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            Charlesfort, or Dún Chathail in the Irish language, was built between 1677 and 1682 during the reign of Charles II as a fortress to defend against attacks from enemies approaching via the sea. William Robinson, who designed the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham in Dublin, is credited with the design of the fort. A bastion fort with one section of the curtain wall built in star fashion. It is located  at the southern end of the village of Summer Cove, on Kinsale harbour, County Cork, Ireland.First completed in 1682.

The tragic suicide of a mourning bride has left a sad and sometimes unfriendly ghost at Charlesfort, in Cork. The reputed ghost is known as the White Lady of Kinsale. One of the fort’s soldiers married a local girl and they stayed at the fort for their wedding night. The soldier had watch duty that night and after the day’s celebrations fell asleep. Other soldiers in the fort found him asleep while on duty and the Forts commander had him shot for dereliction of his duty,  After hearing about her husband’s death, the bride flung herself to her death from one of the fort’s walls. She haunts the fort ever since.

There have been numerous reports and sightings of The White Lady over the years, seen wandering through Charles fort by soldiers and their families, especially children. Two sergeants were packing up some equipment when one of their  daughters asked who the White Lady smiling at her was? Both men saw nothing, but the girl insisted that a woman in a white dress had been looking at her. In another sighting, a nurse saw The White Lady standing over the bed of a sleeping child. There have been many contemporary sightings of her and she is reputed to continue to haunt the fort and its walls today.

Taken on: May 25, 2020

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