The Sligo connection with Dracula was further strengthened today with the arrival in town for the first time of the author's great grandnephew, himself a renowned author on the subject, who firmly believes that a dreadful cholera epidemic in the town inspired the book.
Charlotte was forever haunted by what she witnessed during that time, and in later years wrote a first-hand account entitled 'Experiences of the Cholera in Ireland', she said. Some were buried alive and were dragged out of graves, she said. Other victims were buried in cemeteries like that at St John's Cathedral.
Bram Stoker..
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