Marsh’s by Candlelight

Doors: Please arrive 10 minutes before your allotted time.
Age Suitability: 12+. Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.
Accessibility: This event is not suitable for wheelchair users.

Name: Marsh’s by Candlelight
Start: 2026-10-23T18:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-10-24T19:30:00+01:00
Location: Marsh's Library

What to expect

As darkness falls, join an eerie after-hours tour through Ireland’s oldest public library. First opened to the public in 1707, Marsh’s Library has remained remarkably unchanged for more than three centuries, with its darkened galleries, ancient books and original oak bookcases steeped in centuries of history and scholarship.

Hear the strange stories that have become attached to Marsh’s over the centuries, including the ghost said to haunt the second gallery. You can also discover the library’s connections to some of Ireland’s best-known Gothic writers. The tour will also uncover the library’s links to Bram Stoker, who first visited as a young student in 1866. Visitors will see the books he consulted during his seven visits and the very page in the visitors’ book where Stoker left his signature.

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