D Friday, October 16, 2009 METRO Enjoy Sensibly Visit Follow Captain Morgan on facebook as he continues his global adventure. Win weekly legendary prizes, get the lowdown on upcoming parties all over the country and challenge Captain Morgan and his Morganettes to Dare The Captain and win 1,000 in cash. Got A Little CaptainInYou? Visit facebook.com/CaptainMorganIreland The CAPTAIN MORGAN words and associated logos are trade marks. Captain Morgan Rum Co. 2009. BY ROSS McDONAGH This prison can really give you the spooks Rebel spirit continues to make a Wicklow jailhouse rock Psychic: Angie Freeland has witnessed paranormal events on her tours Picture: PA IRISH rebels if theyre not busy fighting off oppressive powers or trying to free their country, theyre making a nuisance by throwing tables. Restless spirits from a jail where 1798 rebels were held are moving furniture during night-time paranormal tours, it has been claimed. Psychic Angie Freeland said she was forced down the stairs during one trip to Wicklows His- toric Gaol. Up to 30 visitors taking part in a paranormal tour were also said to be shocked by their ordeal and had to call staff for help. Ms Freeland maintains that on five occasions spirits moved furniture during her paranormal tours, which she runs with her husband Keith. The phenomena go on and on and we have only held public events for two months so far, added Ms Freeland. The prison was built in the early 1700s and the earliest recorded prisoner was Fr Owen McFee, a 72-year-old priest convicted of saying Mass. Many of the 1798 rebels were also locked up there and, like Billy Byrne, whose monument stands in Wicklows Market Square, were hanged in or near the jail. Another leader of the Unit- ed Irishmen, James Napper Tandy, was held there before going to France. Hugh Vesty Byrne, a first cousin of the Wicklow Chieftain Michael Dwyer, was one of the few prisoners ever to have escaped. The facility closed in 1900 but re-opened less than 20 years later to house members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and Sinn Fin. Erskine Childers was held there prior to his execution. It finally closed for good in 1924. The psychic couple said they were over- whelmed by the activity since starting the par- anormal visits. They claim that on the night of August 28 a former warder called Jack growled at the group and threw stones at them. The following night the spirit of a young boy, Robert, is said to have playfully rocked the table in front of half a dozen people. But on the third night the same table was rocked violently, while another table was moved 12ft, forcing Angie down the stairs. Ghosthunters International previously shot a television programme from the tourist attraction, claiming it was one of the most haunted locations in Ireland. Bunnies for the boiler THE bodies of thousands of rabbits are fuelling a heating plant in Sweden. Stockholm has an annual cull of rabbits to protect the capitals parks. The rabbits are then taken to a plant in Karlskoga, central Sweden, which controversially incinerates them to heat homes. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html