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Halloween homes of Dublin: Haunting scenes from the suburbs

Alan Betson and Dara Mac Dónaill visit some eleborately decorated neighbourhoods

Halloween homes of Dublin: a house on Thornville Road in Kilbarrack. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Halloween homes of Dublin: a house on Thornville Road in Kilbarrack. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Alan Betson
Dara Mac Donaill
Fri Oct 22 2021 - 08:45
20/10/2021 - FEATURES - Preparing for Halloween, a house on Kincora Road, Clontarf, Dublin.Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish TimesPhotograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times
20/10/2021 - FEATURES - Preparing for Halloween, a house on Kincora Road, Clontarf, Dublin.Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish TimesPhotograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times

Halloween homes of Dublin: a house on Kincora Road in Clontarf. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

20/10/2021 - FEATURES - Preparing for Halloween, outside a house on Ardcollum Ave, Artane, Dublin.Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish TimesPhotograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times
20/10/2021 - FEATURES - Preparing for Halloween, outside a house on Ardcollum Ave, Artane, Dublin.Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish TimesPhotograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times

Halloween homes of Dublin: outside a house on Ardcollum Avenue in Artane. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

20/10/2021 - FEATURES - Preparing for Halloween, a house on Mount Prospect Ave, Clontarf, Dublin.Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish TimesPhotograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times
20/10/2021 - FEATURES - Preparing for Halloween, a house on Mount Prospect Ave, Clontarf, Dublin.Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish TimesPhotograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times

Halloween homes of Dublin: a house on Mount Prospect Avenue in Clontarf. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

20/10/2021 - FEATURES - Preparing for Halloween, a house on Brookwood Ave, Artane, Dublin.Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish TimesPhotograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times
20/10/2021 - FEATURES - Preparing for Halloween, a house on Brookwood Ave, Artane, Dublin.Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish TimesPhotograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times

Halloween homes of Dublin: a house on Brookwood Avenue in Artane. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

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20/10/2021 - NEWS - Halloween decorations outside houses on Ontario Terrace in Dublin. Conor Goodman FeaturesPhotograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
20/10/2021 - NEWS - Halloween decorations outside houses on Ontario Terrace in Dublin. Conor Goodman FeaturesPhotograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times

Halloween homes of Dublin: decorations on a house on Ontario Terrace in Ranelagh. Photograph: Alan Betson

20/10/2021 - NEWS - Halloween decorations outside houses on Ranelagh Road. Conor Goodman FeaturesPhotograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
20/10/2021 - NEWS - Halloween decorations outside houses on Ranelagh Road. Conor Goodman FeaturesPhotograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times

Halloween homes of Dublin: decorations on a house on Ranelagh Road. Photograph: Alan Betson

20/10/2021 - NEWS - Halloween decorations outside houses on Mountpleasant Square, in Dublin. Conor Goodman FeaturesPhotograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
20/10/2021 - NEWS - Halloween decorations outside houses on Mountpleasant Square, in Dublin. Conor Goodman FeaturesPhotograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times

Halloween homes of Dublin: decorations on a house on Mountpleasant Square in Ranelagh. Photograph: Alan Betson

20/10/2021 - NEWS - Halloween decorations outside houses on Ranelagh Road. Conor Goodman FeaturesPhotograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
20/10/2021 - NEWS - Halloween decorations outside houses on Ranelagh Road. Conor Goodman FeaturesPhotograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times

Halloween homes of Dublin: decorations on a house on Ranelagh Road. Photograph: Alan Betson

20/10/2021 - NEWS - Halloween decorations outside houses on Mountpleasant Square, in Dublin. Conor Goodman FeaturesPhotograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
20/10/2021 - NEWS - Halloween decorations outside houses on Mountpleasant Square, in Dublin. Conor Goodman FeaturesPhotograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times

Halloween homes of Dublin: decorations outside a house on Mountpleasant Square in Ranelagh. Photograph: Alan Betson