Cork magician Liam Sheehan kept Michael Jackson spellbound

During his long career, Michael Jackson was used to delivering the magic but, for 10 fun-filled days in Ireland, it was Liam Sheehan who kept the pop star and his family spellbound.

Liam, an illusionist from Glanmire in Cork, entertained the superstar and his three children, Paris, Michael and Prince Michael II, at Blackwater Castle in Castletownroche, Co Cork, when Jackson lived there in 2006.

Liam had been peforming for visitors to the castle where, unknown to him, Jackson and his family moved to escape paparazzi.