Stoker’s birthplace and the centenary celebrations

2 July 2012 · The Herald

Cormac Murphy

Bram Stoker Estate account

Estate summary

Cormac Murphy contrasts Dublin’s Stoker centenary programme with the absence of an agreed museum scheme for the writer’s birthplace. Estate agent Peter Quigley describes interest in 15 The Crescent, Clontarf, and enquiries about possible visitor use, without identifying a completed purchase or official project. The report then outlines a Dracula reading at St Patrick’s Cathedral, the Trinity College conference, guided walks and a Little Museum discussion. It captures a particular moment in the debate about how Dublin should commemorate Stoker. The property’s asking price, availability and proposed uses belong to July 2012 and are not current visitor information. The Estate account also avoids repeating the article’s incidental claim about the length of Bram’s Dublin Castle employment.

Complete Herald report inspected in the Internet Archive capture of 29 October 2020. Cormac Murphy; 2 July 2012, 10:06. The article’s references to property availability and centenary events are historical. It does not establish that a museum opened or that an official scheme was agreed. Modern report linked rather than reproduced.

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15 Marino Crescent, Clontarf (birthplace) — 15 Marino Crescent, Bram’s birthplace in Dublin. Contextual view of the house; not a photograph taken during the 2012 centenary.Supplied from the Bram Stoker Estate records.