a list of Irish unsolved mysteries, conspiracy theories, oddities, and mildly interesting events
abbeyshrule airfield is secretly being used by the american military?
anchor falls from the sky and attaches itself to church door. man is seen swimming from "sky ship" to try and release it.
anime advert released in 1997 to advertise murphy's irish stout
anne bonny, legendary female pirate who mysteriously disappeared
beauchamp bagenal, adventurer and handsomest man in ireland, who "fought a prince, jilted a princess, intoxicated the doge of venice, carried off a duchess from madrid, scaled the walls of a convent in lisbon, and concluded his exploits with a duel in paris."
big bertha, the world's oldest cow
bleeding religious statues in templemore, tipperary
butcher sees a flash of light and smoke coming from a field; investigates and discovers a tiny corpse that gardaí believed to be a rabbit. however, belfast laboratory carries out tests and marks the specimen "alien embryo."
chaocipher, the unbreakable code. only 3 people were entrusted with the knowledge of how to solve it by the creator.
celtic cross made out of trees viewable if you fly over donegal
chinese porcelain letter seals mysteriously found scattered in various locations in ireland
coffin of elderly woman dug up and mysteriously dumped on tipping point
couple mysteriously disappear after attending funeral; their belongings are all intact and their house is undisturbed
dave mustaine of megadeth once yelled "give ireland back to the irish!" at a northern ireland concert. a fight broke out in the crowd, and megadeth had to travel in a bulletproof bus.
the death of sophie toscan du plantier, one of ireland's most famous murders
disappearance and death of andrew spence
disappearance of american woman annie mccarick in ireland
disappearance of jimmy o'neill, longest missing person case in ireland
disappearance of postman larry griffin
disappearance of lisa dorrian
disappearance of 6 year old mary boyle
disappearance of schoolboy philip cairns
disappearance of trevor deely
during the easter rising, the fighting stopped twice a day so the ducks in st stephen's green could be fed
the earliest known illustration of the moon is in a passage grave near the river boyne
éamon de valera was made an honorary ojibwe chieftain
elliot warburton wrote a book called darien, or the merchant prince, about a disaster on a steamship. warburton later died in a disaster on a steamship and his novel was published posthumously.
the first use of the word dystopia was by john stuart mill, describing british governance of ireland
the freemason's hall in dublin, the second oldest grand lodge in the world
free-spirited englishman moves to ireland following a holiday; goes missing. there have been numerous reported sightings of him over the years, with some believing him to have joined a cult called the hare krishnas.
george bernard shaw tried to reform the alphabet
girl's face visible on satellite images of belfast's titanic quarter
the hungry tree, an 80 year old tree eating an iron bench in the grounds of ireland's oldest law school
hy-brasil, a phantom island said to lie in the atlantic ocean west of ireland. it appears on some early maps but has never been reached. according to myth, it is shrouded in mist except for one day every 7 years when it becomes visible.
icelandic father flies to ireland for a poker tournament, disappears in broad daylight never to be seen again
inishmaan, the most isolated of the aran islands. with a population of only two hundred, irish is still the vernacular language and fishing is the main trade.
ireland has the highest number of ufo sightings in europe
ireland's only native reptile
irish guards officer falls 3,500 feet from an aircraft after parachute fails to open; survives by smashing through a corrugated iron roof in kenya which broke his fall
the irish loch ness monster
irishman attempted to steal the crown jewels in broad daylight; was pardoned because king charles ii was so impressed with his daring
irishman disappears in middle-eastern desert while on religious pilgrimage
irish people eat more breakfast cereal than any other country in the world
irishman survives both the sinking of the titanic and the sinking of the empress of ireland
irish teenage girl living in spain goes out on new years day; is never seen again. her brother is later on stabbed by their stepfather.
island off the coast of dublin populated by wallabies
jack lattin, a young musician from kildare who danced 8 miles before dropping dead of exhaustion in 1731
jean mcconville; kidnapped and murdered by the provisional ira for allegedly being an informant. her murder remains unsolved, with a number of high-ranking figures as suspects.
jenny diver, famous pickpocket who was educated, attractive, well-dressed, and led a gang of thieves
the kerry babies, one of the most tragic cases in 20th century ireland
kyleter's inn, kilkenny's oldest inn, which was established by ireland's first convicted witch.
limerick once briefly ruled itself in a soviet style government
the mayo gaa curse - why does mayo always reach the finals only for disaster to strike at the last minute?
the man who never existed, an unknown man who died almost as soon as he arrived in ireland
memorial plaque honouring someone who never existed near o'connell bridge, dublin
a mexican pilot crash landed in ireland and the locals came together to build a temporary runway for him to take off and continue his flight
mother in rural town vanishes into thin air
mound of the hostages, an ancient neolithic tomb that only lets in light twice a year
murdering lane and cutthroat lane
murder of moll mccarthy. a man was executed for her murder but was posthumously discovered to be innocent. her real murderer is still unknown.
the murder of raonaid murray; witnesses heard her telling someone to "leave her alone" and "go away", but ignored it. they then heard her scream as she was stabbed. her murder is still unsolved.
mv plassey, a steam trawler that ran aground in the 1960s and is still standing on the shoreline of inis oirr. it can be seen in the opening credits of father ted.
priest unjustly executed, all 12 jurors and the hangman subsequently died violent deaths
queen maeve, a galway duck, lays world's largest duck egg, almost as big as an ostrich egg. when the outer shell was broken, another egg was found inside.
st michan's church, a place where you can shake hands with an 800 year old mummy
stray cat found in northern ireland in 2015. its microchip information revealed that the cat is australian and 25 years old.
suspicious ships off the coast of kerry unloads what appears to be military equipment. inspired numerous conspiracy theories although some believe it to be a hoax.
the theft of the irish crown jewels
thomas legge, irish wandering adventurer who became a fakir and lived naked in an empty tomb in the deserts of rajasthan
the unsolved mystery of aer lingus flight 712
the vanishing lake in antrim
the vanishing triangle: an area where many young women have disappeared without a trace
what happened to shergar, the famous racehorse?
what killed the irish immigrants buried in a mass grave shortly after their arrival to philadelphia?
who killed lizzie o'neill?
"why go bald" neon sign in dublin
the world's most successful fugitive, john patrick hannan, is irish. he avoided capture for over 60 years and is still at large
the world's oldest bar is in ireland. it's been in business since 900 ad
the world's shortest play, just 35 seconds long
yola; a language derived from middle english that was spoken in wexford. it went extinct in the 19th century and had french, flemish, and welsh influences.
young woman disappears after going to nightclub; no body has been found and there is an unusual lack of evidence
2 iron age bog bodies were discovered in 2003. they were both well-groomed males, one with manicured nails and another with hair styled with gel. they had both been murdered.
in 1875 there was a fire in a whiskey distillery. 13 people died, not from the fire, but from alcohol poisoning due to drinking the whiskey that was flowing down the street in rivers
385 million year old foot prints in kerry
