Druid Lane, in the elderly part of Galway, was once home to several monasteries. After the Mick Lally Theater moved onto the street, reports began to come in of people seeing the ghost of a faceless nun wandering outside.
The Mick Lally Theater, home of the eminent Druid Theater Company, is a center of artistic and cultural significance in Galway, Ireland. Although the Mick Lally Theater is eminent for its performances and contributions to the arts, it also hides a mysterious and eerie history, full of tales of ghosts and unexplained phenomena.
In 1979, the Druid Theater Company found its modern home in a former tea warehouse on Courthouse Lane, tucked away in Quay Street in one of Galway's oldest areas. At the time, the building was one of several in the area that remained abandoned for years. Little did they know that their modern home would soon become a cornerstone of the city's cultural landscape.
The name of the theater is a tribute to one of its founders, Mick Lally, a beloved figure in Irish theater, known for his extraordinary contributions as an actor and director.
Druid Lane has changed around Mick Lally's Theatre
The Druid Theater Company was a success in its modern location and Courthouse Lane itself was transformed as the Mick Lally Theater did well and people began to flock to the area. In 1996, in tribute to the company's 21st anniversary and its significant role in the city's cultural scene, Courthouse Lane was officially renamed “Druid Lane”. Today it is a bustling thoroughfare and a dynamic cultural center in the heart of Galway.
However, in the shadow of the once abandoned building that is now the Mick Lally Theatre, sometimes the ghost of the past also appeared.
Visitation of a faceless nun
The area around the Mick Lally Theater was once inhabited by nuns from the numerous convents and convents in the area. It was this story that gave rise to blood-curdling stories about encounters with ghosts. Among these stories is the haunting figure of a faceless nun who is said to wander silently along Druid Lane, just outside the theater doors.
In the 1980s, the theater's reputation for the supernatural was reinforced by a disturbing incident involving eminent actor Sean McGinley. One evening, while McGinley was working difficult at the Mick Lally Theater, he reported hearing strange and unexplained sounds coming from the building itself, which forced him to flee the place before he saw anything else.
Reference:
Mick Lally Theater (Druid) | Haunted Galway, Ireland | Ghost Island
Druid's Ghost – Site Archive – Druid Theater Company, Galway, Ireland
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