But as a historian of Ireland and its medieval literature, I can tell you: Samhain is Irish. Halloween isn’t. The Irish often get credit—or blame—for the bonfires, pranksters,… ...

The feast of All Saints probably originates from the Roman feast of Dedicatio Sanctae Mariae ad Martyres, which is the anniversary of the transformation of the Pantheon into a church dedicated to ...

Samhain was one of the quarters of the old Irish year Bliadhain, and the feast of Samhain, which the Gaelic Society commemorated last night at No. 17 West Twenty-eighth-street, was the feast of ...

Halloween is here! And with October 31 comes Samhain, the Celtic feast day from which Halloween as we know it was born. Celtic blessings are the perfect way to describe the dark element of this ...

An amalgam of All Saints' Day and Samhain that nearly coincides with election day, Halloween continues to encompass competing ideas of the otherworldly and in-between.

The feast of Halloween is a Christianised version of Samhain (pronounced Sow-wan), a harvest festival practised in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. Like most folk festivals, it served a ...

In 834, Pope Gregory IV decreed Nov. 1 the day for celebrating all Christian saints. In English, the feast day became All Hallows Day. The night before – Oct. 31 – became known as All Hallows Eve.

Halloween traces its origins back to the Iron Age and a feast of fire known as Samhain. Also included are the historical origins of trick or treating, Halloween costumes and jack o' lanterns. Read ...

The biggest names in Irish food and arts will gather in Kells next month for the Samhain Festival of Food and Culture with Sheridans Irish Food Fair, to celebrate Ireland’s rich culinary heritage and ...

Getty Samhain, the Celtic Feast of the Dead (Féile na Marbh), was the forebearer of modern-day Halloween. This article appears courtesy of sister publication Irish America magazine.

These "bone fires" were always associated with the feast of Samhain, and they continue to live on today in our Halloween bonfires. The bone fire, a tradition that has stood the test of time, is ...