| Dracula Halloween Horror Festival | | | | and ghouls dance their way along, much to the delight |
| Clontarf Castle Hotel will host Bram Stoker-Dracula | | | | of spectators and participants alike. The night ends |
| Halloween Horror Festival. | | | | with a fantastic fireworks display. Revellers then part |
| From 27th-31 October 2010. Born in 1847 in Clontarf, | | | | to head for the many nightspots which host Halloween |
| Dublin, Stoker wrote 18 book the most famous of | | | | fancy dress events. |
| which was Dracula, published in 1897. The event will | | | | Hidden Dublin Walks Halloween Special |
| focus on a wide variety of spectacles including an | | | | Hidden Dublin Walks Ltd offer spooky walking tours of |
| international Vampire World Championship Cloak Race, | | | | Dublin all year round but also offer a special Halloween |
| a ghost walk of the ancient Clontarf Cemetary which | | | | treat on evenings leading up to and on Halloween night |
| contains the ruins of the church where Stoker was | | | | itself. The meeting point annually is St Audeon's Church, |
| baptised in 1847, and a Science Fiction Convention with | | | | Cook Street Entrance, and all participants are |
| a horror mastermind quiz and a scream party. Entries | | | | requested to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to |
| will be invited from all budding directors and actors to | | | | departure. The evening begins with a walking tour of |
| the Stoker Academy Short Horror Film Competition. | | | | Dublin with a macabre twist where participants will |
| First prize will be 1000 and entrants are requested | | | | hear dark tales of the city. The tour then takes one by |
| to submit work of at least 15 minutes duration on a | | | | coach to the Hellfire Club in the Dublin Mountains. The |
| gothic/horror theme | | | | burnt out shell of this haunted hunting lodge dating from |
| Horrorthon Film Festival | | | | 1725 is known for its association with Satanism, the |
| From 21-25th October 2010, the IFI will host the | | | | supernatural and the occult. The story-teller will recount |
| Horrorthon Film Festival. The first event took place in | | | | tales of black masses and exhumations which took |
| 1998 when horror favourites greats like Deep Rising, | | | | place throughout the years at this spooky location. |
| The Reanimator, Deranged and The Texas Chainsaw | | | | Learn about and watch footage from the paranormal |
| Massacre were screened. Over the years the festival | | | | investigations carried out at the Hellfire Club grounds. |
| has grown to become a 5 day event with many | | | | Children's Pooka Festival |
| premier screenings and guest appearances by famous | | | | The annual Children's Pooka Festival takes place from |
| directors producers and actors. So head to Eustace | | | | Tues 26th to Thurs 28th October 2010 at the Seamus |
| Street in Dublin for this years event which is sure to as | | | | Ennis Cultural Centre, Naul, County Dublin. On Tues |
| good as years gone by. | | | | 26th, the kids can participate in a Halloween lantern |
| Samhain Parade | | | | workshop, where a teacher will help the little ones glue |
| Halloween is a time for celebrating Ireland's Celtic and | | | | tissue on to a willow framework and then decorate it. |
| Pagan traditions and Dublin is certainly the place to be | | | | The class begins at 10am for children 6 years and |
| this year. The Samhain Dublin Parade takes place | | | | upwards, booking essential. On Thurs 28th October, |
| annually, usually on the 31 October. The Parade winds | | | | Make your own Broomstick will commence at 11.30. |
| its way around the city centre streets and ends in | | | | Kids will have fun making this essential Halloween item, |
| Temple Bar, the cultural quarter of Dublin. The streets | | | | carefully supervised of course. Suitable for kids 6 |
| become alive with colour as dragons, devils, fire-eaters | | | | years and upwards and booking is essential. |