White Gates Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 9/4/2011
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The Gates have long since decayed but the legend of Squire O'Hara's headless ghost lives on.
Please take care if visiting this cache after dark.
The cache won't be easy to reach by yourself and is a small Tupperware type container. Take care when retrieving and replacing the cache please.

There are many stories of strange happenings here at the entrance to the O'Hara's old estate. The story below is the one that started it all and still lives on today.

Sometime in the earlier centuries Squire O'Hara was probably one of the wealthiest landowners in Borough and had extensive contacts through out Ireland and the U.S.A. and had been called off for some important business abroad being the nobleman that he was he was married (possibly!!!) in his early twenties to a most beautiful maiden..............
Unbeknownest to Squire O'Hara his beloved was having an affair with his most trusted friend so when ever a chance arose the two lovers would be together, returning from abroad earlier than expected O'Hara was in jubilant mood and couldn't wait to see his love after his absence.
It was a dark stormy night when Squire came to his home at Crebilly, on entering the mansion he was greeted as usual by his butler but was aware that his attention was trying to be diverted he raced upstairs and his trusted friend and wife in embrace he fell to his knees he couldn't believe what he was seeing. He arose in a rage and cursed them both to hell and he would have his vengeance in this life or the next.
Squire tore out of the mansion in blinded fury enraged by his lying mind, he straddled his horse and took off down the lane. As he drew nearer he did notice that the gates were closed but no matter his horse was more than able to jump it but as he rose the horse over the gates its two front legs caught the top of the spikes on the gate and he tumbled backward off the horse and was horrifically decapitated by the spikes.................
A few days later he was buried in the graveyard at Ballymarlow in a full fitting column with a carved likeness of him atop, but that night there was a fierce storm and a bolt of lightning cut off the head from the column.

A few months later in the mansion there was gossip of strange goings on around the land of O'Hara butlers were terrified to spend any time on the property and of course everything had been left to his love the estate all their wealth but as time went on she became more paranoid but did eventually bore a son to her lover and a short time after there was a vicious fire in the mansion and they all fled from it vowing never to set foot in it again.

Rumour has it that the wealth buried in the basement of his stately castle is still their waiting to be rediscovered only thing is no one remembers the location of where the mansion was built but every hallow'een he stalks the land of the white gate estate searching for the people that betrayed him!!

If your interested Squire O'Hara's grave and broken column can be visited just 1 km away.
N54 50.841
W006 13.716
Again be careful after dark.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Bire gur oevqtr jnyy orybj gur vil. Or pnershy

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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