture and history, so was bit disappointed. We got to visit six rooms, including entrance hall, very dark music room, dark card room, 'haunted' bedroom and chapel/prayer room (converted by nuns). Tour was confined to ground floor only. Mosiac tile floor and grand Staircase are marvellous and staircase so well maintained, thanks to paraffin & beeswax applied throughout many years by the nuns. It is one of three, with one on Papal house in Rome and other in the Titanic, which we all know now lies at bottom of Alantic Ocean. The house an on-going extensive repair and conservative project. The walled gardens are beautiful too.