Dressing up in costumes and trick-or-treating are popular Halloween activities, but few probably associate these lighthearted fall traditions with their origins in Samhain, a three-day ancient Celtic ...
Netflix’s new mystery series Bodkin co-stars Will Forte, Robyn Cara and Siobhan Cullen as investigative podcasters who travel to Bodkin, a small Irish town known for its Samhain festival. Samhain ...
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Samhain: A 5,000-year-old festival behind Halloween

Samhain was a major Gaelic festival marking the end of harvest and the start of winter. Rooted in Neolithic Ireland, it was linked to ancestors, seasonal cycles, and sacred landscapes. Modern ...
Every October 31, the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain marks the midpoint between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice. It celebrates the end of the harvest and the start of the darker half of ...
NASHUA – The Celebrate Samhain Festival, a Celtic celebration marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter, will be returning to Nashua for the 13th year in a row on Sunday.
Halloween can trace its origins to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. All Saints Day incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain, and the evening before was known as All Hallows Eve, which ...
“There is much that is mystifying, interesting and beautiful in the beliefs on which the festival of All Hallows was originally based.” That was the opening line of the Washington D.C. Sunday Star ...
Advanced publicity beckoning witches, wise folk and the curious from New England and beyond attracted crowds on Oct. 23 to DoubleTree by Hilton in Nashua to “Celebrate Samhain,” a 16th annual regional ...
Because Halloween is just around the corner, I thought you needed to know the truth: Dracula is Irish! Now, I do realize this revelation might not be as shocking as finding out about the jolly old ...
The Samhain Festival of Food & Culture will return to Kells, Co. Meath for its fifth year from November 2nd to 5th. The jam-packed program of events and experiences celebrates the past, present and ...
Just as the Gaelic people native to Ireland and Scotland celebrated the same shift in the Earth’s seasons, Savannah residents prepare to keep the celebration of Samhain (pronounced saa·wn) alive this ...