Want a chilling experience? Not too chilling — we want you entertained, not terrified. But we do venture into the supernatural and the origins behind Halloween customs we still enjoy today.
Halloween began as a Christian overlay on the ancient Irish feast of Samhain. The Celts revered their ancestors — and feared them too. On this night, the veil between worlds thinned and spirits, mostly malevolent, walked the land. People devised tactics to protect themselves, customs that survive today as Halloween traditions.
Irish writers drew on this folklore for their own spectral creations — The Picture of Dorian Gray, Melmoth the Wanderer, Carmilla, and Dracula. We'll dip into it all, and try not to get splashed in blood!
Date: Tue 13 Oct – Thu 31 Dec
Location: National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Date: Tue 13 Oct – Thu 31 Dec
Location: National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Date: Tue 13 Oct – Thu 31 Dec
Location: National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Date: Fri 23 Oct – Mon 26 Oct
Location: Tree of Gold, Central Plaza (meeting point), Dublin
Date: Fri 23 Oct – Thu 31 Dec
Location: Corner of Essex St W & Fishamble St, Dublin
Date: Fri 23 Oct
Location: National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Date: Fri 23 Oct – Mon 26 Oct
Location: Bray Central
Date: Fri 23 Oct – Mon 26 Oct
Location: The Old Storehouse
Date: Fri 23 Oct
Location: National Library of Ireland, Dublin
Date: Sat 24 Oct & Wed 28 Oct
Location: National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Date: Mon 26 Oct
Location: The tree outside Starbucks, 1 College Green
Date: Mon 26 Oct
Location: 82 Merrion Square S, Dublin
Date: Mon 26 Oct
Location: The Palace Bar
Date: Thu 29 Oct
Location: 82 Merrion Square S, Dublin
Date: Fri 30 Oct
Location: 81 Merrion Square S, Dublin
