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HALLOWEEN FUN IN WICKLOW!

Issued 25th September 2009

A whole host of fun, spooky and ghoulish Halloween activities are set to take place in Co. Wicklow this October for all the family to enjoy.


A Pumpkin Train and Fancy Dress Event will take place in Rathwood Home, Gift and Garden World from Saturday, 24th October to Saturday, 31st October at 11am and 3pm. Get aboard the Pumpkin Train and celebrate Halloween in spooky fancy dress! Tickets are €10 per child and €3 for adults. Booking is essential.

Adults can also participate in the cooking class, ‘Halloween Brack and Christmas Pudding’ on 24th October from 3-4pm, and learn to bake the perfect barmbrack and pud!

Children’s Halloween Activities will take place in Festina Lente Garden, Bray from the 28th – 30th October. Collect pumpkins from the garden and make your own Halloween mask. €20 per child.

You can also get involved in the kitchen at Ballyknocken Cookery School’s Children’s Halloween Cookery Class on 31st October from 2.30pm – 4.30pm and have some spooky fun in the kitchen.

There is plenty to do in Wicklow’s Historic Gaol from the 23rd to the 31st October:

Friday, 23rd: Screening of Ghost Hunters International (free), followed by a tour of the Gaol (E10)

Saturday, 24th: Scary movie night in the Gaol. 8pm, E5 per person

Sunday, 25th: Scary Sunday Jail Break – event for families to ‘break out’ of the jail, with prizes for winners

Monday, 26th: Ghost and Ghoul Night – 7-8.30pm, weird and wonderful tales of ghosts in the dungeon, cells and work rooms €7.30 adult, €4.30 per child

Tuesday, 27th: Haunted History night – a dramatic production. Re-enactment of some of the crimes of Wicklow Gaol, 8.30pm. €10 per person

Wednesday, 28th: Angel readings by psychic Angie Freeman

Thursday, 29th: Night tour of the Gaol

Friday, 30th: Paranormal investigation in the Gaol

Saturday, 31st: Halloween Horror Night – Fancy Dress Event, supper and dancing. Old fashioned Halloween Games, party surprises. Adults only, commences 9pm. E50 per person.

Saturday 31st/Sunday 1st: Daytime programme – a full family programme will take place from 11am on both days to 4.30pm.



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