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Halloween at Bunratty Castle & Folk Park

A Halloween weekend inside the walls of a fifteenth-century castle and the folk park around it.

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Dates
Thursday 1 October 2026 – Saturday 31 October 2026
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Bunratty Castle & Folk Park, Bunratty, Co. Clare (Outdoors)Directions
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A Halloween weekend inside the walls of a fifteenth-century castle and the folk park around it. The programme is built for children rather than for a scare: traditional Irish Halloween games, storytelling and historic tales of Samhain, with a haunted train through the grounds suitable for all ages.

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  • halloween
  • castle
  • heritage
  • samhain
  • storytelling

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