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On April 9th the Keegan family, current residents of 15 Marino Crescent, welcomed Stoker family, friends & aficionados to a Soiree organized by the Raheny Historical Society & catered by Bram's Cafe.
Dacre Stoker, the Keegans, Paddy Drac
Dacre Stoker, Noel Dobbs, Dublin's Lord Mayor Naoise O Muiri, Noel Dobbs,
Parker Stoker in the Crypts of ChristChurch Cathedral, 7 July 2012
Dacre Stoker & other family members received their
Certificates of Irish Heritage
Dacre Stoker & Lord Mayor
Bram Stoker's great grandsons at the dedication of the plaque at Dublin Castle.
L - R, Noel Dobbs,
Gen. Mgr. of Dublin Castle, George Moir & Robin MacCaw
Interior of St Ann's Church,
where a service in
Celebration of the Life of Bram Stoker was held, 8 July 2012
Pat Liddy gave special walking tours of
sights of Stoker significance in Dublin
July 2012
Paddy Drac & bust of Bram
"London Launch" of
The Lost Journal of Bram Stoker: the Dublin Years,
at Robson Press, London
Elizabeth Miller, Noel Dobbs, Jeremy Robson,
Dacre Stoker
20 April 2012
A veritable Who's Who
at Trinity College Dublin
Conference
July 2012
More to come.............
A portion of the wonderful exhibit in Whitby
On April 10th, The Dublin Painting & Sketching Club unveiled Aidan Hickey's portrait of one of the Club's founding members, Bram Stoker,
at the Dublin Writers Center.
Pictured, left to right- Aidan Hickey, Tom Scott, Jenne & Dacre Stoker
The author of Dracula worked here from 1866 - 1878
in the Registrar of Petty Sessions Clerks, which
was attached to the Chief Secretary's Office.
His father, Abraham, had previously worked here for more than 50 years.
Bram was also part time theatre critic for the Dublin Evening Mail, which was co-owned by the famous Gothic horror writer, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, whose writings were inspirational to him.
On promotion to Clerk of Inspection, Bram's meticulous research of the enormous mass of accumulated official documents resulted in his first published book,
The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland, which he later described as being 'dry as dust'.
Paul Murray, Stoker biographer, speaking at 15 Marino Crescent on April 9th
Sculptor Beatrice Stewart unveiled her bust of her relative, much to the surprise & the delight of the group attending the party at Bram's birthplace.
With Collette Gill of the Raheny Heritage Society
Sir Christopher Frayling
at the Lyceum Theatre Reception,
hosted by the
London Dracula Society
19 April 2012
Dacre & Jenne Stoker & cousin Douglas Appleyard toured The Church Restaurant in Dublin with owner, Brendan Flynn
Lord Mayor Andrew Montague prepares to unveil the portrait of Bram, and expresses his desire to honor Bram & the importance of the arts in Dublin with an annual festival.
Bram's signature, 1890
A sidetrip to Kingsclere to visit trainer Ian Balding, included a tour of the yard with this statue of the great Mill Reef, and the scenic gallops
On April 20, 2012 a group gathers to pay solemn
respects at Golder's Green, London
Dacre Stoker, Tony & Tracy Lee
with Clive Bloom
Professors William Hughes
and Catherine Wynne at
'Open Graves, Open Minds'
Keats House, Hampstead
20-21 April 2012
Noel Dobbs, Elizabeth Miller,
& Robin MacCaw
Trinity College
July 2012
Ann Mann & Jane MacCaw
Parker Stoker, Valerie Cavalli, & Dacre Stoker in the Crypts
Douglas Appleyard
of the Raheny Heritage Society
& 'Friends of Bram Stoker'
Artist Beatrice Stewart and David Skal
with her bust of Bram Stoker,
now on display at St Ann's Church
Significantly, a very rare & valuable 1st edition of Dracula was carried into St Ann's Church by the Vicar, & placed on the alter during the Celebration of Bram's Life on Sunday.
This edition (generously loaned for the occasion) is notable for having been signed by Bram to "Hommy Beg" his very dear friend, the novelist, Sir Henry Hall Caine, to whom Dracula was dedicated. The spirits of both men could be felt in the church, where Bram & Florence married in 1878.
When Bram died 100 years ago, "The Daily Telegraph" published Hall Caine's
"Bram Stoker: The Story of a Great Friendship", of which this is but a brief excerpt:
"It is only once in a man’s life that such a friendship comes to him, and when the grave is closed on the big heart which we are to bury to-day, I shall feel that I have lost it.
"Of the devotion of his wife during these last dark days, in which the whirlwind of his spirit had nothing lost to it but the broken wreck of a strong man, I cannot trust myself to speak. That must always be a sacred memory to those who knew what it was. If his was the genius of friendship, hers must have been the genius of love."