I know…the title is SO unimaginative…
If you ever visit Wicklow lighthouse, you may encounter ghosts. Many visitors have seen the ghost of a headless woman. She is described as a young woman with a good figure and wears a white dress. Some have heard her whistling outside their window, while another warned “If you hear tapping in the night, don’t look out your window”… So according to the stories, there was once a young woman who had two beaus. When one found out she was engaged to the other, he decapitated her with a scythe…now she haunts the lighthouse…
The Wicklow Lighthouse is located on the Eastern coast of Ireland. I “moved” the lighthouse closer to the sea than it really is…I really wanted to paint the water. It actually looks out over a cliff on the Irish Sea. Built in the 1760s, this lighthouse has since been renovated and can be rented out as a weekend retreat. There are many other reported hauntings in the Wicklow area…including a small town and a jail.
1/22/2012
