Lambeg is an old quaint town in Northern Ireland which has an official history dating back to 1676 but its roots could have been far older than that. The earliest gravestone in the Lamberg Parish Church is known to be dated 1626 and the church itself is said to date back to the 13th century where it was managed then by a Franciscan Monastery. When Oliver Cromwell took over during the 1600s, the church was said to be an ancient nunnery and that perhaps delineates the time when the mysterious ghost of the Irish nun comes in. She has been spotted by some for close to four centuries and she is always seen taking a definitive route back to the Lambeg Parish Church where she then disappears. She is so real almost as if she is truly in flesh but no one has yet seen her face.
Those who have seen her claim she takes a familiar route from the Lambeg House which was built many centuries ago and was formerly known as Glenmore House. Today, Lambeg House is known as Chrome Hill and a family is said to dwell in the house. Records show Lambeg House was possibly the site of a small farm dwelling prior to it being used by an established linen merchant known as Wolfenden. So, possibly the house bears some interest for this nun since she seems to start from this location onwards. From the point where the house begins, the nun would be seen walking down the path along the highway going towards Ballyskeagh and where some say she would disappear as soon as she reaches the nun's garden at the parish church grounds close to the entrance of Wolfenden's Bridge. This would be the area close to the graveyard.
Those who have seen the nun claim she does not speak but what is very distinctive about her is the cloak she wears which is said to be really old fashioned and grey in color. She is seen wearing a black hood which covers most of her face, so it is hard to tell her face really. However, she bothers no one and seems to prefer taking her usual walks down the path to the church quietly. It is not known why she originates somewhere around Lambeg House but the area around Lambeg House is known to have been a site of much mercantile activity possibly of the linen trade in the 1600s and 1700s timeframe. Also, the nun does not take the main entrance to the church close to River Road which was recently constructed and instead takes the locked entrance to the church closest to the bridge. Bear in mind this nun is of the old century. Her ghost is impervious to the modern changes of the world - she will continue to walk the way she has done so and which her living life took her and the good thing about her is she means no trouble nor does she frighten anyone. But no one can understand why she is seen and why she looks so real. The best thing to do is to leave her alone if you see her. On occasion, people have tried to pick up a conversation with her but she looks nowhere else and simply walks the way she has been doing so. Some curious ones have tried to see her face but the cloak she wears covers her so much that nothing can be seen. If she is finding for something dear to her, we hope she does and her soul will possibly find the peace it needs.