The Writer's Blog

As I count down to the release of my second novel, That Frequent Visitor , I will be posting some of the spookiest factoids I have come across on the internet. You don't have to believe all of them or none at all, however, given the amount of Tim Burton movies & Scooby Doo cartoons I have nourished myself with, I can't stop getting fascinated by these Legends . The first one from the series has been presented by ScoobyDoo Fan  on 4girlsandaghost.wordpress.com and they are taking you all the way to Ireland. Spring Hill 4girlsandaghost.wordpress.com SPRING HILL - The 17th-century Plantation House, home for nearly 300 years of the Lenox-Conyngham family, reputedly plays host to the most-sighted and best documented ghost in Ireland. Site of the tragic suicide of then-master George  Lenox-Conyngham  in 1816, the Blue Bedroom is the traditional setting for the many well-recorded appearances of the tall lady, dressed in black, always said to be George's widow, Olivi

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Ireland vs India, Match 22 (Final Scorecard) Cricket World Cup, 2011 - India vs Ireland, M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, Match 22 Match Result: India beat Ireland by 5 wickets Man of the match: Yuvraj Singh (IND) Toss won by: India Status : Match Ended Batted First : Ireland Batted Second : India Ireland: 207 for 10 in 47.5 overs R/R: 4.32 Ireland Batsman Status R B 4's 6's William Porterfield (C) c Harbhajan Singh b Yuvraj Singh 75 104 6 1 Paul Stirling b Zaheer Khan 0 1 0 0 Ed Joyce c MS Dhoni b Zaheer Khan 4 5 1 0 Niall O'Brien (W) run out (Virat Kohli) 46 78 3 0 Andrew White c MS Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh 5 10 0 0 Kevin O'Brien c & b Yuvraj Singh 9 13 1 0 Alex Cusack lbw b Yuvraj Singh 24 30 3 0 John Mooney lbw b Yuvraj Singh 5 17 0 0 Trent Johnston lbw b Munaf Patel 17 20 2 0 George Dockrell c MS Dhoni b Zaheer Khan 3 10 0 0 Boyd Rankin not out 1 1 0 0 Extras :    18  (b - 0, w - 8, nb - 6, lb - 4, Penalty

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - England vs Ireland, M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, Match 15 Match Result: Ireland beat England by 3 wickets Man of the match: Kevin O'Brien (IRE) Toss won by: England Status : Match Ended Batted First : England Batted Second : Ireland England: 327 for 8 in 50.0 overs R/R: 6.54 England Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Andrew Strauss (C) b George Dockrell 34 37 2 1 Kevin Pietersen c Niall O'Brien b Paul Stirling 59 50 7 2 Jonathan Trott b John Mooney 92 92 9 0 Ian Bell c Paul Stirling b John Mooney 81 86 6 1 Paul Collingwood c Kevin O'Brien b John Mooney 16 11 0 1 Matt Prior (W) b Trent Johnston 6 5 1 0 Tim Bresnan c Trent Johnston b John Mooney 4 8 0 0 Michael Yardy b Trent Johnston 3 6 0 0 Graeme Swann not out 9 5 1 0 Stuart Broad James Anderson Extras :    23  (b - 1, w - 20, nb - 0, lb - 2, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/91 (Andrew Strauss 13.3 ov.), 2/111 (Kevin Pietersen 17 ov.), 3/278 (I

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Match no. 9 Bangladesh vs Ireland (Final Scoreboard) Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Bangladesh vs Ireland, Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Match 9 Match Result: Bangladesh beat Ireland by 27 runs Man of the match: Tamim Iqbal Series Status: Toss won by: Bangladesh Status : Match Ended Batted First : Bangladesh Batted Second : Ireland Bangladesh: 205 for 10 in 49.2 overs R/R: 4.16 Bangladesh Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Tamim Iqbal c William Porterfield b Andre Botha 44 43 7 0 Imrul Kayes st Niall O'Brien b John Mooney 12 12 2 0 Zunaed Siddique run out (Ed Joyce) 3 8 0 0 Mushfiqur Rahim (W) c Andrew White b George Dockrell 36 66 2 0 Shakib Al Hasan (C) c & b Andre Botha 16 20 3 0 Roqibul Hassan run out (Andrew White) 38 69 1 0 Mohammad Ashraful c Andrew White b George Dockrell 1 6 0 0 Naeem Islam c George Dockrell b Trent Johnston 29 38 3 0 Shafiul Islam lbw b Andre Botha 2 17 0 0 Abdur Razzak b Trent Johnston 1