Iconic Festival Celebrating Ireland as the birthplace of Halloween Returns to Co. Meath from 30 OCTOBER – 2 NOVEMBER 2025 Experience Spectacle and ...

The duos of Matt & Shannon Heaton and Katie McNally & Neil Pearlman – both long-time favorites of Celtic music fans in ...

Now, however, Hungary’s Celtic heritage has disappeared, says Krisztián Varga, who has studied Celtic history for 20 years and is involved with the museum’s Samhain festival.

Ní Hansae, the School of Celtic Studies Research podcast, includes discussion of such figures as Fionn Mac Cumhail and De ...

"Boost off-peak tourism in Ireland with authentic Halloween festivals; discover the real 'Home of Halloween' for a unique ...

This scholar, along with others, argued that according to Celtic beliefs, during the Samhain festival, the dead could return to the places they frequented while alive.

The ancient festival of Samhain paved the way for what we know today as Halloween. ... And with October 31 comes Samhain, the Celtic feast day from which Halloween as we know it was born.

Samhain was the pivotal point of the Celtic Pagan new year, a time of rebirth – and death. "Pagans had three harvests: Lammas, harvest of the corn, on 1 August; the one of fruit and vegetables ...

The ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced “sow-win”) was celebrated on October 31, which planted the seed that would lead to what’s known as Halloween in modern times, according to ...

Samhain, the ancient Celtic festival that pre-existed Halloween, is having a resurgence in Ireland and beyond. Anna Hart speaks to historians, spiritual leaders and revellers to learn about an ...

Find about Samhain, the true origin of the Halloween celebration This traditional festival dates back over 2,000 years, coinciding with the end of the harvest season and the start of the ‘Celtic ...