 In his last years although technically a free man he was forbidden to leave London, save that he was permitted to take his seat in the Parliament of Ireland which met in Dublin during April–May 1585.Lord Kildare died in London, still in a condition of semi-captivity, on 16 November 1585.According to legend, his ghost returns to Kilkea Castle every seventh year, mounted on a silver-shod white charger.