The Haunting of Cairndhu House
Channel: Journeyman Paranormal Investigations
Date: 2024-02-01

Cairndhu House is considered to be one of the most haunted locations in Northern Ireland.

Situated just outside Larne in County Antrim, there are those who believe its once-stately rooms and halls are occupied by ghosts.

Phillip Tynan, a founder of the NI Paranormal Society, described the now derelict house as highly "spiritually charged".

He said there at least three separate ghosts inhabiting the building.

"It's always been the haunted house [to locals]," said Mr Tynan.

"A lot of that is from its look, but at the same time there are a lot of stories of the servant who died here, the shipwrecks on the bay… figures in the windows."

Convalescent hospital
Built around 1880 Cairndhu House was a summer residence for Stewart Clarke, a wealthy textile businessman from Scotland, and his wife Annie.

Their daughter, Edith, spent part of her childhood at Cairndhu. She later married Sir Thomas Dixon.

Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon purchased Cairndhu House in 1918 and lived there for nearly 30 years.

In 1947, Lady Dixon announced that Cairndhu House was to be donated to the government, to be used a convalescent hospital, a purpose it served until its closure in 1986.