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Clare Glynn Chitan at Ormston House

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What memories linger with in these walls What spirits visit and walk these halls Stairs and rooms, memories from years to year Spirit of joy and sorrow ring out in the air Secrets, whispered from room to room  Telling of births and deaths, now silent as the tomb. Laughter and tears mothers voices children’s calls….

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Brendan Hayes at Ormston House

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‘THREE ORDINARY GHOSTS NEAR ORMSTON HOUSE’ They were just three ordinary ghosts that I met, going about their ghostly business- so was I surprised? Well: I was surprised that I wasn’t more surprised by meeting the three ordinary ghosts. I guess they were not at all spooky – No silly sheets over them with burnt-out…

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Evan Kennedy at Ormston House

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In the early 90’s this was the site of Forbidden Planet Comic shop and it was geek heaven in the basement.  We would spend hours here every Saturday devouring the latest comics from the U.S. I remember how happy my brother’s best friend Niall was to get the latest issue of ‘The Maxx’. I remember…

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Karen Dunn at Ormston House

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I came to Limerick as a stranger, My views formed by media sound bites, Now I feel a kinship and love And I find myself speaking about the city As a mother would of her slightly wayward child Not always the best behaved, But the most fun to be with. – Karen Dunn

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