Damian Mac Choiligh
/ 7 November 2026
Dublin, Ireland and the Inspiration for Dracula We have talked already in our blog about Dublin as a city of literature and the wide variety of speculative and fantastical fiction that this city has produced and inspired. In this context, the most familiar Dublin name
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Max
/ 4 November 2026
For our second post on Hallowe’en reads, we will give you some alternatives to the hefty Gothic novels we discussed back in October. Sometimes you want something that can be read in an evening; a ghost story before bed, a creepy tale over a cup
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Damian Mac Choiligh
/ 31 October 2026
Samhain – The Origins of Hallowe’en As you are reading this post, we are heading to that night known throughout the anglo-phone world as ‘Hallowe’en. Throughout much of the western world, people will be dressing up in costumes, decorating their houses and in other ways
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Max & Damian
/ 16 October 2026
One of Dublin’s most famous literary sons was born in Dublin on 16 October 1854, 172 years ago today. A renowned playwright and author, he wrote a haunted-house comedy, a story about a portrait that ages in the attic and the saddest fairy tales in
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Max
/ 7 October 2026
If you love fantasy, you already know Ireland’s stories, even if you have not yet read them. Gods who arrive in clouds of mist. A king who loses his hand and gains a silver one instead. A hero who sails to a land where nobody
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Damian Mac Choiligh
/ 4 September 2026
Just on the off chance that you have never heard of Ireland and don’t know anything about it, here are some basic facts about us and about Dublin City itself to get you started. Needless to say there is a clatter of history and politics
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