A selection of some Halloween events from around Ireland.
Halloween Fun at Clonfert Pet Farm
Visit the Haunted Stables, walk the spooky graveyard, face painting, entertainment by Gretta Smarty Pants, a children's disco and more! There will also be holding hourly talks on the different types of reptiles whilst giving the children hands-on experience to hold them.
When: October 28th-31st
Halloween at Russborough House
The Poisonous Pantry will have Cookie Decorations, Face Painting, Spooky Storytelling and Yummy Hot chocolate.
When: October 27th-31st, hourly 11:00-16:00
Pumpkin Patch at Ladyrath Lane
Choose, pick, buy and carve your own pumpkin. There is also free face painting, bouncy castle and indoor and outdoor games and competitions for the Best carved pumpkin design and the Best Halloween dress-up
When: Daily: October 23rd-31st
The Playcentre Kingscourt Halloween Party
Two sessions on Halloween to get everyone in the mood. The children will play, there will also be dancing, music, games and a prize for the best-dressed child.
When: October 31st - 13:00 & 15:30
Dracula's Castle | Halloween at EPIC
EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum and the Irish Family History Centre is getting spooky for Halloween! Design your own scary hanging bat to take home at our arts and crafts station & have your face painted. We're also giving away prizes for the best costumes, so there's plenty to keep your little monsters happy!
Did you know that Bram Stoker, who created Dracula, was from Dublin? Or that Edinburgh's infamous grave-robbers Burke & Hare hailed from Ireland?
Discover these ghoulish stories and more as you tour our digital museum to learn about more amazing people and stories you might not have known had a connection to Ireland!
When: Saturday 28th October & Wednesday 1st November from 2-4pm for an afternoon of family-friendly activities!
Halloween Bonfire & Storytelling
A special Samhain Evening for all ages at Brigit's Garden on Sunday. Arrive in your spookiest fancy dress and enjoy lots of ghostly fun and games, wonderful Celtic tales and a special Hallowe'en bonfire with the Púca. Suitable for all ages.
When: Sunday 29th 14:30-18:30
Cork City Gaol should be a definite on your list of things to do with the kids this Mid-Term break. Arrive in your fancy dress and enjoy the Black Cat Treasure Hunt, face painting, balloon making and storytelling all in the historic surrounds of Cork City Gaol.
When: Monday 30th October - November 3rd
Halloween at Wells House & Gardens
Halloween at Wells House & Gardens is always full of ghouls and ghosts. Face your fears on their Dare to Scare tour through the house and woods!
When: Daily from October 26th - 31st
Kia Ora's Halloween Spooky Farm
Kia Ora Mini Farm will be transformed into a spooky farm for the whole week. Try the electric chair, visit the spooky wake and meet many monsters as well as feeding the animals, taking a trip on the fire brigade, play in the sandpit, milk the cow, operate real diggers and more.
When: Daily until November 5th - 10:00 - 17:00
Harry Potter at Lismore Castle
A perfect way to start off Halloween with a special screening of the first Harry Potter movie, The Philosopher's Stone in the magical setting of Lismore Castle’s gothic hall. Witchcraft and Wizardry is the theme of the afternoon with spot prizes for the best dressed.
When: October 31st, 14:30
Ghoulsley’s Manor in Cobh is an immersive theatrical experience where you are invited on a journey through the mysterious rooms of a spooky Manor house. Here you will meet the quirky and hilariously whacky characters in a fun and interactive spellbinding adventure. New for 2017 is completely new productions Bibbity-Bobbity-Boo! and Grymm Tales.
Bibbity-Bobbity-Boo! is a daytime show aimed at a younger audience, aged 5 – 10 years, with friendly and funny characters. For older kids aged 9 years+ their production Grymm Tales has a darker and mischievous tone, for the brave at heart.
When: Daily until October 31st; Bibity Boo 12:00-16:00 and Grymm Tales from 16:00 - 20:00.
Halloween is a special time of year at Causey Farm. Ghouls, goblins, and ghostly goings-on are just waiting to send a silly shiver down your spine at Pooka Spooka. There's a fantastic range of festive entertainment planned for this year's event, with plenty for all the family to enjoy.
When: October 28th - 31st 12:00-16:00
Ghosts, Dolls, and ghouls alike, have descended onto Wooly Farm for Halloween for the sixth year. Meet Polly and Molly the dollies in their barn theatre, carve your own spooky pumpkin and learn a rhythm on the Fuinneamh Drum.
When: October 28th - 31st 14:00-17:00
The festival takes the legacy of Dublin horror novelist and Dracula author Bram Stoker as inspiration. Get ready for four days of living stories and four nights of deadly adventures. Whether you’re a resident vampire or visiting from further afield, Bram Stoker Festival 2017 has something for everyone in its gothically inspired programme of events. Events include Stokerland family fun day on Saturday & Sunday, Terrible Tales at GPO Witness History on Saturday afternoon, Samhain Tours & Tales at Croke Park all weekend and the Macnas Parade starting on Moore Street on Monday at 18:00.
When: October 27th - 31st
Spirit of Meath Halloween Festival
The birthplace of Irelands Ancient East is bringing you Ireland's biggest and scariest Halloween Festival. There is a mixture of events from Haunted Hills to Eerie Graveyards, Tour of Shadows to Friendly Witches & Spooks and Spells, Thriller-Nights to Terrifying Terror Houses that will delight & frighten all ages.
When: Various until November 5th
Promising to be even bigger than before there will be a 300ft zipline, a daunting bungee jump, The Haunted House, the circus area, the Main Stage with some incredible performers, The Big Screen, Bouncy Castles, food stalls, face-painting and more.
When: October 31st 17:00-21:30
Creepy arts and crafts, spine-chilling keeper talks, spooky face painting, monster music and many other fun Halloween activities.
When: October 31st - 12:00 – 14:00
Frightful fun for all the family with an interactive Halloween scare experience at Castletown House, Celbridge.
When: October 28th-31st - 12:00-19:00
The Macnas Halloween Parade is the largest free event in the West of Ireland where over 40,000 people line the streets every year to be awed and amazed by this epic scale of storytelling, as the company unleashes creative chaos and invention.
When: October 29th 17:30
Hullabaloo Halloween Kids Camp
Make Halloween masks & decorations, design t-shirts, pottery painting, bulb planting (& designing pots to plant them in!), making winter bird feeders, inventing creatures using foam clay, and much more…
Drop in for a day or two or do all 4 days & learn lots of skills! Ages 5-12
When: Tuesday 31st - Friday 3rd November 10:00-13:00
Halloween Part at Deerpark Outdoor Centre
Go and play dressed as a Halloween player at Deerpark Outdoor Centre this weekend and receive an extra 100 paintballs.
When: October 27th-30th
A fun event all week at KBowl in Kilkenny. Play in Fancy Dress for your fun bowling day out and you'll be entered into a draw to win a voucher for one-hour bowling for up to 6 people.
When: Daily until November 25th.
Halloween Spooktacular at Newbridge House and Farm
The Addams Family welcomes you to their Halloween holiday home! Join them for an exciting tour through the house guided by members of the Addams Family and featuring live Creepy Crawlies! The ticket price includes a tour of the house and entry into the farm.
When: October 27th - 30th 11:00-17:30
Spooky Games and Halloween Fun at Wicklow's Historic Gaol.
When: October 28th, 29th & 31st at 13:00 and 15:00
Delig Inis theatre group present their annual performance at Dublinia! Meet the Medieval Dublin chancers who have the gruesome job of hauling the poor victims of the Black Death to a mass grave outside the city walls.
When: 28th of October - 3rd November. Performances from 12:00 - 13:00 and 14:00 - 16:00 every 15 mins from
ADULT EVENTS
Journey through a frightful evening of screams and laughter… eerie corners, blood-curdling frights, ghoulish entertainers, heart-pounding, adrenalin pumping, life-threatening fear… your worst nightmares come true!
When: October 25th - 31st from 19:30
Rocky Horror Picture Show at Lismore House
The popular annual pizza & beer film night is back again. Enjoy a screening of the 1975 classic in Lismore Castle's Pugin Hall. The bizarre residence of Dr Frank-N-Furter is waiting for you.
When: October 28th, 19:30
Over 150 years ago, a seemingly innocent travelling carnival came to the city, only to leave its citizens so scarred and terrified, that all memories of it have been stricken from official records, never to be spoken of again. Until now!
When: Daily until October 31st.
The 13th year of Haunted Spooktacular at Grove House opened its Horror Farm gates on Friday the 13th!
Whether you’re a Horror movie fanatic or a Halloween junkie, love to be petrified or just enjoy the detail of a highly interactive one-of-a-kind experience, the Haunted Spooktacular has something for everybody.
When: October 27th - 31st
