Two young girls have also been seen at Leap Castle. Emily & Charlotte. Emily is thought to be aged around 11 or 12 and Charlotte around 6 or 7. They are mainly seen playing in the main hall and running up the stairwell. They are believed to have lived at the castle during the 1600’s and are thought to be the last of the O’Carrolls or the first of the Darbys.
Emily died after falling from the castle’s south-eastern battlements. People outside the castle have reported seeing a girl falling off the castle roof and disappearing before hitting the ground. The sound of a child’s scream suddenly cutting out has been heard numerous times by the Ryans.
Charlotte has been seen with a deformed right leg that is almost totally turned backawards and drags backwards behind her; running after the older girl.
Mildred Darby has also seen a young girl at Leap Castle and her encounter is as follows:
Another night I was sleeping with my little girl. I awoke, and saw a girl with long, fair hair standing at the fireplace, one hand at her side, the other on the chimney-piece. Thinking at first it was my little girl, I felt on the pillow to see if she were gone, but she was fast asleep. There was no fire or light of any kind in the room.