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Bram Stoker
Maureen Dowd: Trump the vampire enabler lives and lets die
Man tasked with leading US out of valley of death appears removed, shirking responsibility
Fintan O’Toole: ‘The withering god of fever swoops on us’
Artists have always sought to find meaning in pandemics, plagues and mass infections
‘The Hist’: 250 years of self-indulgent theatrics and transformative debate
Trinity’s College Historical Society has had an impact on Irish life and world events
An Asian woman in Ireland: Some people assume I’m a ‘Thai bride’
New to the Parish: Bhisasha Chayangpath came to Dublin from Bangkok, Thailand, in 2018
Were vampires really just sick people?
‘Some medical notions, thought to be folklore, actually do have a scientific basis’
Joseph O’Connor: How Dracula left its mark on the world
Bram Stoker’s book went from overlooked Victorian oddity to undying success story
How tales of the headless horseman came from Celtic mythology
The Dullahan was a malevolent harbinger who demanded blood sacrifice in the form of decapitation
Dracula may not be a true Northsider, but his character was certainly conceived there
Bram Stoker was a native of Dublin’s north inner city, which is why it runs in Dracula’s blood
Philip Glass: ‘Everyone needs a technique, whether they’re a plumber or a cook’
The composer on febrile 1960s New York, working day jobs into his 40s and the term ‘minimalism’
Tourists in our own land: the best new things to do around Ireland
From pilgrim paths to Center Parcs, here is a list to help you plan your next adventure
At last canonical status is being conferred on author Lafcadio Hearn
These shocking and enthralling Japanese ghost stories have too long been underappreciated in the West
Would women make better husbands than men?
The great English actor Ellen Terry's harshest thoughts were directed at husbands
‘I can’t do thrillers or spy novels or genre fiction. I just get bored'
The author Colm Tóibín discusses female Irish novelists, families, and when he wishes he had a TV
Shadowplay: An enthralling Dracula backstory from Joseph O’Connor
Book review: A brilliant novel exploring the tensions between Bram Stoker and his contemporaries
Walt’s Partner – a Limerick man beloved of Walt Whitman
Irishman's Diary: Born 200 years ago, Peter Doyle was poet's lifelong companion
Maureen Dowd: We are in a war over what kind of America we want
Trump’s genius for hate and division has driven us into a canyon that won’t be easy to exit
The best horror movies of all time – see them if you dare
The silver screen’s spooky best from the last 100 years of cinema
Haunting scenes in Galway as Macnas celebrates Samhain
There were otherworldly vibes in the city centre for the fifth Macnas Halloween parade
Was Bram Stoker’s Dracula inspired by his own Irish family history?
Irish folklore could be the source, but his mother's stories may be more likely
Central Bank commemorates ‘Dracula’ with €15 collector coin
Bram Stoker commemorative silver coin unveiled at Glasnevin Cemetery
Stoking the imagination – Frank McNally on how Dublin’s north inner city inspired the creator of Dracula
An Irishman’s Diary
No plans for the bank holiday and Halloween? You need to read this
From Macnas parades and the Bram Stoker Festival to Guinness Cork Jazz Festival
First Look: Is Dublin’s newest tourist attraction any good?
Vaults Live takes visitors on a hilarious and gruesome journey through Irish history
Colm Tóibín walks the ‘intense, haunted’ streets of Dublin
The city is full of ghosts ... in the house where Wilde grew up, the library where Yeats studied
Bram Stoker and the strange case of the ‘Dracula’ prequel
In ‘Dracul’, the Irish author's great-great-nephew aims to bring Gothic Dublin to life
A Brooklyn bridge all the way to Limerick
Home Front: Amanda Hilton Sawyer’s interior design; Róisín Lafferty’s parlour tricks
Vampire valet: ‘Downton Abbey’ star gets his teeth into a new role
Brendan Coyle is best known as Downton’s valet Mr Bates, but he’s in darker territory at the Dublin Theatre Festival in Conor McPherson’s vampire tale ‘St Nicholas’
Books by schoolchildren go on display alongside Book of Kells
Exhibition at Trinity marks culmination of project to encourage young people to write
O’Dracula? Whatever Bram Stoker’s creation was, he wasn’t Irish
Bram Stoker’s life makes it more intriguing to ask if Dracula was gay, straight or bi
A bloodcurdling row about Bram Stoker and Dracula legacy in Dublin
‘You wouldn’t know much about Bram Stoker at the end of it’ – expert says festival a ‘million miles’ from the author of Dracula
The lost history of Dublin uncovered by Luas works
Skeletons from a cholera epidemic were among the many discoveries over the last four years
Trade unionist ‘exposed atrocious conditions of workers and families’
Centenary: William Partridge (1874-1917) had key role in 1913 Lock Out and Irish Citizen Army
‘The female experience is not really something I can identify with’
Sarah Perry discusses faith, writing, gender and illness as more than a metaphor
Something in the Blood review: the Dubliner who wrote Dracula
David J Skal tries hard to get his teeth into Bram Stoker
Great family days out over Christmas and New Year
No need to stay cooped up this holiday season – gift yourself some great days out instead
Fixer uppers: Are they worth the money and effort?
Builder Kevin Moran casts an expert eye over three properties ‘in need of modernisation’ and assesses whether a costly renovation will add real value
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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