Ireland has never been short of battlefields. From the great set pieces of medieval warfare to the ambushes and reprisals of the War of Independence, the island's landscape has absorbed centuries of organised violence. In many cases, the dead were buried where they fell - in unmarked graves, in mass pits, or not at all.
The reports from these locations follow a pattern that will be familiar to anyone who has spent time researching Irish paranormal history. Sounds without origin. Figures seen at dusk. An atmosphere that settles over certain fields and stretches of road that locals have noted for generations, often without knowing the history beneath their feet.
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