Ghost Stories of Chapelizod

Drawing of Chapelizod, Dublin in the 19th Century

Drawing of Chapelizod, Dublin in the 19th Century. This ink etching was published on the cover of the Irish Penny Magazine, No.9, Vol.1, 1833.

By kind permission of Dublin City Public Libraries

Drawing of Chapelizod, Dublin in the 19th Century
By kind permission of Dublin City Public Libraries

Drawing of Chapelizod, Dublin in the 19th Century

Drawing of Chapelizod, Dublin in the 19th Century. This ink etching was published on the cover of the Irish Penny Magazine, No.9, Vol.1, 1833.

By kind permission of Dublin City Public Libraries

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In 1851 the Dublin University Magazine published "Ghost Stories of Chapelizod": a collection of three stories -  The Village Bully , The Sexton's Adventure, and The Spectre Lovers - set in the suburban village of Chapelizod, outside Dublin. 

Le Fanu would have known the Chapelizod area well: he attended the Royal Hibernian School, in the nearby Phoenix Park, for a short time during his childhood.

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