Charleville Castle - History
Charleville Castle is regarded as one of the most haunted buildings in Ireland it is located near the town of Tullamore. The castle is situated in Ireland's most ancient primordial oak woodland, once the haunting grounds of Irelands druids thousands of years ago. The castle was built in 1798. Abandoned in 1912, for unknown reasons, it was not until 1971 that the new owner Bonnie Vance began restoration work on it. It may have been the restoration work that disturbed the spirits at the property because it was at this time that the ghosts at the castle started to become active.
On the Castle grounds was once the site of an ancient burial ground inhabited by druid Celtic priests in the 6th century. The Oak was the Sacred Tree of the Druids and in the grounds of the castle is a Druid's Initiation Circle a constant reminder that this was a Sacred Ritual site. When the plague hit Ireland it was widespread during the middle ages, many of the local sick people were buried alive to prevent the sickness from spreading. Many believe that their spirits continue to haunt the castle grounds.
There are many local rumors that the man who built Charleville Castle, Charles William Bury practiced devil worship and chose this site for its paranormal energy. The castle was designed by Francis Johnston for Charles Bury . Both Francis and Charles were followers of Sacred Geometry and the design and layout of the Castle and grounds reflect those beliefs and practices . Two of the Earls of Charleville were Grandmasters in the Freemasons of Ireland .That is why the towers were designed with the eight point star construction . The castle was purposely built on Electro Magnetic Ley Lines in the earth that past civilizations had discovered here long ago.
Harriet, youngest daughter of the third Earl of Charleville, tragically died on the main staircase of the building at the age of 8 in April 1961. Her presence in the castle has been reported many times by many different people. Singing in the middle of the night, laughing, screams. Visitors have also said to have seen an image of a little girl with a blue and white dress, with golden curls with blue ribbons in the hair. The ghost of a small boy occasionally joins her and once, when he was around three years old, Bridget Vance's son went missing in the castle. Fearful of the steep stairs and precarious drops around the property, the family began an anxious search. They eventually found him at the bottom of the stairwell where he told how "the little boy and girl" had looked after him as he came down the stairs.
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