The Banshee of Duckett's Grove: A Father Declan O'Shea Supernatural Mystery

By Patrick Dorn

An Irish priest helps a paranormal research team investigate reports that a wailing banshee, dreaded portent of doom, has returned to the burned-out, uninhabited castle at Duckett's Grove, Co. Carlow. 

 

The Father Declan Supernatural Mysteries are a series of standalone upbeat, redemptive and often humorous urban fantasy short stories set in Ireland. Approximately 6,900 words.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Patrick Dorn
• Release date: Mar 15, 2019
• ISBN: 9781386680543

Patrick Dorn

Patrick Dorn used to write weird westerns set in Old California, New Mexico, and Colorado, but then he visited Ireland. Now his supernatural fiction alternates between The West and The Emerald Isle, but is always, always weird. He's also an Anglican priest and a full-time chaplain. Check out Patrick's blog, stories, plays, musicals, children's books, and more at www.PatrickDorn.com. You can reach him at [e-mail]

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The Banshee of Duckett’s Grove

The Banshee of Duckett’s Grove

A Father Declan Supernatural Mystery

Patrick Dorn

Copyright © 2019 by Patrick Dorn

All rights reserved.

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Contents

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Heed the Banshee’s Cry

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Afterword

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About the Author

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THE FATHER DECLAN

SUPERNATURAL MYSTERIES

The Banshee of Duckett’s Grove

The Black Hag of Shanagolden

The Carlingford Leprechaun

Invasion of the Ballybogs

The Offaly Werewolves

The Portumna Bridge Troll

The Skibbereen Famine Man

The Viking Vermin of Dunmore Cave

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WEIRD WESTERNS

Attack of the Lightning Bugs

Chupacabrón

Gold Faever

The Gold Hill Ghoul

The Night Nurse: Glenwood Springs, 1888

The Odd Fellow’s Champion

The Pilfered Pelt

Quicker Than the Eye

Recalling Molly

Thin Skinned

The Ugliest Man in Albuquerque

MORE STORIES

Bush League

Coffin Stick

The Dog Boy

Needles & Pin

Right Place, Wrong Time

PLAYS AND MUSICALS

Check out my website for a listing of more than 100 plays and musicals (mostly for children).

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Heed the Banshee’s Cry

An Irish priest helps a paranormal research team investigate reports that a wailing banshee, dreaded portent of doom, has returned to the burned-out, uninhabited castle at Duckett’s Grove, Co. Carlow.

The Father Declan Supernatural Mysteries are a series of standalone upbeat, redemptive and often humorous urban fantasy short stories set in Ireland. Approximately 6,900 words.

Chapter One

Father Declan O’Shea knelt on the wet pea gravel floor of the ancient Castledermot Abbey’s ruined nave, trying to summon a saint. The cold seeped through his woolen habit, and small stones bit into his kneecaps, but he was undeterred. Through half-lidded eyes, he refocused on the flickering