Be it Dia de los Muertos in Mexico, or Halloween all around the globe, or Samhain in Ireland, macabre seasonal festivals are about embracing the inescapable approach of the darker, colder and more ...

Halloween's origins are deeply rooted in Ireland, with traditions and customs that date back millennia to ancient Celtic practices. Originally known as the festival of Samhain, it was the day that ...

Think Halloween, and most of us associate it with the hedonistic, multi-billion-dollar event that is seen in the US. Yet, its true origins actually lie in Celtic culture. I didn't expect her to be ...

And with October 31 comes Samhain, the Celtic feast day from which Halloween as we know it was born. Celtic blessings are the perfect way to describe the dark element of this Irish festival and we ...

Once a scared place, a fire festival was said to be the largest in Ireland, and lit as part of Samhain celebrations to welcome the new year. Samhain festival is said to be the pagan origin of ...

However, many of those taking part in this popular celebration are unaware of the true origin of Halloween in Ireland. It came out of a much older Celtic festival the well-known Samhain, ...

The first Halloween traditions began in Ireland. The ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced “sow-win”) was celebrated on October 31, which planted the seed that would lead to what’s ...

Celebrated over 2,000 years ago, Samhain was a time when the veil between ... believe is the origin of Halloween - a cave known as Ireland's Gate to Hell. It is located near Rathcrogan, the ...

Costumes and ugly masks were worn to scare away malevolent spirits believed to have been set free from the realm of the dead At Samhain, Celtic Pagans in Ireland would put out their home fires and ...

As the Church sought to Christianise pagan festivals in Ireland, it introduced All Saints' Day on November 1st and All Souls' Day on November 2nd. However, many of Samhain’s folkloric practices ...

Ireland is considered the birthplace of Halloween, with a number of festivals and parade held across the island, including the Samhain Festival in Limerick City. While Halloween holds quite the ...