Hauntings

The Lady with the Lamp at the Old Foyle College

Foyle Arts Centre behind Magee College, Derry

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The Foyle Arts Centre stands behind Magee College off Lawrence Hill in Derry, in a building that once housed Foyle College. Spirited Isle says it is known for being haunted by the lady with the lamp, who is said to be seen wandering its upper floors holding a lantern in her ghostly hands. The Derry Journal repeats it in its list of Derry hauntings.

No identity, date or witness is attached. It is typical of the lamp-carrying lady ghost found in old institutional buildings, and I have kept the account as short as the sources.

Evidence
Single witness account
Access
Access unrecorded
Location
55.006, -7.323 (Parish-level only, treat as an area)

Sources: Spirited Isle, "Foyle Arts, Ulster University" [other]; Derry Journal, "Halloween: 23 of Derry and Donegal's most haunted spots and their spine-chilling ghost stories" (2024, updated 2025) [other]

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