Halloween in Ireland – 10 Day Journey

Private driver meets you at Dublin Airport for transfer to your hotel. Explore Dublin at leisure before your first taste of Irish history on a hop-on/hop-off tour, with highlights such as Trinity College, Temple Bar, and St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Step inside the Guinness Storehouse, pull your own pint, and enjoy views from the Gravity Bar. Visit Glasnevin Cemetery, where the stories of Ireland’s past leaders, poets, and rebels are brought to life. In the evening, take the Original Haunted Walking Tour, tracing Dublin’s darker past of grave robbers, witchcraft, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

Travel south to Waterford, Ireland’s oldest city, founded by the Vikings. Explore narrow medieval streets before joining the Dark History Tour – tales of plague, punishment, and ghostly happenings brought vividly to life. Overnight in Waterford.

Continue to Cork City, Ireland’s foodie capital. Visit the dramatic Cork City Gaol, once home to 19th-century prisoners. At night, cross Cork Harbour to Spike Island, known as “Ireland’s Alcatraz,” for a chilling lantern-lit after-dark tour through tunnels, cells, and stories of notorious criminals.

Travel west with a stop at King John’s Castle in Limerick, a 13th-century stronghold where history comes alive with interactive exhibits. Continue north to Cong, Co. Mayo, a village famed for Ashford Castle, its medieval abbey, and as the filming location for The Quiet Man.

Arrive in Derry, Ireland’s only fully walled city, and immerse yourself in Europe’s largest Halloween festival. By day, stroll the medieval walls and vibrant streets; by night, join parades, haunted houses, street performers, live music, and the spectacular fireworks finale on October 31st.

Travel to Trim, Co. Meath, home of the largest Norman castle in Ireland. Experience the Púca Festival, where Ireland’s ancient Samhain traditions come to life with fire shows, myth-inspired performances, harvest feasts, and live music.

Private transfer to Dublin Airport for your flight home.