Gothic Literature helps all cultures meet and manage their social fears, but the Irish have proved particularly gifted at this mode of writing. In recent centuries, their high-water mark was Bram Stoker’s Dracula; however, the Gothic frequently appears in Irish short stories, such that it has become a defining element of that form. Join us for a review of the Irish Gothic, beginning with Dracula and ending with a glimpse of this tradition in contemporary Irish short stories.