But such misrepresentation of the North is unfair. Armagh – once a sectarian hot spot – is an ancient city, with deep pagan ...

From outrageous costumes to trick or treat: the unexpected ancient roots of Halloween's most popular – and most esoteric – ...

In the late 1800s, there was a move to mold holiday more about community and neighborly get-togethers than about ghosts, ...

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

So what has caused this cultural shift? Dr Jenny Butler is a UCC lecturer who teaches on contemporary religions in Ireland, ...

Well, I hope you survived Halloween and the leftover candy blood-sugar spikes. Now bring on the Christmas decorations.

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 ...

October 31st is Halloween - a celebration going back centuries.The largely American tradition of trick-or-treating - children dressing up, going around the neighbourhood, collecting sweets from locals ...

which was the second most important fire festival in the Pagan Celtic world, the first being Beltane, on 1 May." Samhain and Beltane are part of the Wheel of the Year, an annual cycle of eight ...

In a speech on Thursday, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church warned against what he called attempts to “revive paganism,” ...

The Halloween traditions that we celebrate today, in America, originate from the Celtic pagan festival called “Samhain.“ The phrase is from ancient Gaelic. It means “end of summer.” ...

As the season of witches, vampires and ghosts descends upon us - it is time to travel back and examine the true origins of ...