West Cork village to host Fright Night at haunted house with demonic dolls and zombies
Foróige Youth Club members Annabel Power and Emilia Mason getting ready for the first Halloween Fright Night this Saturday to fundraise for the local school/creche in Goleen, West Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan
Occult dolls, decomposing corpses, and flesh-hungry zombies will roam the corridors of a haunted West Cork house for Goleen’s inaugural Fright Night on Saturday.
A pumpkin carving competition, Halloween games, a cake sale and other activities are also planned for the new event in Goleen Community Centre from 6pm-9pm.
A demonic doll with nails in her skull and a bloody Glasgow smile is one of the haunted house residents. And ghoulish volunteers from Foróige youth organisation will be on hand to ensure lots of jump scares throughout the tour.
“It’s a haunted house experience with zombies, occult dolls, witches,” local organiser Lukas Ungerer said.
“We have 10k of dry ice coming so it will look very haunted.
“It will be like a Nightmare Realm for kids.”
Entry is €3 and proceeds go to Goleen playschool.
Mr Ungerer and his wife Joanne were talking to locals about wanting to do something fun for Halloween in the community and were met with enthusiasm.
Leap’s annual Scarecrow Festival has become a major seasonal attraction for that West Cork town, with ghoul-themed scarecrows of a standard one would expect from a special effects studio.
The town’s long main street is lined with ghosts, goblins, and witches, some spooky and gory, many also humorous and very creative.
Leap has embraced scarecrows and Goleen could champion pumpkin carving at Halloween, Mr Ungerer said, with a possible pumpkin festival in the pipeline for the village.
Back in Cork City, The Dragon of Shandon parade will feature a giant dragon, some 36ft long, followed by her entourage of ghouls on Halloween night, October 31 at 7pm to celebrate Samhain.
The annual spectacle, hosted by Cork Community Art Link, will start on Church Street and parade down Shandon Street, North Main Street, Castle Street, Cornmarket Street and finish with performances on Coal Quay.
And out on Spike Island, little goblins and witches are invited to jump on the ferry through the (possibly) misty and mysterious Cork harbour, to disembark on the island, a former jail.
Spike Island’s Spookfest Trail has transformed the former jail into a family-friendly Halloween realm with tour guides handing out sweet treats on a trick-or-treat quiz trail.
The event is suitable for children aged 2+. A family ticket for two adults and two children is €59 and a single ticket is €17.
In Ballinagree, Macroom, a Scarecrow Festival will be held this October Bank Holiday weekend from Friday to Sunday.
On Friday, a Children’s Fancy Dress Parade starts at 6pm followed by the official festival opening. A children’s disco will then be held in the marquee.
On Saturday, activities from 2pm-6pm include face painting, children’s games, an eco shop, a scarecrow trail and treasure hunt.
Sunday will have activities from 1-6pm, including an animal roadshow, face painting and children’s games, a scarecrow trail and treasure hunt, balloon modelling and a prize draw, followed by adult fancy dress party and music in the Laine Bar.
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