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The Dublin Ghostbus Tour
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This is the world’s first and original Ghostbus, and it’s been frightening Dubliners and visitors alike for years. You get two hours of comedy horror, dark history, and genuinely creepy storytelling through the city’s most shadowy corners. Your sinister guide and driver are, as they’ll tell you themselves, two men finely attuned to the afterlife, and they’ll do their level best to put you at your unease.
The lower deck holds the Hellfire Clubroom and a haunted museum where you’re invited to play a hand of cards with the devil himself. Head upstairs and you’re sitting in a Victorian Theatre complete with blood-red velvet curtains, and that’s where the ride through Dublin’s darkest mysteries really begins.
Along the route you stop at St Kevin’s Graveyard for some grim dealings, then hear the story of Darky Kelly - the Madam of Dublin’s notorious Maiden Tower, who is said to wander those streets to this day. It’s part ghost tour, part theatre, part comedy, and entirely Dublin. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself laughing as much as flinching.
Book early, especially at Halloween. The Ghostbus is one of Dublin’s most popular evening experiences and slots fill up weeks in advance in October. Even outside the Halloween season, weekend evening departures go quickly, so don’t leave it to the day.
Dress warmer than you think you’ll need to. The bus moves through the city with its atmosphere intact, which means some exposed upper-deck time on cooler evenings. A jacket is always a good idea in Dublin, and this tour is no exception.
Go in a group if you can. The comedy-horror format lands better when you’re with people you can turn to when the guide says something genuinely unsettling. Solo travellers fit in fine, but the atmosphere is amplified when there’s someone beside you to grab.
It’s not just for Halloween fans. Plenty of people who don’t usually go near a ghost tour book this one purely because it’s such a Dublin institution. The storytelling is genuinely good, the history is real, and the theatrical touches on the lower deck are worth the ticket price alone.