Haunted Castle In Ireland Analysis

The Haunted Castles of Ireland

Ireland has a rich history. There are many legends which have come from both Northern and Southern Ireland. You will read about some of Ireland’s haunted castles after which you can take a trip to this magical land and decide for yourself – are they or are they not haunted? Carrickfergus Castle a Norman castle located in the town of Carrickfergus in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. High on a rocky promontory it was once almost surrounded by the sea. The castle had an important military role until 1928 and over the centuries has seen a lot of military action as it has been at various time besieged by the Scots, Irish, English and the French. John de Courcy the conqueror of Ulster began building the castle
It is thought that he met with a violent death. There are people who have said that this young man was unjustly and wrongly accused of the murder of an officer in the castle and afterwards was executed there. Another story in that he fell madly in love with the wife of another man and was murdered by the man he had wronged. Whatever the reason for his death he supposedly has remained at the castle and his spirit is still there today. Castle Leslie located in Glaslough upbeat, Monaghan in Northern Ireland. It has been the home of the eccentric Leslie family for over 300 years and over successive generation it has played host to many celebrities such as Sir John Betjemen, WB Yeats, Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney. This castle was designed in the Scottish Baronial style by Charles Lanyon and W.H. Lynn in 1870 for Sir John Leslie, 1st Baronet MP. In the castle the Red Room is said to be haunted by Norman Leslie who was killed during WWI. His mother Lady Marjorie who was sleeping in the Red Room awoke one night to see Norman’s ghost standing near the foot of her bed looking through some letters. After awhile the apparition of her dead son turned to look at her, smiled and then just faded away. Other strange happenings have also been reported as happening in this castle such as bells ringing by themselves and strange figures wandering down
Offaly in Southern Ireland. This Norman style castle was built some time around the beginning of the 16th century by the McCoughlan clan. It rises over 50 feet into the sky. Clonony Castle was still being lived in until relatively recent times. The castle sits on a rocky outcrop at the SE corner of a bawn. (A bawn is the defensive wall surrounding an Irish tower house being the anglicised version of the Irish word badhún meaning "cattle-stronghold" or "cattle-enclosure".) The main ghost associated with Clonony Castle is that of a man who is surrounded by a strange, hazy, eerie glow. He stands at the top of the tower wearing old-fashioned clothes. The tall, skeleton like figure is usually seen by people driving by the