Charleville Castle.
Picture a rising Gothic Pile
Built on the ancient grounds
Of Gael
Here Pagan Queens
Drew in the honeysuckle air
Beneath the skies of Tullamore.
New Earls arrived
And seized it all
…and to Barren Lands
…the Queens
And the Molloys were squeezed
For ever more..
And now their ghosts are said to float
In the most haunted castle
Left on Earth.
Lord Byron and the rest
All gallivanted there
They came to old Paloozas
For the
Off Beat atmosphere.
A young enthusiast once climbed
The ever winding tower stairs
To seek the Girl
Who vanished there.
…
…and he was never seen again
Only his camera was found.
And this weekend my son is working there
Will he be changed
By that strange music in the air ?
Kristine Byrne
3rd August 2014