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Leap Castle

Built in the fourteenth century, Leap Castle Was 0 the Stronghold of the powerful and bloodthirsty O’Carrol, famiIy bloodshed Was a common occurrence for the O’Carrolls and a massacre once took place at a family reunion in the banqueting hall. Even the chapel wasn’t sacred.

In 1532, a bitter dispute Over successiofl arose and as siblings fought each other for leadership of the clan, one-eyed Teige O’Carroll is said to have slain his own brother, who was also a priest, as he celebrated Mass in the ‘Bloody Chapel In the seventeenth century the O’Carrolls lost Possession of the castle to an English soldier named Captain Darby, Who married into the family. In 1922 the castle was destroyed by fire and during its restoration a sinister room crammed with the remains of victims of Leap Castle’s bloody past was found.

Over the next seventy years, the castle remained unoccu pied, and because of its violent histo it was shunned by locals, especially at night when ghosts were said to inhabit it. People from across the fields said they could see the window of the Bloody Chapel suddenly light up, as ough hundreds of candles were flickering inside. Those brave enough to walk in the ruins reported sightings of a lady wearing a billowing red gown.

in 1991 the castle was sold to Sean and Anne Ryan, and Sean set about converting it into a family home. Restoration was soon halted when a ladder Sean was using was inexplicably pushed away from the wall, leaving him with a fractured knee. Later another accident happened and this time he broke an ankle. ‘We began to think that we weren’t welcome here,’ Anne Ryan said at the time. However, today Sean and Anne seem to have been largely accepted by the spirits. For example, in May 2002 Sean and Anne found a ghostly old man sitting in a chair by a downstairs fireplace. Completely unfazed, the couple said ‘good day’ to the phantom and contin ued about their business. It seems that ghosts settling by the fireside has become part of life for those who inhabit, or visit, Leap Castle. Female Ghost | Green Lady | Lauder | Aberdeenshire | Angus | Barcaldine | Barcaldine | Birmingham | Bishop Cameron | Bladnoch | Braemar | Carlow | Doncaster | Dublin | Dumfriesshire | Dundee | Essex | Female Ghost | Ghost | Goatfell mountain | Green Lady | Green Lady | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Kent | Loch Fyne | Nairn | Pontefract castle | River Tyne | Scotland | Scotland | Scotland | Scotland | Shropshire | Southeastern Ireland | Sussex | The female ghost | Witchcraft |