Halloween (the ancient Celtic holiday of Samhain) marks the start of the darkest time of year because it sits evenly between ...

October belongs to Pegasus and the water constellations, which float through the southern sky after nightfall. Reigning supreme high in the south are the Great Square of Pegasus and, stretching from ...

Ciaran O'Cofaigh is the founder of the film and television company ROSG and is an experienced producer, director, and animator. Originally from Meath, he has been living and working in Connemara for ...

Halloween, known in Ireland as Samhain, traces its origins back a thousand years to Celtic traditions. Many of today's popular Halloween customs in North America actually originated in Ireland. The ...

While Halloween is celebrated all around the world, it actually originates from the Celtic traditional festival of Samhain. So, the Irish celebrate Halloween with special vigor. October 31 is a ...

Derry’s multi-day Halloween festival is the biggest event in the city every year, and is recognised throughout the world as a premiere destination for the Samhain celebrations. It culminates in ...

In fact, the eerie roots of Spanish Halloween can be traced back to Galicia, where ancient Celtic rituals still echo through the mists to this day. Samhain, an ancient Irish festival, was brought ...

The celebration of Halloween is based on Pagan rituals honoring the dead. Samhain was a time when the Celts thought the dead might return to the world of the living. At Samhain, the living and the ...

Samhain is a Celtic pagan tradition that is celebrated from October 31 to November 1. Samhain 2022 shares the same date as Halloween and is believed to be the source of the spooky season itself. The ...

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