Ghost Hunters in "Sharon House" Newtowncunningham - Donegal Ireland
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Ghost Hunters in "Sharon House" Newtowncunningham - Donegal Ireland

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Sharon House - The house was formerly the High Rectory of Ireland.
It took 15 years to build Sharon House with stones obtained from Drumbee Quarry and painstakingly brought to the site by horse and cart. A stone dates the original building to the year 1775.

In the month of March 1797, on a dark and stormy night, the Reverend Dr. Hamilton, Rector of Fannet ( Fanad ) Parish, County Donegal, was a very prominent man. He was active in detecting and bringing to justice the rebels called United Irishmen; they marked him as a victim and relentlessly pursued him to be killed.

On that fateful night, he was on his way to Derry to get a regiment of soldiers to put down the rebellion in his part of the county. During those troubled days, it would have been foolish to travel alone and unarmed. So, he traveled with a servant, two horses, and two pistols.

The night was ice cold and stormy, but he crossed Lough Swilly by ferry which, at that time, landed close to Sharon House. In 1797, Lough Swilly ran past Sharon. Now, it has been diverted for more productive farming.

As the wind was getting stronger and the rain heavier, he decided to stopped at Sharon House to see his friend, Dr. Waller who was Rector of the Parish and a Fellow of Trinity College, in Dublin (It is said that he did not tell the Reverend Dr. Waller that he was a marked man and relentlessly pursued by the rebels).

Dr. Waller was in a wheelchair due to an accident that left him paralyzed on his left side. He had a servant by the name of Barney McCafferty, who attended him faithfully, day or night. Mrs. Waller was a lovely lady, a gracious, hospitable hostess. It was known that many eminent people including professors from Trinity College, in Dublin, would come to stay during the summer months at Sharon House.

At that time, the Wallers had three ladies, staying with them, two of them being the nieces of Dr. Waller. The Wallers were delighted to see Dr. Hamilton. The weather that evening was so stormy that they persuaded Dr. Hamilton to stay overnight. As the group of friends conversed over a delightful meal, they heard pounding feet. The muzzle of a gun was thrust through a window of the room in which they were sitting. The men wanted "bloodthirsty Hamilton!"
Mrs. Waller rushed to the side of her husband's chair to protect him. Dr. Hamilton followed her and crouched next to them, bewildered and frightened. The rebels shouted that all they wanted was Dr. Hamilton, not the good Waller family.

A shot was fired which struck Mrs. Waller on the ear and cut a piece off but, stunned, she remained by the side of her husband. Above the yelling of the rebels, more shots were heard. Mrs. Waller was struck again on the shoulder. She dropped! She attempted to crawl to the kitchen but she was hit again. She was carried to the kitchen, bleeding profusely from her wounds.

In the scuffle, Dr. Hamilton vanished and hid in the cellar. After a search conducted by the rebels, he was discovered, dragged out and killed without mercy on the stone steps of the entrance to Sharon House.

After the mob left, Dr. Waller sent two horsemen to get Dr. Blair for Mrs. Waller but it was to no avail! Mrs. Waller died from loss of blood.
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