The Origins of Halloween Tour

Image of a carved turnip as per Irish Halloween tradition

Monday, 26 October 2026 - Sunday, 1 November 2026

Event times:

14:00 - 15:00

Event location:

EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum

Event price:

€24.00

About this event

Delve back into the origins of Irish traditions and explore how Samhain became Halloween. Irish ghost stories and funerary traditions travelled with the Irish diaspora and often became entangled with local customs to form entirely new traditions.

Learn more about The Dullahan (“dark man”) a malevolent harbinger of death who served as the inspiration for the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow, or how the local practice of burying corpses with a stake through the heart influenced the writings of Irish emigrant Bram Stoker, author of Dracula.

Uncover the tragic story of ‘Goody Annie Glover’ the unfortunate Irish woman who became the last person hanged for witchcraft in Boston in 1688 and how the influx of Irish immigrants, who brought their traditions and folktales, helped shape the story of jack-o’-lanterns in America.

This ticket includes entry to EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum and a bespoke tour.

Adult tickets cost €24, teenager tickets cost €16.

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