The Gallows Hill Apparition

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The Gallows Hill Apparition

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Details

Location

Dungannon

Year

1963

Date

Production 01/01/1963

Length

03min 27sec

Audio

sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcast Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

It is illegal to download, copy, print or otherwise utilise in any other form this material, without written consent from the copyright holder.

Description

The very name Gallows Hill conjures up images of somewhere you wouldn’t want to be after dark. Whether or not this played into the minds of the locals of Dungannon to conjure phantoms in their minds is unclear. However, UTV reporter Jimmy Greene attended the scene to speak to eye witnesses who were prepared to testify to ghostly goings-on on the site of the hanging tree.

Jimmy even gets involved in playing the local spectre for a bit of trick photography for the camera, a foreshadowing of his later career as an actor when he left reporting behind. Initially appearing in famous shows of the 1970s such as Colditz and Secret Army, Greene would especially find fame in his later life during the 2000s with a constant stream of small roles in series such as Midsomer Murders, Wolf Hall and Doctor Who. As to the authenticity of the Gallows Hill Apparition… well, we’ll leave that for you to decide.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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