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Bram Stoker Festival: Life, Disease & Death Tours of Collins Barracks
Dublin City, Co. Dublin
31 October - 2 November 2025
Free to visit
Discover the chills, ills, and kills of Collins Barracks on this special guided tour. Not for the faint of heart...or stomach! This Bram Stoker Festival, sink your teeth into the National Museum of Ireland’s collections at Collins Barracks.

Find out about the trials and tribulations of life as a soldier living in the Barracks from the 1700s until the late 1900s, with a focus on (ill-) health, as well as the transition from one of Europe’s oldest occupied Barracks into one site of Ireland’s National Museum.

For ages 12yrs+

Tours will begin in Reception at Collins Barracks. Tickets are free but booking is required.

Fri 31 Oct, Sat 01 & Sun 02 Nov with tours at 14:00 & 15:30.

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Event details
Dates
31 October - 2 November 2025
Time
Start 14:00
Price
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National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Collins Barracks, Benburb St, Stoneybatter, Dublin, D07 XKV4, Ireland
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