This traditional festival dates back over 2,000 years, coinciding with the end of the harvest season and the start of the ...

October 31 means it's Halloween! Wondering how the holiday got started and why we trick or treat for candy? Here's what to ...

Samhain, the ancient Celtic festival that pre-existed Halloween, is having a resurgence in Ireland and beyond. Anna Hart ...

It was a huge celebration, so when Irish people emigrated to North America, they took their traditions with them, and over ...

Large crowds that gathered in central Dublin for a Halloween parade were tricked, not treated, by an apparent online hoax.

This time of year, I often run across articles proclaiming Halloween a modern form of the pagan Irish holiday of ...

The Office of Public Works (OPW) has announced a series of exciting and spooky events taking place at various locations ...

HALLOWEEN is now all about the fancy dress, pumpkin carving and spooky events. But the original Halloween was much more terrifying – and thought to have originated in Ireland. The Hill of ...

A festival from another part of the world, that marked the end of harvest is understood to have been where Halloween came ...

One of the most significant claims to Halloween’s origins comes from County Meath at the Hill of Ward (Tlachtga). This site ...

Its roots can be traced back centuries but modern mayhem helped shape the celebration. It may seem like a simple question but ...

Halloween is underway with a host of Irish celebrities going all out over the bank holiday weekend to get their spooky on.