Bram Stoker may be Ireland's most famous writer worldwide — even rivalling James Joyce, though that's a debate for another day. Building on a lineage of Irish horror writers, Stoker gave the world Dracula, a tale of devilishness that has gripped the global imagination like no other work of fiction.
This walk explores Stoker's work against his own era and the millennia of Irish stories of evil spirits and our uneasy pact with the Underworld. A thousand years of foreign occupation left Dublin steeped in blood, fear and persecution — darkness that fed the imagination. We'll revel in his predecessors too: Charles Maturin, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, and Oscar Wilde, each conjuring their own vision of the Other World.
This event runs on several dates — pick the one that suits you.
Date: Thu 5 Nov – Sat 7 Nov
Location: National Gallery of Ireland (meet outside gate), Dublin
Date: Wed 4 Nov – Sun 8 Nov
Location: National Gallery of Ireland (meeting point outside gates), Dublin
Date: Fri 2 Oct
Location: RDS Arena, Merrion Road
Date: Sat 31 Oct
Location: Howth Castle Estate, Fingal
Date: Wed 16 Sep + 3 more
Location: Ballymun Library, Dublin 11
Date: Fri 16 Oct
Location: Civic Theatre
Date: Wed 7 Oct + 2 more
Location: Ringsend Library, Dublin 4
