Leap Castle

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Leap Castle is a historic Irish fortress in County Offaly, reputed to be one of the most haunted castles in the world.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Leap Castle canonical 3

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf castle ⓘ
haunted castle ⓘ
allegedToBeHauntedBy Elemental spirit ⓘ
O’Carroll family members ⓘ
prisoners killed in the dungeon ⓘ
architecturalStyle tower house ⓘ
associatedWithClan O’Bannon clan ⓘ
O’Carroll clan ⓘ
builtFor O’Bannon clan ⓘ
constructionStartCentury 15th century ⓘ
controlledBy O’Carroll clan ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
currentUse private residence ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
damagedBy explosion ⓘ
damagedIn Irish Civil War ⓘ
damagedInYear 1922 ⓘ
famousFor ghost stories ⓘ
paranormal activity ⓘ
featuredIn ghost hunting documentaries ⓘ
paranormal television shows ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Leap of the O’Bannons ⓘ
Leim Ui Bhanain ⓘ
hasFeature chapel ⓘ
dungeon ⓘ
murder hole ⓘ
secret passages ⓘ
tower keep ⓘ
hasPart Bloody Chapel ⓘ
courtyard ⓘ
gatehouse ⓘ
main tower ⓘ
locatedIn County Offaly ⓘ
province of Leinster ⓘ
locatedNear R421 road ⓘ
linked to: R448 road

town of Roscrea ⓘ
linked to: Roscrea
materialUsed stone ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage Irish ⓘ
notableRoom Bloody Chapel ⓘ
offers guided tours ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
possibleEarlierOriginCentury 13th century ⓘ
reputedAs one of the most haunted castles in the world ⓘ
one of the most haunted places in Ireland ⓘ
restorationStartDecade 1990s ⓘ
restoredBy Sean Ryan ⓘ
siteOf massacre of O’Carroll family members ⓘ
usedAs fortified residence ⓘ
stronghold ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

County Offaly → hasNotableSite → Leap Castle ⓘ
King's County → hasNotableSite → Leap Castle ⓘ
Offaly → hasLandmark → Leap Castle ⓘ
subject linked to: Offaly, Ireland