Púca Festival is set to make its return to Co. Meath this October with tickets going on sale on Friday, July 4. The festival celebrates the ancient Irish origins of Halloween and the fitting theme for ...

Block Rockin Beats & Groove Armada, Blindboy, Jason Byrne, Emma Doran, Young Hot Guys, Qween & The Dublin Gospel Choir and ...

Events will take place across a variety of venues in Trim and Athboy and new for 2025, on Halloween night, the Samhain Banquet at the Darnley Lodge Hotel (Athboy) will offer a special opportunity to ...

Samhain is pronounced as Sahwin. This ancient Gaelic festival marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter ...

In the seventh or eighth century, Samhain took on a second name: All Saints’ Day, or, in Middle English, All-Hallows; the night before, when those demons walked the Earth, became known as All ...

More than 2,000 years ago, when Ireland’s communities seem to have worshipped nature and the land itself, it was here at Rathcroghan that the Irish New Year festival of Samhain (SOW-in) was born ...

The Gregorian mission decreed that Samhain festivities must incorporate Christian saints "to ward off the sprites and evil creatures of the night", says Baylis.

To that question, we return to the evening before All Saints Day and Samhain, known as All Hallows Eve. As mentioned previously, the night was a time of new beginnings in Celtic tradition, and so too ...

Halloween’s Origins This is one instance in which potted internet histories contain more than a grain of historical truth. Halloween has roots in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, a celebration ...

All Saints’ Day continued the Samhain tradition into the eighth century. When Pope Gregory III made declared Nov. 1 to be All Saints' Day, the night before was called All Hallows Eve—the same ...