{"id":3693,"date":"2018-10-26T10:31:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T15:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3693"},"modified":"2018-10-28T10:32:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T15:32:18","slug":"central-bank-releases-dracula-coin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3693","title":{"rendered":"Central Bank Releases ‘Dracula’ Coin"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Central Bank is today launching a commemorative coin to honour Dracula author Bram Stoker.<\/p>\n

The silver \u20ac15 coin is being released to coincide with the Halloween weekend.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, around 70,000 people are expected to attend events in the Bram Stoker Festival, which begins today.<\/p>\n

The event runs until Monday night when Macnas will stage a ‘spooky’ parade through the city center.<\/p>\n

Festival co-director Tom Lalor says the festival has really captured people’s imagination.<\/p>\n

“I think people have always enjoyed this time of year,” he said. “Traditionally in Ireland Halloween started Samhain.<\/p>\n

“It’s an opportunity to recognize that the seasons are changing but also we’ve been programming it with various different parties – comedy, theatre and events – for the last number of years.<\/p>\n

“I think people have grown to expect it as part of the calendar now.”<\/p>\n

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