A happy St Patrick’s Day to you all across the world. The Covid-19 pandemic is affecting each and every one of us and I hope that you will stay safe wherever you live.

We are having an unusual St Patrick’s Day celebration here in our little corner of the world where our pubs and restaurants are closed because the Irish Government has advised us to stay at home. We are bracing ourselves for an increase in infection cases over the next couple of weeks that will put enormous strain on our health system but everyone is working hard to save lives.

This is the sort of photo I use to give me ideas. If you were out for a walk and came across this, would you go in?

What would you find in here? A biscuit tin with an old diary inside? Old love letters from people long dead? A sack of stolen trinkets? Or perhaps a pile of bones? I know if this was a scene from a murder mystery on television, some innocent person would be walking a dog; the dog would go into here and a body would be discovered. It’s a classic.

Do you have any haunted houses near you? There are so many tales about them in Ireland that it’s hard to choose. Here’s one mansion that has such a frightening history people will no longer live in it. People who are still alive, that is...