Every year starting in October 2010 the''Bram''will be awarded for outstanding achievements in the Art of Gothic/Horror Photography,Film and Literature.The''Bram''is an international award administered by the Bram Stoker Organisation in Clontarf, Dublin Ireland.

''The Bram''is in Memory of Bram Stoker born in Clontarf in 1847 and author of  the world famous 

 

                                                                   

                  Three Bram's only will be minted - one in each discipline each year .

                  The prize will consist of a medal, personal diploma, and a cash award.

                                                  

It has inspired more than 1,000 movies and after the bible it's the biggest selling book of all time. But does Bram Stoker's gothic novel Dracula owe more of its inspiration to Ireland than to Transylvania?

Was Count Dracula really a bloodsucking Irish landlord who preyed on his19th century tenants? And were the undead and the gaunt haunted figures that fill the pages of Stoker's famous book straight out of Ireland's Great Famine?

These are the claims of the director of the Bram Stoker's Dracula Organisation Dennis McIntyre, who says that very few people know that Stoker was in fact an Irishman and his story of the unholy Vampire was in fact based on Ireland.

    Lord Mayor of Dublin

Councillor Gerry Breen at the launch of The Bram Stoker  Festival Clontarf Castle

       18th Oct 2010

BramStoker Dracula Halloween Horror Festival

          

2011 Events and Prizes

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  New World Champion  2011

             Winner of the Bram  Stoker                   World Championship  5k  Vampire Cloak Race

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Sat October 22nd 2011

                                                  

    SITE BEEN UPDATED AT THE MOMENT RACE RESULTS AND PHOTOS  

                                                               

                                                                 October 2011,  

   Sunday 30th Bram Stoker Organisation Antique and Collectables Sale of Work ,St Anthony's Hall 

    Sat 22nd October 2011,

World Championship 5k Vampire

Cloak Race 

Prize Fund  €1,000

First Prize €500  and The Bram

Second €200 and Silver

Third €100 and Bronze

First Lady €200euro and The Bram

Entry Fee Adult €20

Children €5

          Friday 28th October ,11am

                    Clontarf Castle

          Bram Stoker-Historical Walk 

                   €10 per person

           Sunday 30th October

        Bram Stoker Foundation

     Sale of Work , St Antonys Hall

              Tables 10 euro

        Contact  for all of the above

       Dennis Mc Intyre 0862364829

              

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                    Details on any of the above, Please Contact . Mr Dennis McIntyre on 0862364829

 

                                                  

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                      Sat 22nd October 2011, World Championship 5k Vampire Cloak Race 

Prize Fund  €1,000  First Prize 500 euro and The Bram .Second 200 and Silver .Third 100 and Bronze

                                                  First Lady 200euro and The Bram

Entry Fee Adult 20euro

Children 5euro

                                                  

Sat 22nd of October and the Clontarf skyline rained Vampires, the defending Champion Shane Mullany appeared as if in a puff of smoke blood dripping from the corner of his twisted and evil   face this man was here to win his crown was not for surrender .

Clontarf  the home and birthplace of Bram Stoker fell silent as the Vampires dressed in all manner of Dracula costumes prepared for the blood bath and the second running of the World Championship 5k Vampire Cloak Race.

A straight course from St Anthony's Hall to the Bull Wall and Back ,the word at the half way point was that new blood was leading the way and the defending champions crown was fading fast.

In the Lady's race a clear leader had appeared in the form of Erin O'Connell

it was whispered in dark hallway's before the race that Erin had magical   

and unholy powers which could transform her in the blink of an eyelid

into a Vampire Bat .

The finish was in sight and our New World Champion Mark Chrstie crossed the Finish line in a New World Record Time of 15.02  .

 

2nd Colm Costello                  15.30

3rd David Campbell               15.35

4th Gary O Hanlon                 15.36

     Lad'ys New World Champion

           Vampire Cloak Race

              Erin O'Connell

5k Vampire Cloak Race Winner 22.10

2nd Jackaline Patrick               24.26

3rd Helen Corr                        24.40

Funds generated by the race goes towards the provision of a research centre dedicated to the preserving and presenting the heritage and legacy of Bram Stoker.

The Bram Stoker Organisation sincerely

thank all participants in this event.

                                                  

    2010 Former World Champion

            Shane Mullany

                                                  

   New World Champion

   Vampire Cloak Race

        Jack Burke JR

2nd Hamah Butler Lynch

3rd Firn Campbell

4th Seasai Campbell

5th Lia Butler Lynch

                                                  

   Overseas Competitors

Men 1st   Arthur Gonzabzes

Lady's 1st  Julia Ziegler

                                                  

    SITE BEEN UPDATED AT THE MOMENT RACE RESULTS AND PHOTOS  

                                                               

                                                                 October 2011,  

   Sunday 30th Bram Stoker Organisation Antique and Collectables Sale of Work ,St Anthony's Hall