Trifter

Smithfield

 One of the oldest parts of Belfast city centre is the Smithfield market, home to the famous ghost of Biddy Farrelly. Before her death Biddy was left £250 by a friend who died in Dublin. Sadly she spent her inheritance on alcohol and thereby drank herself to death.

 There have been several sightings of Biddy’s ghost in the Smithfield area. She is a harmless ghost and many of the people who have seen her spirit claim that her carefree spirit brought smiles to their faces.

Crown Bar

A bar located on Great Victoria Street in Belfast city centre is an old pub with its opening dating back to 1885. And just like the rest of Belfast the bar itself has a colourful history, even miraculously surviving the historic Belfast Blitz in 1941 and being hit 33 times during the many bombings in Belfast city centre.

The ghost of the Crown Bar is of a woman named Amelia, a woman believed to be a prostitute who died of a broken neck after falling down the pub stairs. There have been many reported sightings of Amelia, so much so that The Crown Bar set up its own ghost webcam to keep an eye on her.

York Road Railway Station

A railway station which serves the north of Belfast city is the home of a number of an unnamed shadowy figure which haunts the running sheds. This same figure has been sighted seated in the canteen enjoying a ghostly meal.  There have also been reports of mysterious disembodied footsteps walking the grounds.

The ghost in believed to belong to an employee of the station who was a victim of a robbery which went horribly wrong and resulted in the employee being either shot or beaten. He then died of his injuries.

Whiterock Road

The Whiterock Road is haunted by the sad spirit of Molly Beggs. Molly was the beautiful daughter of a poor Irish family who fell in love with the son of a wealthy landowner. The young couple knew that their families would never approve of their love for each other so they would arrange to meet in secret, sometimes leaving notes for each other when a meeting was impossible. One night Molly left her lover a note telling him that she was going to have his child. The following night she received a note in response telling her that the landowner’s son told the news of the pregnancy to his parents who then decided that he should move to Scotland. The news broke Molly’s heart, so much so she drowned herself in a nearby well.

Since her death there have been stories of people seeing the ghost of a crying young woman reading a letter by candle light. The ghost stories have resulted in the well being nicknamed “Molly’s Well”.

Flax Street

John Savage was a busy wealthy mill owner, who was also a magistrate and town councillor. But all of his work became too much for him. One night he took a straight razor to his own throat, cutting himself from ear to ear. Witnesses claimed that the days leading up to his untimely death John was heard muttering “I can’t take much more of this,” non stop to himself.

For many years locals of the area have recalled the ghost of John walking around his mill and the street he built behind it everyday. Some even hearing the words “I can’t take much more of this,” as he passed them by.

The Grand Opera House

There are little known about the identities of the many ghosts which haunt Belfast’s beautiful Grand Opera House. Mediums have held many séances in the theatre and have retrieved the names Harry and George, the names of two deceased stage hands. There have been reports of an un-named cleaner still caring for the grounds many years after his passing and an unfortunate electrician. But the most prominent and chilling ghost inhabiting the theatre is that of a figure wearing a long black robe seen many times wandering the stage area. Could it be a deceased performer waiting for his final role? Its identity still remains unknown till this day, but its presence can still be felt by those who walk upon its stage.