";s:4:"text";s:6170:" Save the Hellfire Club launches legal challenge against €19 million Dublin Mountains visitor centre. The Dublin Hellfire Club has a notorious reputation The notorious Hellfire Club in the Dublin mountains is a name murky with ugly rumours, dark deeds, black magic and blasphemy. Members of the Irish Hell Fire Club, which was active in the years 1735 to 1741, used Mount Pelier lodge as a meeting place. The On the other side of the Military Road to Hell Fire Wood and the Stewards House is the remains of Killakee Estate (The White family built Killakee House on the estate in the early nineteenth century.When Samuel White's widow, Anne, died in 1880, she bequeathed the estate to her late husband's nephew, Following the eviction, Killakee House was briefly used as an operations base by the Detective Unit of the In 1978, the archaeologist and historian Patrick Healy discovered the remains of a prehistoric On the northern slopes is another ruined building, known as Carthy's or McCarthy's Castle.In the land adjacent to Carthy's Castle is Orlagh House which has been owned by the In 2017, Orlagh House was sold to a private buyer. "However, in October 2016 a further excavation discovered a huge passage grave similar to that at Further down the hill, along the Military Road, is a two-story house, known as The Stewards House or as Killakee House (not to be confused with the now-demolished Killakee House that served as the residence of the Massy family who owned the adjacent Killakee Estate). They found the building to be empty besides an overly large black cat with horns for ears patrolling the grounds, where an apparent feast had just taken place. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. It is commonly referred to as the Hell Fire Club (Irish: Club Thine Ifreann), the popular name given to the ruined building at the summit believed to be one of the first Freemason lodge's in Ireland. The Hellfire Club, Co. Dublin Published in 18th-19th Century Social Perspectives, 18th–19th - Century History, Features, Issue 3 (May/June 2010), Volume 18. It was best known for its members engaging in debauchery and misbehaviour, which usually involved alcohol, sex and of course a little devil worship/Satanism. This became so prevalent within the club that its president even resorted to wearing Satan like costumes with horns and hooves and was referred to by his nickname ‘The King of Hell.’Rumours that animals and even some humans were sacrificed within the Dublin Hellfire Club soon followed. It is thought that the remarkable lodge on Mount Pelier Hill was erected c. 1725. This event triggered one man to accompany a priest on an investigation of the club the following day. She has visited some of the most famously haunted places around the world in search of evidence of the paranormal. Luttrell was a vicious gambler, finding himself in financial trouble due to his addiction.Legend has it that he made a pact with the Devil to clear his debts, and in return he would offer his soul within seven years.On the night the Devil appeared at Montpelier in search of his end of the bargain, Luttrell fled in terror.This was not the prince of darkness’s first trip to the Hellfire Club it seems, as another tale refers to his appearance as a stranger in search of shelter one night.The club granted him admittance for the evening, and a game of cards began.When one of the members dropped a card on the floor, he bent to pick it up. The Dublin Hellfire Club’s usual meeting place was not the lodge on Mountpelier but the Eagle tavern on Cork Hill, one of the more insalubrious parts of the 18th-century city. With his departure, the Hellfire Club was no more.That does not put an end to the stories of ghostly occurrences on Montpelier Hill, however.Many visitors to the site today claim to have seen shadows darting throughout the building, claiming a malevolent presence still lurks within the forsaken lodge.The sound of a woman screaming in agony has also been reported on several occasions.This is believed to be the spirit of a woman who was kidnapped and thrown into a barrel, only to be set alight and rolled down the hill by the mad men of Montpelier.Other visitors to the site have experienced someone pulling at their jewellery (particularly religious items) and scarves, as well as the feeling of being strangled. The north elevation.