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MONAGHAN – THE HOME OF HALLOWE’EEN

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29 Oct 2015 Comments Off on MONAGHAN – THE HOME OF HALLOWE’EEN

Monaghan Foróige and ‘Monaghan Has It’ join forces to provide an action packed Monaghan Town Halloween Festival Monaghan town’s St. Patrick’s church and the Westenra family , particularly Lucy Westenra, inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Oscar Wilde’s family had a tragic association with Monaghan when his two half sisters died following an accident in Drumaconor House, three miles from Monaghan town , on HallowE’en night 1871. It inspired his darker fairy stories. So with that pedigree, where else would you want to be this HallowE’en than Monaghan town. This year the day’s events really ...