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Search for Enda's grandad's ghost at Co Clare Lighthouse?
A TEAM OF ghostbusters is carrying out an investigation at Loop Head Lighthouse in Co Clare this week, hoping to detect some paranormal activity.
The GhostEire group, which is based in Co. Kerry, are looking for ” any signs of the afterlife” in the walls and the grounds of the 19th century beacon, which is located on Clare’s most westerly point.
The lighthouse is still in automatic operation, but was manned by a keeper until January 1991.
The Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s maternal grandfather James John McGinley was the principal keeper at Loop Head from January 1933 until October 1934.
Loop Head Lighthouse remains in the care of an attendant, but was opened to the public in 2011.
The Taoiseach at the opening of the 2012 Loop Head exhibition (Loop Head Peninsula/Facebook)
According to Anthony Kerrigan of GhostEire:
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According to Kerrigan the team plans to
In the past the GhostEire team has carried out paranormal investigations at a number of famous landmarks, including Tarbert Bridewell in Kerry, Carriganass Castle in Cork, McCarthy’s Bar in Tipperary and Dunguaire Castle in Galway.
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