Michael Jackson in Westmeath?

I think the editor must have loved the “wacko” bit, otherwise the headline would have been,

“Michael’s Moate Meanderings”

See, far more alliterative!

did anybody hear about jackson buying a castle in tyrrellspass, co westmeath? apparently he has visited it many times before and recently purchased it for a mediocre €4.3 million with intent to renovate and live here with his kids out of the spotlight of the paparazzi.. hope it works it out for him! think its called - Tyrrellspass Castle -

Tony,

I doubt it. Ever since the Irish Daily Mirror published that Leprechaun Theme Park story there have been rumours about Michael in Ireland.

Jackson did stay here briefly at Luggala Castle while doing some musical stuff at Grouse Lodge Studios and the Irish Sun has him staying at Michael Flatley’s Castle down in County Cork for the last while, but there hasn’t been any word of him buying his own castle here.

In any case, I don’t imagine he’d buy Tyrrellspass Castle. Tyrrellspass Castle is a small castle with no land (aside from a small car park) right in the middle of Tyrrellspass with the main road running along one wall . . . and it’s the town’s main historical landmark - I sincerely doubt they’d sell it to Jackson, nor would he want such a small castle with no privacy.

I wouldn’t put it past him to buy a castle in Ireland, though. Does he have the money for that at the moment? Anyway, it’s obviously just good-sounding gossip at the moment.