{"id":307,"date":"2023-11-19T13:03:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T19:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/?p=307"},"modified":"2023-11-20T08:39:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T14:39:08","slug":"dunboy-castles-of-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/dunboy-castles-of-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Dunboy Castles of Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"307\" class=\"elementor elementor-307\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9564b75 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9564b75\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be5f45b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"be5f45b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2284f4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2284f4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bantry_Berehaven_and_the_OSullivan_Sept_1908_14595405607-768x554.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-308\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bantry_Berehaven_and_the_OSullivan_Sept_1908_14595405607-768x554.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bantry_Berehaven_and_the_OSullivan_Sept_1908_14595405607-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bantry_Berehaven_and_the_OSullivan_Sept_1908_14595405607-1024x738.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bantry_Berehaven_and_the_OSullivan_Sept_1908_14595405607-1536x1107.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bantry_Berehaven_and_the_OSullivan_Sept_1908_14595405607-850x613.jpg 850w, https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bantry_Berehaven_and_the_OSullivan_Sept_1908_14595405607.jpg 1676w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12207a7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"12207a7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b59a006 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b59a006\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/321123874_5772581982811423_7220041792187674001_n-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-312\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/321123874_5772581982811423_7220041792187674001_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/321123874_5772581982811423_7220041792187674001_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/321123874_5772581982811423_7220041792187674001_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/321123874_5772581982811423_7220041792187674001_n-850x638.jpg 850w, https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/321123874_5772581982811423_7220041792187674001_n.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39656f2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"39656f2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1842f40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1842f40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h2>Both Dunboy Castles are a dream of mine to be a part of a paranormal investigation.\u00a0 The reason is that my Grandfathers were the keepers of these castles.\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>One historical fact I have learned from my investigations of my family is that of my Grandfather, Sir Dermod &#8220;the Powdered&#8221; O&#8217;Sullivan, Lord Beara of Dunboy. He was the 11th Lord Of Beare and Bantry in Dunboy Castle, Munster, Castletown Bearhaven, County Cork, Ireland and he married\u00a0Lady Julia MacCarthy\u00a0in Ireland, daughter of\u00a0Lord Donal MacCarthy\u00a0and\u00a0Lady Eleanor Fitzgerald. Dormod was born circa 1500 and the most famous story of him is regarding his death in 1549.\u00a0 In 1549, Dermod died while defending Dunboy Castle against Cromwell\u2019s forces and during this battle, he accidentally blew himself up with gunpowder.\u00a0 Above is a depiction of the castle that was part of the Seige of Dunboy.\u00a0 This Dunboy Castle lays in ruins today but I am pretty certain, after all that has happened in this location, the spirits are restless.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad50546 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ad50546\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Iarthair_Chorcai_075-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-313\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Iarthair_Chorcai_075-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Iarthair_Chorcai_075-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Iarthair_Chorcai_075-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Iarthair_Chorcai_075-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Iarthair_Chorcai_075-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Iarthair_Chorcai_075-850x638.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The ruins of Dunboy Castle<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a1743f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4a1743f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc3315c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cc3315c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-227ef5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"227ef5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"254\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DonalOSullivanBeare.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-311\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DonalOSullivanBeare.jpg 254w, https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DonalOSullivanBeare-152x300.jpg 152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4da3259 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4da3259\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3370f3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3370f3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>The Famous Donal Cam O&#8217;Sullivan Beare<\/h2>\n<p>The most famous of Irish history is that of my Great-Uncle, Dermod&#8217;s brother,\u00a0Donal Cam O&#8217;Sullivan Beare, Prince of Beare, 1st Count of Berehaven. These brothers were the sons of\u00a0 Sir Donal &#8220;the Swarthy&#8221; O&#8217;Sullivan.\u00a0 I could give a huge history lesson here but I&#8217;m getting to the meat of this blog post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Donal was most notably known for the O&#8217;Sullivan March. After the Siege of Dunboy, Donal gathered his remaining followers and set off northwards on a 500-kilometre march with 1,000 of his remaining people, starting on 31 December 1602.\u00a0 Ireland reenacts this march yearly to this day. Donal, on July 16, 1618, had his throat cut in Madrid in Plaza de Santo Domingo, near the royal palace.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, although this story is very short, there are many reasons for spirits to linger in an area that meant so much to the O&#8217;Sullivans.<\/p>\n<p>Below is\u00a0 a map depicting the Seige of Dunboy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dfe391 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6dfe391\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90d03d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"90d03d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/the-sidge-768x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-314\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/the-sidge-768x682.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/the-sidge-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/the-sidge-1024x909.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/the-sidge-850x754.jpg 850w, https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/the-sidge.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Seige of Dunboy<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e424565 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e424565\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf31125 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf31125\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As you can see, I have strong connections to my O&#8217;Sullivan history and have always been drawn to visiting there in hopes of connecting with my ancestors.\u00a0 I am not afraid to be used as &#8220;ghost bait&#8221; to help with this connection for anyone wanting to investigate these castles.\u00a0 Further dives into O&#8217;Sullivan&#8217;s history, it continues on into America.\u00a0 I am excited to learn more about other locations to visit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The last of the O&#8217;Sullivan name in my family goes back to my 4th Great-Grandmother, Sally Sullivan.\u00a0 My lineage follows from her to her father John Sullivan and follows the paternal path to the origins of the name.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0c4773 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f0c4773\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9bb4be e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f9bb4be\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cef260 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5cef260\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"267\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/theghostofdunboycastle.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-315\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/theghostofdunboycastle.jpeg 267w, https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/theghostofdunboycastle-200x300.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-629b0ad e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"629b0ad\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-283167c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"283167c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Side note:<\/h2>\n<p>I have just learned of this book, The Ghost of Dunboy Castle and it has piqued my interest. Definitely on my to-buy list.<\/p>\n<p>One aspect of my personal style of paranormal investigating is learning about the history.\u00a0 I love bringing the stories to life.\u00a0 Accuracy and validation are very important to both of us.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone interested in collaborating on paranormal investigations regarding the Dunboy Castles or local history here in America, please contact us.\u00a0 We are MORE than interested!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both Dunboy Castles are a dream of mine to be a part of a paranormal investigation.\u00a0 The reason is that my Grandfathers were the keepers of these castles.\u00a0 One historical fact I have learned from my investigations of my family is that of my Grandfather, Sir Dermod &#8220;the Powdered&#8221; O&#8217;Sullivan,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16,20,19,17,6,18],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324,"href":"https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions\/324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nofearteam.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}