January 10, 1924 Limerick, Ireland Baby Jane Doe

 On January 10, 1924, an unidentified stillborn baby girl was found at Garryowen Blackboy Pike in Limerick, Ireland. She was buried in Mount St. Lawrence on the 12th.

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December 28, 1924 Coonagh, Ireland John Doe

On December 28, 1924, a man's body was found in the River Shannon at Coonagh, Ireland. He was buried 3 days later in Mount Saint Lawrence Cemetery in Limerick.

John Doe was around 40-years-old. He was wearing an ordinary blue coat with British Army trousers., held up by a knot, tied around the waist.

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Unidentified Wiki

Disappearance of Sister Jacinta Bracken (Christina Nuala Bracken)

In 1979, 38-year-old Sister Jacinta Bracken was a nun who based at the Stella Maris convent in Swansea, Wales. She was from Ballacolla, Ireland. She was working as a music teacher for the Ursuline of Jesus Convent. She was well-liked and was known to like to walk, shop, and give children guitar lessons. 

On May 19, 1979, it was seemingly a normal day for Sister Jacinta. She did communal prayer and spent the morning grading papers. After lunch, she helped wash the dishes and headed to the city center to buy tights/stockings for her mother's birthday.

She asked another nun at the convent if she wanted to walk with her into town. The other sister was unable to, but the two promised to walk that evening. However, that wouldn't happen.

Two children that Sister Jacinta taught last seen her near the city's Quadrant multi-story car park.  She was known to often walk along the sand and mudbanks of the old docklands on her way back home from the shopping center. Someone stated that they may have seen her praying at St. Davids that day, but they were unsure because they didn't see her face. 

Her handbag was found on the shore 30 feet from the West Pier inside were stockings she bought for her mother's birthday and a small amount of money. When her room was searched officers found among her small number of personal possessions a ferry ticket to Ireland. 

Sister Jacinta is a white female and was 38-years-old at the time. She has blue eyes. 

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Doe Network

Unidentified Wiki

Tipperary Live Jan 13, 2012

Wales Online 

Meenybradden Woman

On May 3, 1978 turf cutters in Meenybradden Bod near Ardara, Ireland would find the body of a woman. It was found that the remains were of historical means. Her body would be kept in Dublin's city morgue and stayed in a freezer where the body was damaged. In July 1985 the body would be shipped to the British Museum and examined further.

It's believed that the woman was around 25 to 30 years old and died 1050-1410 CE. It is unknown how she died, but she didn't die violently. She was buried about a meter deep into the bog. It was strange that she was wrapped in a cloak dated by textile typology to the 16 to 17th centuries. However, the cloak was not carbon-dated and it's possible that it was from around the time she died. 

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Wikipedia

Mummipedia

Irish Central 

January 22, 1924, Limerick, Ireland Jane Doe

On January 22, 1924, a child's body was found in the Clonmacken neighborhood in Limerick, Ireland. they were listed as being found at Clonmacken Bank and may have been found near the River Shannon. The cause of death and gender was not listed. 

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Unidentified Wiki

Find a Grave

Disappearance of Darren Tunstall

On December 3, 1992, 20-year-old Darren Tunstall would tell his family that he was going to visit friends over the weekend. He would leave his home in Walthamstow, England, and never be seen again.

Darren's family stated he was a shy and reserved man. He also spent significant time on family holidays in Ireland and knew it well. Since there are no signs of foul play its possible that he may have left on his own. His family has stated that if Darren wanted to ever contact them again their number was the same. 

Darren is a white male and is 6'4" and thin. He has brown wavy hair and brown eyes. He wears size 13 shoes. 

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Missing People

Doe Network

Unidentified WIki

My London April 4, 2022

Folklore: Dearg Due

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There is a  tragic tale in Celtic folklore that ends in revenge. The woman of this tale's name is long gone, but she is now known as Dearg Due. It's a tale of "Hell Hath no fury like a woman scorned". 

In life, Dearg Due was a woman who was born and raised in Ireland. She was said to be kind and sweet. She even fell in love with a local peasant who was similar as he was kind and handsome. Her father was cruel and greedy. He was lucky his daughter was so beautiful, and that a rich man wanted her. This was a time when arranged marriages were commonplace. 

She would then be sold into marriage and separated from her love and her father got richer. Her husband was a cruel older man who would place his hands on her and verbally berate her. Her husband seemed to love doing this to her. 

Knowing that she had a lover waiting for her outside he would lock her up in a tower. She was isolated as those she used to know would never see her again after the wedding. She would wait and pray for her love to come and save her, but he never was able to. She would begin to waste away as she refused to eat and drink. This would eventually die from this.She is buried in a small churchyard, near “Strongbow’s Tree,” in the County of Waterford in Southeast Ireland

Her husband and father did not grieve her death. Everyone else grieved her, especially her lover. He would visit the grave every night crying and talking to her. Her husband was said to have remarried quickly after. Her lover was filled with regret and rage at how her life had been ruined. 

Dearg Due was also filled with rage. She craved retribution so much that she was able to crawl out of her grave. The first person she visited was in the home she grew up in. She would stand next to her father and watch as he slept. The cruel man would sleep as if his daughter did not have a cruel fate. She would place her lips on his and suck the life out of him. 

She would then go to the home she would die in. She would find her husband surrounded by women. He also did not care about what he put her through. The women were fulfilling his lustful desires and she would stand there watching. Rage would fill her and she would throw herself at her husband and draw his life. Her fury was so harsh that not only did she take his last breath but all his blood. 

She would meet her love again. Even though his love and rage brought her back to life she did not feel love anymore. She would also make the man a victim of hers. 

It said that she only hunts on the night of her death. She then kills men on that night. 

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Irish Central

Got Ireland

Myth and Folklore Wiki

Irish Road Trip

The Kinakinelly Man

 In 1952 the body of a man, now known as Kinakinelly Man, was found in a bog in County Galway, Ireland. His remains were found with the bones of a red deer. He was dated to have lived and died between 200–100 BCE.

There is little information on this. 

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Wikipedia

Irish Central

The Holestone

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The Holestone is one of the best-preserved Bronze Age standing stones in Ireland. It is about a mile outside of the village of Doagh on a rocky outcrop. It stands 5 ft tall with a smooth hole. It's unknown what the original purpose of the stones is. Some believed that it was a burial place or a pagan altar or even a meeting place for kings. It's now used as a love stone and people go to it for fertility and couples. 

It is said that the hole in the stone is only big enough for a woman's hand. A woman is supposed to put her hand through the hole and their lover or fiance and this bound their love forever. It said that if one is cursed.

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Atlas Obscura

Library Ireland

Tours By Locals

Bog Bodies: The Clonycavan Man

 

In March of 2003, a body was found in a bog by peat cutters in Clonycavan, County Meath, Ireland . The body belonged to a man between 24 to 40 (believed to be in his 20's) who died between 392 BC to 201 BC. He was 5'2", and had crooked teeth. He had long and styled hair. The front of his hair was shaven, giving him a higher hairline, and the remainder was several inches long which was folded forward and then back, and sported a goatee and mustache. There was hair oil in his hair that consisted of plant oil and pine resins found in France or Spain. He had a rich diet consisting of vegetables, fruits, and protein.

It's believed that he may have been a king that was sacrificed after a bad harvest or another disaster.  His death may have been done to please the goddess of fertility. He was likely killed during the warmer months of the year which was indicated by his diet.

He was killed from a blow to the head with a sharp instrument, possibly an ax, and then was hit in the nose, chest, and was disemboweled. His nipples were may have been sliced off or were missing due to decomposition. If his nipples were sliced off, that would possibly mean that he failed kingship or a failed candidate for kingship.

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Mummipedia Wiki

BBC News Jan. 7, 2006

Archeology

Ghosts: The White Lady of Kinsale

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Charles Fort is a bastion fort with one section of outer wall built in a star fashion finished in 1682. It's located on the water's edge at the of the village of Summer Come on Kinsale harbor in Ireland. It is now a National Monument of Ireland. 

At the Charles Fort in the 1600's, there was an officer named Sir Trevor Ashurst. He would meet Wilful Warrender who's father was Govoner Warrender, the commander of Charles Fort. The two would have a whirlwind romance and would soon fall in love and wed. The Governor was actually happy for the young couple. The two would soon marry and on the wedding day would end in tragedy.

On the night that the two had married, they went to take a walk on the grounds of the fort. The two were to spend their wedding night at the fort. Wilful would see some flowers at the base of the battlement. Trevor was going to go get them, but an on-duty sentry offered to get them instead. Trevor would ask Wilful to wait for him in their room, and he would take the sentry's post so the flowers could be retrieved. 

The sentry would not return quickly and because the groom was tired from the day's festivities he fell asleep at the post. Wilful's father went on his nightly inspections. He was known as strict and had a reputation for enforcing strict military codes. When he would stumble across a sentry, who he didn't know at the time was his son-in-law, leaning against the wall seemingly asleep. He called out to the sentry several times and when he got no answer he shot him through the heart.

This was when he realized that it was not any sentry, but his son-in-law. He would be filled with sorrow and regret. Wilful would soon after find out what her father did to her groom. She would be grief-stricken and would take her own life that night. She would jump from one of the ramparts into the icy waters below.  Her father knew that he killed his son-in-law leading to his daughter's suicide. After his daughter's suicide, he would take his own life by shooting himself. 

Other versions state after realizing he killed Trevor that he threw jumped the ramparts right after killing him. That Wilful found them both dead and jumped into the icy waters after losing two very important people in her life.

What is known in the tale is that three lives would tragically end on what was supposed to be a joyous day. 

It is said that Wilful who is known as The White Lady of Kinsale haunts the area. She is typically seen in her wedding dress. She usually is a kind but sorrowful spirit people in and around Charles Fort are said to have seen her. In particular, she is seen by or near children as if she's keeping an eye on them. Now she did have a mean streak and was known to push soldiers mostly captains down the stairs. 

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Wikipedia

Irish Central

Authentic Vacations

Stories First

My Real Ireland

Ancient Origins

WANTED: Derek "Deco" McGraw Ferguson

               

Derek Ferguson is wanted in the connection of the murder of Thomas Cameron who was shot on June 28, 2007, at the Auchinairn Tavern in Bishopbriggs, Scotland. Police believe that Ferguson, who is known for using a fake Irish accent, was in Spain, Netherlands, or Ireland. 

He was born in Glasglow in 1964. He has blue/green eyes and occasionally had a beard. He's 158 cm (5'2") and stocky.  He has 3 known tattoos one on the left arm one of a heart design, an arrow, and a dagger. He is missing the top part of his left ear and has a scar on his left knee. 

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Scotland Police