Gravedigger Ghost Bus

7:45pm

Board the Grave Digger bus outside the Extreme Ireland Tourist Office opposite Trinity College. It is a bus like no other, get comfortable for the evening...if you can! Drive past Dublin Castle and Christ Church while being filled in on ghoulish history by your plague ridden guide.

8:20pm to 8:40pm

Come into the grounds of St Audeon's, also known as Hell, and be told of its gruesome past by lamplight. It didn't get that nickname lightly so listen to the stories and history and make up your own mind. Try not to shiver too much. Not from the cold, but from the hairs standing up on the back of your neck as you listen to the dark history of St Audeon's.

8:50pm to 9:10pm

Next we visit Kilmainham Jail where there is a surprise awaiting you. Kilmainham Jail opened in 1796 and was one of the most modern jails in Ireland. It was built on Gallows Hill and over 4000 prisoners from the jail were transported to Australia. Overcrowding was an issue during the famine as many were put in jail for begging and stealing for food. Women were a significant proportion of the inmates until 1881 when it became an all-male prison. We will also see Bully's Acre, Dublin's oldest cemetery, which has a fascinating story of its own.

9:20pm to 9:50pm

En route to the Grave Digger Pub, we will pass Croppies Acre and St Michan's Church. Croppies Acre refers to the name ‘Croppy’, which was used in Ireland in the 1790s. It was a reference to the Irish rebels who cropped their hair to imitate the French Revolutionaries who cut their hair to differentiate themselves from the aristocracy who wore powdered wigs. St Michan's Church draws crowds due to the macabre remains found there. These remain and consist of numerous coffins and well preserved bodies. The organ from 1724 also remains, which Handel may have played for the first-ever performance of his Messiah. We don't go into St Michan's Church on this tour but you may like to look at their opening hours to visit on another day, if you dare!
At the Gravedigger, you will receive a ghoulish tipple and learn about the surpisingly widespread practice of grave robbing. Then we return to the city centre and let any survivors wander into the night.

The price of the tour includes your Ghoulish Brew at the Gravediggers, and a FREE Haunted History Walking Tour of Dublin which normally costs 13 euros. To use this FREE pass simply show up for the tour on the night of your choice and present your booking confirmation for the Grave Diggers tour. This offer is valid for one month from the date of your Gravedigger Ghost Tour.