Cahersiveen’s ghostly goings on
DOES the famous old RIC barracks in Cahersiveen hold a ghostly secret?
Recently a group of paranormal investigators from Ghost Éire visited the well known historic attraction to investigate.
Four members of the team arrived at the barracks in October armed with a variety of apparatus designed to detect spectral presences.
Team member Laurie Cronin told The Kerryman about some of what the group experienced.
“When we arrived it was nothing like I expected it to be. It wasn’t the cold and clinical structure one would assume a barracks to be but more like a quirky little castle straight from a fairy-tale.”
“It was a perfect night for an investigation as the wind and rain pelted the now darkened windows. We were excited to delve straight in as we had a couple of fascinating experiments lined up for the evening.”
“We used the Maglav, a magnetic levitation device which can hoover an object using the magnetic field. We used this in a séance in the Early O’Connell room on the first floor, which Jen and I felt some extremely strong blasts of air and I felt what seemed to be the presence of a little child holding my right leg.”
“Jen wore a brain imaging headband (EEG) that measures brain activity. We then moved on to the School Area where we used the device, the Franks Box. The Franks Box can be used to communicate with Spirit using high waves of radio frequency.”
“The name Steve or Stephen came up a few times, but the most bizarre to all of us were the sounds of gasping and coughing coming from the box. It sounded like someone was panting and out of breathe from rushing around or trying to get a task completed. We have never encountered this before.”
“We next went up to the Gallery room on the second floor where we did the mood and talking boards. The divination instrument (planchette) moved to purple, the Spirit expressing a sensual or clarity emotion.”
It was certainly quite a visit who knows what stirs in the barracks. A TARBERT man is aiming to raise €10,000 by Christmas for charity RISE through the launch of his latest poetry book.
A supporter of Frances Black’s charity, the RISE Foundation, since its inception in 2009, Paddy Creedon will host the first launch of his newest book ‘Mind the Voice’ on Saturday, December 1 in the Tarbert Community Centre at 6.30pm with funds raised going towards the Foundation.
In 2015, Paddy raised €5,000 for the Foundation through his joint venture with Listowel artist Olive Stack, a book of poems called ‘Mind the View’.
This year, he hopes to continue to greatly support the organisation, which supports families impacted by a loved one’s addictions.
The launch in Tarbert Community Centre is part of Paddy’s ‘Drive for Five Thousand Euros in Kerry & Dublin’, which is all in a bid to raise €10,000 by Christmas Day for the RISE Foundation. The book’s Dublin launch takes place on Wednesday, 5 December in Wynn’s Hotel, Dublin City Centre at 6.30pm.
‘Mind the Voice’ is described as a “book of poems written from the heart” by Paddy while also featuring images and artworks. It also comes in a CD format and with a custom-designed bookmark. The book costs €15. The money raised will help the Foundation in its plans to launch its first family programme – a 10-week programme for family members with a loved one recovering from addiction - in Kerry in 2019 on a pilot basis.