Scare Week - Duckett’s Grove

Duckett’s Grove is an imposing building in County Carlow, Ireland - a 12,000 acre estate and home of the Duckett family for 300 years. The current house was built in 1830 by William Duckett and incorporates a number of towers and turrets in a gothic style. The entire house was destroyed in 1933 by fire and has been abandoned since, although a tea room has opened in a drive to bring tourists.

We recently visited Duckett’s Grove as part of Scare Week, a radio series we worked on with South East radio station Beat 102 103 and we were accompanied by Wexford Paranormal, one of the country’s top investigation groups. For us, it was our first time to attend a paranormal investigation and we were interested in knowing how it worked having seen Most Haunted and similar shows on TV.

We chose to investigate two main locations - The bottom of a tower where a growl had been heard and a window in which a figure of a lady had been seen. For the most part, nothing happened although we did hear the rattling of chains and went to investigate. When we went to edit the video, the footage of that part had vanished. Strange. Later we were told by listeners to the radio show that a dog can be seen at around the 3 minute mark in the video. Have a look and see what you think.

There are many stories told of paranormal activity in Duckett’s Grove and we were enthralled by each one. The estate is open to the public so it’s possible to visit and Wexford Paranormal conduct regular investigations which are always well worth getting involved in.