Case file · Haunting
Lady Isobel Shaw of Ballygally Castle
Ballygally Castle on the Antrim coast was built in 1625 by James Shaw; legend says his wife Isobel was locked in a tower room and fell or was pushed to her death, and still knocks on doors.
1625 CE · 54.90, -5.86 · status: legend
The account
The castle is now a hotel with a 'ghost room' kept for her, and is said to be one of the most haunted places in Ulster.
The sceptical view
There is no contemporary record of Isobel's death; the story is hotel folklore.