Haunted Castles of Ireland. True Tales of Spirits, Banshees, and the Restless Dead from the Emerald Isle - L T James;L T James

For over a thousand years, the stones of Ireland have absorbed a country's grief, violence, and longing. From the Norman keeps of the Pale to the cliff-perched ruins of the west, every great Irish castle carries its ghost - and many carry several. Some are warriors who never accepted defeat. Some are noblewomen wronged in love. Some are children. Some have no name at all, only the cold breath you feel when you turn a corner that should have been empty.

In Haunted Castles of Ireland, you'll walk the haunted halls of:

Plus more than a dozen others, drawn from the historical record, the regional folklore tradition, and the testimony of those who lived in these places and would not stay.

For readers of Irish history, the supernatural, heritage travel, and the long Anglo-Irish tradition of the literary ghost story, this is the gathering of Ireland's haunted places you've been waiting for.

If your people came from Ireland - or even if they didn't - you'll find something in these pages that calls back to you across the water.

From The Forgotten Chronicles, the series of British and Irish folklore by L T James.