Businesses providing bespoke Halloween experiences say there has been a surge in interest from adults and children alike, as the festival grows in popularity.
The weeks leading up to the 31 October are increasingly busy for small enterprises with spooky seasonal offerings, in some cases outstripping Christmas as the most hectic time of year.She came up with the idea after seeing how popular such initiatives were in the US and wondering how they might translate to Ireland.
It has been doing brisk business since and it is expected things will only get busier over the next fortnight. Michael Flaherty, who is working in the shop, puts the love of dressing up down to an American influence and the fact that people like"to be free and do something different" once in a while."Originally it had to be something scary but nowadays, you can be whatever you want. The happier, the more fun the better, just needs to be something different.
Barry Hopkins is a guide with the Dark Tour of Galway City, which will run in the weeks leading up to 31 October.
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