Plas Newydd (New Hall) was the home for many years of Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby, two 18th century eccentrics who always dressed in male clothes, who came to Llangollen from Ireland in 1779 and were known as "The Old Maids of Llangollen".
They were to live at Plas Newydd for nearly 30 years and so much did they love the house that it is understandable that their ghosts should visit their old home once a year, on Christmas Eve, drifting around in their best male attire. It is said that only men can see the Old Maids |
