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\"Hilda<\/a>
Hilda Blennerhasset is said to walk the floors of Ballyseedy Castle in Ballycarty in Kerry carrying a single red rose. Why the rose? It was part of the rent due to the crown, to be paid on St John the Baptists Day every year…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She walks its halls within its walls
\nRed rose in ghostly hands
\nThe rent to be paid when grant was made
\nOf these Fitzgerald lands.<\/p>\n

Six pounds too a year was due
\nBut in the afterlife it seems
\nMoney is dead, but instead
\nEverything a promise means.<\/p>\n

She walks its floors through walls and doors
\nA single rose around does bring
\nWord honoured to the crown as she looks down
\nFrom a window on a land that knows neither queen or king!<\/p>\n

Do YOU want to stay at Ballyseedy Castle? She hasnt been seen in years, but you might meet the ghost… www.ballyseedecastle.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

She walks its halls within its walls Red rose in ghostly hands The rent to be paid when grant was made Of these Fitzgerald lands. Six pounds too a year was due But in the afterlife it seems Money is dead, but instead Everything a promise means. She walks its …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[3081,1115,3085,3082,451,3083,3084],"class_list":["post-2992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ballyseedy","tag-ghost","tag-haunted-castle","tag-hilda-blennerhasset","tag-irish-ghost-story","tag-paranormal","tag-tralee","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-Mg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2713,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/passing-ballybrit-castle\/","url_meta":{"origin":2992,"position":0},"title":"Passing Ballybrit Castle","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"29th May 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"By force won from the feirce O'Flahertys Held by Burke for the English Crown On the wrong side of the Wars of the Roses They in time faced the English who wanted to burn it down. 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