Celtic history

Ireland: The Home of Halloween

By Irish America Staff

IA Newsletter, October 24 2026

October 21, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Did you know that Ireland is the true Home of Halloween? Halloween traces its roots back more than 2,000 years to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter. Fires were lit, feasts were shared, turnips were carved, and communities gathered to celebrate the changing season. As Irish people emigrated around the … [Read more...] about Ireland: The Home of Halloween

The Celtic Twilight

By Dennis Clark

September 1991

September 2, 1991 by Leave a Comment

If you could count back through enough pairs of grandparents, it could be that you have some genetic ties to that astonishing people, the Celts, whose art, conquests and legends burs forth in vivid profusion in the era of Europe's pre-Christian foundation. An exhibition in the splendid Palazzo Grassi in Venice, Italy this year sets out gleaming treasury of Celtic achievement … [Read more...] about The Celtic Twilight

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