It is one of the daily excursions offered by the 10 passenger Shannon Princess, cruising along the River Shannon through Ireland’s spectacular countryside. Leap Castle was built by the powerful OCarroll sept, or clan, the Princes of Ely, who were chieftains in their area of County Offaly. One thing you can be certain of is an encounter with Sean Ryan, Leap Castles’ eccentric owner, who will give you a personal tour and fill you in on its fascinating history. Study the history and learn why this Irish Castle is at the top of. If you’re particularly lucky (or unlucky, depending on your opinion) you might encounter “It”, a rotting ghostly presence the size of a sheep with a decomposing face and a stench of sulphur and death perhaps you’ll come across the Red Lady, who holds a dagger aloft in her hand or maybe Emily and Charlotte, two little girls who play in the corridors and sometimes plummet from the battlements in a grisly replay of Emily’s ultimate demise at the age of 11. Leap Castle has a bloody past of massacre and murder. Thousands of ghost hunters prowl its murky corridors every year in order to catch a glimpse of one of its many resident ghosts. Leap Castle in County Offaly holds the impressive title of one of the most haunted castles in the world.
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As it is a private home, you can’t explore all of it, but you can explore most of it. It is a three-storey house with a crenellated wall-walk.
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Video: Private Tour of Leap Castle Reputed to be Ireland’s Most Haunted House Join us for a full night in one of the worlds most haunted buildings Leap Castle is a battlement tower which was constructed in the 13th century (although. Leap Castle is a stone castle that features the architectural heritage of County Offaly.