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Melanie May

Melanie spent five years backpacking solo around the world and turned her wanderlust into a career when she became a freelance writer and photographer.

Based in Dublin, she writes for various print and online publications and particularly enjoys writing about gastro-tourism, wine tourism, road trips and driving holidays. Her storytelling style of writing won her the Best Newcomer Award at the Travel Extra Travel Journalist of the Year Awards 2019.

She has a WSET Level 3 Award in Wines and is a member of the British Guild of Travel Writers. She is also a motoring journalist and spends a lot of time on the road testing cars and plotting epic road trips.

Melanie also has her blog Travel Eat Write Repeat

15 Haunted Places in Ireland: Ghost Stories, Real History and How to Visit

Leap Castle’s Elemental, the Devil at the Loftus Hall card table, Kilkenny’s 1324 witch trial and the Hellfire Club above Dublin. Here are 15 haunted places in Ireland, each with its ghost story, its real history and a plain note on whether you can visit this Halloween.

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