Cumber House, a Georgian estate near Claudy built about 1780, was the seat of the Browne-Lecky family, and was requisitioned for Allied troops in the Second World War. Spirited Isle says it is the focus of a ghostly legend about the family patriarch.
After his death, a local priest reportedly declared that the elder Browne was burning in the fires of hell. His outraged son confronted the priest and demanded proof. Pressed, the priest knelt, drew a circle on the floor and began to pray, and in the sight of the onlookers the elder Browne is said to have appeared within the circle, engulfed in flames. The priest fled and never returned. Another clergyman was then called to perform an exorcism and is said to have confined the restless spirit to a tree on the property. Scratching and low moans are said to come from the area around the tree.
The page lists other reported phenomena: dark figures, footsteps, moaning, moving objects, a vacuum cleaner switching on by itself and musical instruments played by unseen hands. These look like later additions to an older legend.
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