The Hellfire Club
A Dublin Ghost Story
One of County Dublin's most familiar landmarks, The Hellfire Club, on Montpelier, about four miles from Rathfarnham, is said to be haunted by a demon.
The building there was erected in 1720 by the Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, William Connolly, as a residence during the hunting and shooting seasons. It was built with the stones of an old cairn which had stood on the same spot. Shortly after, the roof was torn off in a storm.
In 1735, James Worsdale, the painter, and Richard Parsons, first Earl of Rosse, bought the building and made it the head-quarters of the Hellfire Club of Ireland. Before that the meetings had been held in the Eagle Tavern on Cork Hill, Dublin.
The club was believed to be a place of debauchery and blasphemy, and among its rules was one which required that a member be able to consume 10 glasses of whiskey before dinner, one quart after dinner, after which he was able to find his own way home. Failure to perform this feat meant instant dismissal from the club.
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Tradition has it that a popular beverage among the Club members was Scaltheen, made by brewing whiskey and butter together. A special Scaltheen maker from the locality was employed.
When the man learned too much of the activities of the Club, the story goes, he was forced to drink himself into stupidity. The other members then tossed him into a blazing fire and the man was burnt to death. Local stories say that his ghost has been seen among the ruin's of the Hellfire Club.
Has anyone ever done the Hellfire Club in Tallaght? Did you pass out?
Its said that if you walk backwards around the hellfire club (which is an abondoned hunting club) 13 times, you see the devil and pass out. There's a small bottemless pitt there I hear. I've never done it but I wan't some expeirance
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what hairstyle does jean grey have when she is the Hellfire club's Black Queen?
Dark Phoenix Saga, inner circle black Queen. 18th century style what? 19th century style what?
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A brief History on the Hellfire Club?
The Hellfire Club was the popular name for an exclusive English club that met irregularly from 1746 to around 1763, run by Sir Francis Dashwood. During the time of the club's operation, they were commonly thought to hold notorious, orgiastic and satanic meetings at Medmenham Abbey, beside the Thames.
At the first gathering in May 1746, they met at the George and Vulture public house in Lombard Street, London, the meeting place of the 1720s group. The initial membership was limited to twelve but it soon increased. Of the original twelve, seven have been almost certainly identified: Dashwood, Robert Vansittart, William Hogarth, Thomas Potter, Francis Duffield, Edward Thompson, and Paul Whitehead. Though not a member, Benjamin Franklin occasionally attended the club's meetings.
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