The O’Carroll clan was the last to surrender to the British in the 17th century. An underground network of tunnels and secret chambers housed the remains of more victims. Victims were hurled through a trap door and left to suffer and die on the spikes. In one corner of the Bloody Chapel was a secret dungeon called an oubliette, the floor of which was covered with spikes. When they had all sat down, O’Carroll had them all massacred. In another violent event, One-eyed Tiege invited some of his clan rivals to a lavish dinner at the castle. The room became known as “Bloody Chapel.” The rival brother, One-eyed Tiege O’Carroll, burst in and ran him through with a sword, killing him. One day, the priest was conducting mass for a group of clan members in the 14th-century tower of the castle. In 1532, the O’Carroll chieftain died, and infighting erupted over a successor. The O’Carroll clan was renowned for their fierceness and merciless treatment of enemies these acts extended even to rivals among the clan. The castle was owned by the O’Bannon clan, secondary chieftains to the O’Carroll clan, which obtained ownership of the castle. The violent events that may have contributed to the hauntings began in the 16th century. Nothing but ill befalls the owners of the castle, which seems to have been borne out by history.
According to lore, a Curse exists upon Leap because of all the evil that has taken place there. Its bloody history has left it with unpleasant Haunting phenomena. Leap Castle was built by the powerful O’Carroll sept, or clan, the Princes of Ely, who were chieftains in their area of County Offaly. Leap Castle is the former stronghold of the O’Carroll family, widely regarded as the most haunted castle in Ireland.
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