Some Facts About BritainThe White Lady with a lantern, warning ships of danger on stormy nights, at St Ives, Cornwall; the spectre of Sir William Langhorne that harasses women in Charlton House, now a community centre, in London; the mermaids at Sennen Cove, Cornwall; how Sir Francis Drake hunts with the Wish Hounds near Marchant's Cross, Dartmoor; the ghost of Sir Walter Raleigh, seen in the Byward Tower of the Tower of London; how Dozmary Pool, Cornwall, is home to the Lady of the Lake, protecting King Arthur's sword, Excalibur; how a white hare seen near Looe, Cornwall, is the spirit of a suicidal girl; the demons, witches and piskeys (pixies) that torment travellers at Kenidjack near St Just, Cornwall; the mermaid carvings of Zennor Church, Cornwall, reminders of how a mermaid and one Matthew Trevella became lovers; and how Sir Francis Drake invoked the Devil to make changes to his home, Buckland Abbey, are some of the folklore, haunted places, ghosts, myths and legends of Britain. We wish you an enjoyable stay at your chosen Maguires Bridge Northern Ireland UK hotel. The famous and/or historic hotels of the world are major destinations in their own right. The Hotel Lisboa and its famous casino in Macau, Claridge's in London, the Polana Hotel in Maputo, the Grand Coloane Beach Resort in Macau, the Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town, the Ritz-Carlton in Hong Kong and the Goldeneye Hotel (once the home of James Bond author Ian Fleming) in Jamaica's Oracabessa Bay. are internationally renowned hotels. |