Footage claims to show the spirit of Saint Oliver Plunkett who was put to death in London in
1681
Tourists are flocking to a church after reports that the ghost of a long-dead saint has been
spotted.
There have been reports that the spirit of Saint Oliver Plunkett has been seen in St Peter’s
parish church in the centre of Drogheda, Co Louth.
A video which claims to show the head of the martyred saint hovering in mid-air has become
a sensation on YouTube.
It was shot just a few metres from a glass case which contains the actual head of the saint
who was put to death in London in 1681.
St Oliver suffered a shocking death when he was hanged, drawn and quartered in front of a
huge crowd because he would not give up his faith.
After a rigged trial he was the last Catholi martyr to die in England.
Along with his mummified head the door of the prison cell which held him in London are in
the church on West Street, Drogheda.
It was while filming the cell door that the saint’s head appeared.
Author Vikki Bramshaw said she only discovered the image of St Oliver peering out of the
prison door when she viewed the video taken with her mobile phone when she got home.
She said: ““I don’t really believe in ghosts or anything like that, so I was a bit spooked out to
see it when I was checking my video when I got home.
“I was just filming the cell door with my camera phone, and didn’t notice anything unusual at
the time, but when I checked it that night, I was definitely a bit spooked by what I saw.”
The YouTube footage appears to show a face that appears at the small hatch in the door a
number of times.
A local women who prays almost daily at the church said she feels the presence of St Oliver
but is not in not scared.
She said: “What would I be scared of? The head is scarier than any ghost.”
St Oliver was beatified in 1920 and canonised in 1975.
Every year thousands of thousands of pilgrims and visitors visit St Peter’s to see and
photograph the relics of St Oliver.
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