Leamaneh Castle - Haunted History

Corofin, Clare

Leamaneh Castle is situated about 30 minutes away from the famous Cliffs of Moher, which feature in 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince' as the location where Harry and Dumbledore go in search of one of Voldemort's horcruxes in an unnamed cave by the sea.

The castle itself is said to be haunted by the ghost of "Red Mary", who was rumoured to have had over 20 husbands, most of them all meeting a similar untimely death. Eventually, locals sealed Mary alive in a hollow tree trunk on the castle's grounds for her crimes. Visitors to the ruins have reported hearing her evil cackles as they walk around the grounds.