Dublin Gravedigger Ghost Tour

Dublin Gravedigger Ghost Tour

Do you want to find out what happened to the lost souls of medieval, plague-ravaged Dublin? This bus tour is your chance to do just that! Visit eerie yet impressive local sites such as Dublin Castle where haunting historical events took place. Learn how gravediggers snatched bodies at local cemeteries. Don't miss out on this opportunity to discover Dublin's haunted past and find traces of the city’s sinister legacy on this ghost-filled walking tour.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Extreme Ireland, Dublin Ireland

Tour departs from 37 College Green, Dublin 2

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: St. Audoen's Church, High St, Merchants Quay, Dublin 8, Ireland

The gravedigger ghost bus tour starts at Trinity College where your guide will transport you back some 600 years ago to when the old Augustinian Priory and of course the plague house were there. The latter of which the guide is all too familiar with… But just ignore the coughing and listen to his tales of a plague-ravaged Dublin.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Kilmainham Gaol Museum, Inchicore Road, Dublin D08 T2X5 Ireland

Hear an account of plague victims trying to soothe their wounds in the waters of the city’s drinking supplies.

Learn about the mayors schemes to try and keep the disease at bay, and discover the fates of all those poor souls who found themselves infected with the disease. Many were ostracised, but some suffered an end much, much worse.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Bully's Acre, 687 S Circular Rd, Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland

Many believed that the plague was the end of days, but the history of Dublin and its horrors continued. Join your guide as he takes you through the weird and wonderful events that have taken place in times gone by, unearthing legends and ghosts from Dublin’s past.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: John Kavanagh The Gravediggers, 1 Prospect Square, Northside, Glasnevin, Co. Dublin, D09 CF72, Ireland

This tour includes a free ghoulish (alcoholic) drink at The Gravedigger's Pub in Glasnevin. Learn the history of Gravedigging at the haunted gates of Glasnevin Cemetery.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Irish Day Tours, 37 College Green, Dublin, Ireland

Arrive back in the city centre at 10pm.

Duration: 5 minutes