Hello, you sputacular people. Welcome to History Ghostbump Redux. I'm your host, Diane.

And this is Kelly. Kelly, on this Redux, we're going back and doing Loftus Hall. Are you ready to go back?

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History tells the story of the world and of our lives. Sometimes that history goes bump in the night.

Broadcasting from the center of oddity and the supernatural in central Florida, it's the History Goes

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County Wexford in Ireland is a rugged and beautiful land, and the Hook Peninsula is home

to the Loftus Hall Township.

The large home was built by the Redmond family 675 years ago, and today is in a bit of a

limbo as to its future.

One thing that is for sure is that this property has had a number of uses and been left with a few legends, including some about the devil himself. Oh! Join us as we explore the history and hauntings of Loftus Hall. County Wexford is on the southeast coast of Ireland about 60 miles across the sea from Wales.

Based on artifacts, it's believed that prehistoric man arrived in Wexford at the end of the last ice age, about 7,000 BC.

These first people were Mesolithic, and then around 6,500 BC, the Neolithic people came.

Megalithic structures were left behind, and some of those that can still be seen today include

16 tombs. Oh, yay, I love that kind of stuff being left behind. Ten of them are portal tombs,

known as Dolmans, five are portal tombs known as dolmens.

Five are passage tombs and one is a court tomb. There are also wedge tombs, which are stone

structures shaped like boxes that taper at one end. Standing stones were left behind as well and dot

the landscape. The Romans set their sights on England and the other areas near

her, and they arrived in England in 54 BC. They conquered England, but they could not beat Scotland,

and they were unsuccessful with Ireland as well. The Welsh, the Picks, and the Irish attacked the

Romans from all sides and dealt the Romans huge losses. Because the Romans

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