A father's evil, twisted wrath, a young girl's violent death, malignant secrets and eternal vows of revenge start a chain of events that transcend time.    For hundreds of years anger, pain, violence and desire have swirled like whirlwinds through the long narrow corridors and cold uninhabited rooms of Cragmore Abbey high above the North Atlantic on the wild and windy Cliffs of Maher in Co. Clare, Ireland. Century after century passes but still the spirits linger - waiting for that one person who is destined to fulfill the ancient prophecy which has been handed down father to son, mother to daughter since that fateful day when it was all set in motion.   

The time is at hand when the past will converge with the present.   Has Brianna Ryan been sent to expose Cragmore Abbey's secrets?  Will an ancient promise of revenge ultimately be extracted or will evil prevail over good once more?   Will Brianna's love and compassion for her long dead ancestor and her desire to avenge the ancient wrong be strong enough to exorcise the specters at Cragmore Abbey or is she and her unborn child destined to join them?

 When centuries converge upon each other and time has no relevance are the living with the dead or the dead with the living?  Does time stand still or simply wait patiently for the minute hand to move?  Brianna Ryan is about to find out.

(so far)

Lady Mary Margaret O'Neill:   15 year old daughter of Angus O'Neill, Lord Karney of Cragmore Abbey.

Angus O'Neill, Lord Karney:   Father of Lady Mary Margaret O'Neill.  Master of Cragmore Abbey and Landlord of the tenants on the surrounding lands.

Sean McQuillan:   Beloved of Lady Mary Margaret O'Neill

Brianna Megan Ryan:  Heroine.   Widow of Colin Ryan.  Adopted Daughter of Alice and Gregory Seward.   Adopted sister of  Michael Henry Seward.

Colin Ryan:  Deceased husband of Brianna Ryan. 

Michael Henry Seward:  Brother to Brianna Ryan.

Peter Langley  ll:  Owner of Langley Art Galleries and Brianna's employer.

Zaira McDougal:  Sister of Colin Ryan.  Wife of Semus McDougal.  Daughter of Briget and Fein Ryan.  Mother of Jamie and Kirsten.

Jamie Ryan:  Youngest Brother of Colin Ryan and Zaira McDougal.  Son of Briget and Fein Ryan.  Member of the Irish Republican Army.

Kathleen Ryan:  Eldest spinster sister to Colin and Jamie Ryan and Zaira McDougal.  

Briget and Fein Ryan:  Parents of Colin, Jamie, Zaira and Kathleen.   Also parents to Sean Ryan and Malcom Ryan, deceased.

Sean Green:  Leader of the local chapter of the Irish Republican Party.

"The Ghost in the Castle" copyright 1999
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