Local historian to recount tales from the darkside

WITH over two million burials Dublin cemeteries have a fair share of stories to tell – some strange and macabre and others just downright bizarre.

Historian to Glasnevin Cemetery, Shane MacThomais, has included many of these tales in his latest book

‘Dead Interesting: Tales from the Graveyards of Dublin’ (Mercier Press

?¬11.99). This is Mr MacThomais’s second book following on from his debut,

‘Ireland’s Necropolis, Glasnevin Cemetery’.

This Friday (October 26) at 7pm, Mr MacThomais will be reading excerpts from Dead Interesting at Hughes & Hughes at Omni Park Shopping Centre.

The reading was instigated by Sandra Keech, the bookshop’s events coordinator, and it’s part of an initiative to get local authors to read from their works in front of the book buying public.

“This is the third event like this and it has proved hugely poplar in the past,

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“The Northside is rich in authors and we would love to have as many as possible do a reading here.

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With Halloween weekend approaching, visitors to Friday’s event will hear Mr MacThomais recount tales of body snatchers, headless horsemen, blind bards and the mysterious ghost car of Finglas.

The event is sponsored by Hughes & Hughes and copies of Dead Interesting will be available on the night.

The bookshop is located in the new mall at Omni Park and is combined with Costa Coffee, so visitors can relax afterwards with their book or simply have a catch up and a chat over coffee.