by 5u5p3nc3Auth0r | Sep 18, 2017 | A Thin Slice of Heaven, Ghosts
An Irish friend once told me that any self-respecting castle must have at least one ghost and in Ireland where the veil is thin, ghosts abound. So when I came across a castle that is purported to be the most haunted castle in all of Ireland, I knew I had to explore...
by 5u5p3nc3Auth0r | Sep 18, 2017 | Ghosts
Burt Castle was built during the 16th century in Ulster at the southern edge of the Inishowen Peninsula. Inishowen had been in the hands of the O’Doherty Clan for more than a thousand years and Burt Castle was only one of several castles that dotted the peninsula. It...
by 5u5p3nc3Auth0r | Sep 18, 2017 | Ghosts
The Inishowen Peninsula rests at the northwestern corner of Ireland, a wild, untamed landscape with craggy rocks upon which the Atlantic Ocean whips and the winds pummel. It lies within County Donegal, one of the nine counties of the ancient Irish province known as...
by 5u5p3nc3Auth0r | Sep 18, 2017 | Checkmate Clans and Castles, Ghosts
Nine miles off the western coast of Ireland lies a tiny island known as Toraigh, better known as Tory Island. Only three miles long and about half a mile wide, winds off the Atlantic buffet the cliffs that extend from the ocean’s surface to more than 245 feet high,...
