Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Discover a darker side of Dublin on this spine-chilling tour! On this 2.5-hour guided walking tour, learn about the many Gothic writers who lived in Dublin as you visit the city’s ghostly places, like Dublin Castle and Trinity College. Hear spooky tales of Dublin’s past, learn about the catastrophic Great Famine, and shake hands with a real mummy!
Discover Dublin’s dark, mysterious past on this guided walking tour. As you tour the city’s ghostly places, your local guide will teach you several little-known facts about this fascinating city. Hear the legend of the origin of Halloween: In 5th-century BC Ireland, the country’s Celtic people had a pagan holiday called ‘Samhain.’ On October 31st -- last day of summer on the Celtic calendar -- spirits would return to possess the living. To ward them off, people in the Celtic villages would dress up in costumes resembling ghouls and demons.
Tour Trinity College, City Hall, Dublin Castle, the medieval City Steps, the Old House of Parliament and the Brazen Head pub as you hear stories about famous writers who lived in the city, like Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula. Listen to some thrilling extracts from chilling Gothic novels written by Oscar Wilde, Charles Maturin, Joseph Le Fanu and more.
Hear ghostly, gruesome true stories as you enter the crypt of St Michan’s Church, where hundreds of bodies lie in final, mummified peace. If you wish, you may be allowed shake hands with a real mummy! From there, take a tram ride to the stark Famine Memorial Statues before stepping aboard the Jeanie Johnston for a tour of the famine ship. Learn about the Great Famine in Ireland and hear stories of the people who died of cholera while crossing the Atlantic in search of the ‘New World’ of North America.
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