6 ways Ireland is seriously spooky
Frightening placenames, cholera epidemics that inspired Bram Stoker, and featuring in episodes of Murder She wrote…
View Article17 become 10: Here are the possible names for Dublin's new bridge
Tony Gregory, Oscar Wilde and Jonathan Swift are among the names dropped from the remaining options.
View ArticleDrumroll please: And the new bridge in Dublin city will be called…
The decision on the name of the Marlborough Street bridge was made by councillors at a meeting of Dublin City Council tonight.
View ArticleDracula's legacy: How the 'Irish-born' vampire kicked off horror films
Dracula is the most enduring horror character – but why do we love him so much?
View ArticleIreland's oldest library needs help to fix famous books, including one by...
Marsh’s is an Enlightenment-era library, and has thousands of books that need some form of conservation work.
View ArticleThe making of Dracula: How Bram Stoker's 'in-betweener' status inspired horror
Being a middle-class Anglican in Victorian Dublin helped Stoker create one of literature’s most monstrous characters.
View ArticleThe painless man and reptile queen: Meet one of Ireland's more unusual power...
Kitty le Roux and Grim Squeaker are part of Bleedin’ Deadly, and plan to give you a bit of a scare this Halloween.
View ArticleFrom the vaults to the resurrections: Best horror movies to watch this Halloween
Please don’t make us watch alone.
View ArticleSpooky card tricks and scary snakes: what's your Halloween party turn?
Irish performance artists Grim Squeaker and Kitty Le Roux share theirs with us.
View Article'Samhain was an obvious time to commemorate the dead'
A historian talks us through some Halloween traditions, from preparing the house for spirits to trick or treating.
View ArticleUpside-down world of Macnas to take over Dublin this evening
Spectators will get closer than ever to the spooktacular street performance in special twilight parade.
View ArticleHow a former Riverdance star is turning Dracula into a mysterious stranger
A new play premiering next week ignores the usual Dracula tropes, making the story even more eerie.
View ArticleFrom mummified bodies to a civil service desk job, this was Bram Stoker's Dublin
We explored the connections the author of Dracula has to Ireland’s capital.
View ArticleStep inside the headquarters of Ireland's Freemasons
It’s one of the most unique buildings in Dublin.
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