An Irish Ghost Story | The Black Nun of Bonamargy Friary
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- In this video, I visit Bonamargy Friary in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
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Filmed in Antrim, September 2023.
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The Jolly Reiver is my project aiming to preserve and promote the forgotten folklore and history of rural Britain and Ireland. Primarily focusing on folklore and legends, you’ll not find me trying to deconstruct these old stories or trying to rationalise them with science and psychology. Instead I will present them as they were always told by our forebears, and leave the conclusions up to you. Videos are filmed on location to show you exactly where these stories took place.
Your a rare breed my friend! Keep the folklore alive!!!
Thanks mate!
As an Indigenous Native American with some Irish great great grand parent…I’m really interested in all things IRISH. I’ve seen several supernatural events in my lifetime. An unforgivable heart 💔🙏🏽…as a Nun, no wonder she had no rest. As a Christian we are called to pray for the sinner and ask the Holy Spirit to bring conviction. Thanks for sharing…it looks perfectly beautiful. 🙋🏻♀️🇺🇸
🤪 Native fruitcake more like it!
Ireland felt like it was my long lost homeland
I’m Irish, my brother married a native really cool people, really remind me of the Irish
What’s fascinating is that the Irish have several believes That are in line with some indigenous native cultures.
It’s like we’ve all traded beliefs and superstitions throughout the centuries.
Or it could be that a lot of these spiritual beliefs came from a single source. Quite beautiful.
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This Irish documentary might make sense of you're indigenous.
I love Irish and Scottish folklore. So many interesting stories.
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the editing on this is excellent! I can tell how much effort you've put into planning this- well done, sir! great story-telling too.
Thanks very much!
As a kid in 1962 my mom gave me a book called Ghosts in Irish Houses by James Reynolds that for years was my most treasured book, eclipsed only by Lord of the Rings in 1965.
The style of the stonework in the garden wall is reminiscent of the prehistoric monolithic walls scattered around the world. Totally unique and beautiful work.
A fascinating story of the Black Nun. Thank you.
Will be watching for more from you.
Glad you enjoyed!
simply outstanding! this one gave me chills but, what a perfect story to tell during this autumnal time 🍂
Glad you enjoyed!
Telling these eerie tales while walking about the achingly beautiful grounds is quite effective ..
As is your deep, resonant and mesmerizing voice .. perfect for speaking of these strange and memorable tales..
This one was amazing .. thank you⚘
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Thank you for your kind comment! I’m glad you enjoyed!
@@TheJollyReiver You are most welcome.. looking forward to your next video :)
It could also be sister Julia's spirit acting as a guardian angel to counter the evil force
Maybe she hasn't passed.
I was thinking the same thing. With the mass grave burial, there may be several unhappy entities. I wish he’d given us more details about the more sinister theories of how she died and who discovered her body. Did the malevolent spirits kill her and now she acts as the protector of visitors?
Hey Reiver my golden voiced friend 💛 ✨️ brilliant storytelling as expected from your channel 👏 👍
Thanks very much! Thanks for watching!
The way he is telling a story is really outstanding and relaxing and sooo much beautiful with amazing accent.. 😍👌👏❤️
Thank you!
What a wonderful story or should I say legend as she obviously existed. Well done Jolly Reiver
Thank you!
Thank you. Cee from the little haunted cottage in ireland 💚💚💚🍀🍀🍀
Glad you enjoyed!
Really enjoyed this video 😊 thx for sharing.... smiles
My pleasure :-)
I would leave well alone and Julia to her rest for eternity. Thanks for a good read first time hearing this story
Glad you enjoyed! And yes, I didn’t perform the ritual. I think it’s best to leave things be.
I challenge anyone to sit in their own school room full of empty desks at night in the dark for one hour ;)
Quite a story thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the video, great storytelling and editing 😊❤ I'm from Ireland, i must visit this site sometime 😅
What a wonderful story
Great video. Beautifully shot and well-told story. Subscribed. Thank you.
Perfect Narration...
Thank you!
Excellent story!
Just what I was looking for.
Bless u auntie
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A very interesting tale - thank you
My pleasure!
I wouldn't suspect Julia of pushing the stone. She may be trying to warn people away.
Thank you for this intriguing video. As someone with Irish roots, it inspires me to want to visit and tour ruins like this. I'm glad I just discovered your channel. I subscribed!
a another great story and amazing history educational loved the story love this channel
Thanks as always lad
Hey! Local here! Ive been to this church and saw Julias Grave. Absolutely gorgeous place to walk around! Highly recommend to any tourist in Ireland.
There's a very famous story about a nun that appears in the Bell tower of the cathedral of Puebla, Mexico, and jumps from it. Supposedly it is a reenactment of what happened when she fell in love with a French soldier of the army of Napoleon III when he sent his troops to Mexico to establish the ill fated Maximilian against Juarez . The story goes that when they were repatriated he had to went along with his unit back to France and she threw herself from the cathedral in despair.
So very interesting. I am glad I found your channel.
Thanks mate
Me too 🍀💚🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Amazing work. truly enjoyed this..Thanks to TJR ..keep up this great work ? nothing better than haunting tail for cold night of October .. brilliant
Thanks mate! Appreciate you watching!
Yet another brilliant upload! I enjoy the fact you actually travel to the locations you discuss in your content. Makes it more engaging and tangible. Bravo Jolly Reiver! Always happy to see your latest!
Very spooky. Thank you! 😊
Finally UA-cam recommending some good stuff
Very interesting and eerie story !!!!😊
Just love that video so glad I found you 👏🍀💚🙏🏻 N Ireland
Another good one thanks for posting.
Glad you enjoyed!
Subscribed to you after just meeting your friend in Ireland Pete
Excellent video. You're doing a great job. Appreciate all the effort.
Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed!
I think this is one of your best videos yet. Very good presentation!:)
Much appreciated! Glad you enjoyed!
Good tale. I appreciate the history. And what would Samhain be without a black nun? Thank you for supplying.
Another good one.
Thank you!
Great story for this Halloween! Wish I would have gone there when I was in Ballycastle in August 2016
Loved the video.
I am a retired cop. I was a rural police officer responsible for policing 54 villages in rural Norfolk. One of those villages had the ruins of a Priory, some of the walls, arches and fishponds still remain to this day and are clearly visible from the road running through the village. Like a lot of these villages it has a legend and a ghost story. This particular village had the usual "WHITE LADY" story, the ghost of a nun from the priory. I had met numerous village people all of who were absolutely convinced that they had seen her. Acting on a tip off from Manchester Police, myself and a colleague kept watch a building in the village that was being used by a local gang master to accommodate workers. A guy wanted for a serious offence was believed living there and left with others to work on the land about 4:30am each morning. Our plan was to park up alongside the ruined priory concealed by a large Blackthorn hedge growing along the boundary of the priory. We could clearly see the building from there. The plan was to wait for them to be collected by a Transit van, stop it and nick the guy. We had a photograph of him faxed to us by Manchester. It was winter and we parked up about 3:00am. The car was parked nearside to the hedge. On the offside of the car was a flat field with no hedge or fence but had a drainage ditch about 8 feet wide between it and the road. It was winter and cold so the car heater was on. I was watching the building when lights came on and there was movement in what was the communal kitchen. So I was watching intently. Suddenly a woman dressed in a white cloak and hood walked from right to left across the front of the car and straight through the Blackthorn Hegde like it did not exist, no more than ten feet from me. I saw her plain has day. The hairs on the back of my neck went up it was incredible! I said to my colleague, "Did you see that?" Only to find that the wally had his eyes closed from the heat and tiredness, he never saw the woman. To this day I am 100% certain of what I saw. I saw a woman dressed in a white hooded cloak, walk across a 8 foot wide ditch and walk straight through a 3 foot thick Blackthorn hedge into the ruins of a priory. I obviously related what I had seen to those I knew in the village, their attitude was simply, "Oh so you have finally seen her too. Now do you believe us?" On an unrelated topic, we nicked the guy we were after.
Fantastic story, thanks for sharing!
@@TheJollyReiver It's MARHAM Priory in Norfolk, you can geolocate it, it is located opposite a road called SQUIRES HILL, the road we were parked on leads across fields to SHOULDHAM WARREN., you could probably research the history of the Priory, I never have. People in the village have been reporting sightings of the nun for decades. How many times have people heard stories of a "WHITE LADY?" Almost every community has one similar. I am 100% certain of what I saw, sometimes I ask myself If I had imagined it because of the local stories or if I had dropped off due to the heat in the car and dreamt it. What I do know for certain is at that time I was focused on the building we were watching, hell I could even see people inside the communal kitchen preparing their pack ups and filling flasks for their days work. A male and a female standing in the window at the sink, I was watching them prepare their stuff! and she just walked straight past the bonnet of the car and in front of my view, not ten feet from me. It was definitely a nun. If my bloody mate had not briefly fallen asleep he would have witnessed it too, that's the kicker! I know what I saw, it's just for years now, I still doubt if what I saw was real. Who in the hell believes in ghosts? Well as someone whose whole working life was based on finding hard evidence and eye witnesses. I now do, because I am one!
That’s excellent, thanks for the details mate. Great story. I’m sure you did see what you saw. It’s a lot more common than you might think. If I get down to norfolk I’d love to cover this story!
Good horor legend for films❤🎉
I love this channel❤🏵
Glad to hear it!
I was raised a few miles from Ballycastle and now live in Portrush 😊
Maybe the spirit of Julia’s sister pushed the rock that killed her, and the one that nearly killed the brothers.
Great video . A ghost story, murder, war, no real surprise with respect to the trauma that occurred there.
Brilliant, brilliant! Scary ! Something out there! I love this channel! Keep it coming! 😊
Thank you! Appreciate you watching!
When my son and I visited N Ireland we explored an old friary that was in similar condition. The date above the huge mantle said “1659.” We took EVP’s and got a few seconds of chanting (echoey, like a chamber). It sounded like Latin.
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You should upload the evp.
Ireland is one island - it’s all one Ireland
@@Donegallass72schannel-bo2jg when I was there it was described by natives as “Northern Ireland” and the “south of Ireland.”
@@susanpage8315 it’s the REPUBLIC
I just discovered your channel mate. Great work on this video. Looking forward to going to your back log. 👍🏻
Cheers fella, hope you enjoy!
Another superb and brilliant history educational video my friend 😲😊👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 👍👍 These are sad of stories of that brutal times…I‘m sad for the injustice of those days…The nun haunted on their place…to…remind us…she was murdered there 😔 I would visit there…and walk 7 times around her gravestone…and...7 times back…and….put my hand through it….to…make peace and rest…for…Julia 😓😔
Thanks for watching as always mate
Proud of the Catholic martyrs and the highlanders for staying loyal to the true faith of Christ.
We're I live in Wales there's ment to b a ghost monk that haunts the forests it is called monks wood we used to get told stories about is as a kid a few people claim to have seen him
Happy Halloween 🦇 🎃🕷🎃🦇
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EXCELLENT if NOT OUTSTANDING !!!!! WOW ! AMAZING !!! MANY THANKS ! FROM, U.K. (2023).
Dear Jolly Reiver & Friends,
This was a frightening story and I could almost feel how cold and unwelcoming the place is. Even from across the Atlantic.
The part about large stones just popping out of place would prompt me to bring a friend along (the buddy system), or at least make arrangements for someone to come looking for you if you’re not back before dark. Can’t be too careful. Here in the States, people go missing in the forest and national parks every year. Even seasoned outdoorsmen and ex military folks.
We all love your videos and I wish you safe travels, as always!
Sincerely,
J. S. B.
Aye the states is a big place! I’d love to go camping in Appalachia but I’d never do that alone Aha. Glad you enjoyed mate!
@@TheJollyReiver we've got big bears, Bob cats & snakes here in Appalachian Mts & 👻, and it's a beautiful place as long as you're careful.
@@anidiquaojala1804 Quite a bit more intimidating than our… badgers
@@TheJollyReiverwhen I visited N Ireland I asked if there were any animals that were dangerous (we walked through woods). The only “scary” animals were the badgers. 😂
@@TheJollyReiveryour badgers are so sweet! Our American badgers are not near so civilized.
I just now found your channel and I loved this story. It was so wonderfully told. I will have to go back and listen to all the previous videos.
Glad to hear you enjoyed!
This is a fascinating story. Thank you for all your efforts.
Nicely done. Just sp00ky enough.
Thank you :-)
Glad I stumbled onto your channel. Excellent prresentation!
In my experience of these strange things you must respect the souls that are lost and be kindly to them 😢❤
We toured this Fiery in 2012 , I enjoyed it the area . I Found it quite peaceful and the surroundings beautiful.
A Mass needs to said there for her restless soul and any evil lurking around, it sure looks creepy.
Wonderful as always. Thank you!
Very nice narrator
Ooohhhhhh. Creepy! Beautiful, but creepy. As a yank I am highly envious of my European kin who have ruins in their back yards. I think you're right about the negative energy being there after so much has happened.
Thank you for a wonderful video!
Thanks for your kind comment, I’m glad you enjoyed!
I really enjoy this thank you ❤❤❤
Well told excellent story.
Great story. Great job.
Another great tale. But what we all want to know is, did you do the ritual aroung the stone marker and see her? Thank you for another excellent video.
Glad you enjoyed! And I didn’t Aha. Didn’t feel right to for some reason.
Awesome loved this
Looks like nothing not even a haunting will stop a nice game of golf. Love the story though! Thanks for sharing
My pleasure!
sadly in Ireland /Scotland there are many haunted places and stores cause evil things happen to these people
amazing channel love these places very mysterious and beautiful but can sombody tell me is this places in england or Scotland or Ireland
Glad you enjoy! This particular story is in County Antrim in Northern Ireland.
🖤Loved this
Happy Halloween.
(Republic of Ireland full of ghost very true my own personal experience as I grow up in republic of Ireland)
a stone could fall from any part of any castle at any given time, I hate it when heritage block entire areas for future people who will never be able to visit in their life.
Have you heard the story of the devil stone in crook co Durham
Pray the rosary and some extra prayers to the Blessed Mother to care for Julia's spirit. The Blessed Mother takes souls bound on earth to Heaven. When I was 16 I encountered a ghost who was well known to the people who lived with him. I faithfully prayed prayer to God and to the Blessed Mother asking for her help before midnight for months until I was told that the ghost of the young man was gone. I could no longer feel the electricity that was constantly present in the home, as well as a cold hand on your shoulder. He was free, and has never been back since. So, pray. This is the best way to help the souls left on this earth who may fear going to Heaven. Their Heavenly Mother will help them home.
Thank you for your advice and God Bless. 🙏🙏🙏
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Catholicism is the most Pagan form of Christianity.
Some would say that ghosts are holy souls who need to be prayed for or informed that they are dead so they can be led to the light.
Maybe she wasn't forgiving and we ALL are after all sinners. To say we aren't sinners is to commit sin herself. Nobody should judge less we be judged
Irish Catholicism is a result of bastard England and the Christian crusades. No, Catholicism and Christianity both spell death to pagans so I'm not acknowledging your horseshit, as an Irish pagan.
So these people were terrified for months by this ghost waiting for your rosary prayer to work? All they had to do was get some holy water 💦 and sprinkle it all over the place while pleading the blood of Jesus and demanding that the ghost get out and go rest.
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Sister Julia had a strange notion regarding God and forgiveness. She was surprised He forgave her sister?
Nice sweater. Very handsome!
Same as my ghost , I walked out of a workshop and passed thru a door and then I heard wham ! ! ! The ghost pushed a tire off the top of a stack of tires in the auto shop , I turned around and no-one was in there ! weird ! And other physical incidents !
This was genuinely creepy. Good work.
Cheers mate
Cheers mate
Another wonderful video and have a happy Halloween 👻🎃
Thank you!
You are welcome so what is the next video that you are planning on coming out with
@@owenshale8719 It’s a video about the death of Osian, Ireland’s greatest bard. I found his grave in the hills of Antrim :-)
That's definitely a video I will watch I would enjoy visiting the place you have been in your videos
@owenshale8719 You should!
First time seeing your channel; great content! Well presented. I'm originally from Antrim so it's interesting to see the connections-though I grew up in England and now live in Scotland. Ghost stories have always fasinated me. I probably visited here as a child though that'd be many moons ago. Great video! Do you travel all over UK? I've subscribed :)
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed! I don’t go all over the UK but I try to get around as much as I can. Most videos are in Northumberland :-)
When I was a young woman, I and my best friend were among the first to go to Corrymela, just up the road from Bonamargy. My friend was sure she saw a ghostly nun.
Maybe Julia is trying to show people where the treasure is or warning people it's not safe there due to the loose stones? The place does look eerie there's probably many spirits there. Thanks for the vid. Very interesting as usual.👍🏻😊
Wonder why anyone has not made any feature film on this story till now .
Sometimes souls in purgatory are allowed to reveal how they died so people pray for them
However often when they do this we misinterpret the event as something sinister because of how scary is is
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Move over, Valak.
Indeed!
I can understand how you truly believe in the stories and not just tell them by the fact that you didn't try the ritual.
In my place there was an abandoned friary (now it's a restaurant) who was abandoned in th 1600s and stayed so until a few decades ago and the people who went to visit it said that if you throw a rock inside the walls, something throws the rock back and in the church there is a fresco of Holy Mary that watched from a particular angle looks the Devil.
Wow,a stone fell from an old stone wall