But traditionally, the monk is tied to a Tudor Lady and this
would put him back to the 16th century - a time when no building
stood on that site. One story is that he was enamoured with
the Lady of Rose Court, a Tudor house nearby. A more popular
idea is that he was the confessor of that lady during the
time when the Roman Catholic religion was banned, meeting
in secret. It is likely that the monk, had he existed, would
have come to a tragic end. Many Papist monks did when they
came to England at that time. He has reputedly been seen at
night as a shadowy figure reflected on walls in some of the
newer homes along the path he and his lady may have trod.
All accounts of the haunting
of Greystones identify the ghost as a 'monk' but just how
that particular religious office has been recognised has not
been explained. Had the spectre's attire been described it
might have offered some guidance but in the absence of such
a clue one is left to guesswork. It could be that no one mentioned
his dress because no one ever has actually seen it or him.
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