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Location: Cornarooslan townland, near Cooneen, Co. Fermanagh. (Grid ref: 54.33012, -7.25617)
The Cooneen (pronounced Koon-yin) Ghost was one of the few spooky stories told to me by my father. He was born on Slieve Beagh in the townland of Fardross, Co. Tyrone only 4 miles as the crow flies from the Cooneen Ghost house just over the county border in Co. Fermanagh. He first mentioned it on a day trip back to visit an aunt in Fivemiletown when I first spotted the road-sign to Cooneen and mispronounced it as expected. He corrected the pronunciation and went on to tell me the story in broad terms – how the family had been plagued by the activities of a ghost, that finally exasperated they had decided to emigrate to America to escape it (as ghosts cannot cross water!) but that to their dismay the ghost appeared on the boat during the crossing. He said he thought the ghost continued to haunt the family in America but the detail in the story was scanty after that. He also mentioned that some people had felt the steering wheel being wrenched from their hands as they passed down the road where the house still sat. Fascinated, I asked him if he could drive out to see the house but he refused, saying we wouldn’t have time.
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