The Celtic peoples once spread across huge parts of Europe before being pushed to the edges of the continent by empires like Rome. Today, their descendants are most closely associated with places like ...

Group of young friends dressed in costumes dancing and playing together at a Halloween party. One of their parents is playing alongside them, also dressed in a costume. This article originally ...

Abundance, feasting and celebration—the ancient Celtic festival of Lughnasa (pronounced Loo-nah-sah) marked the start of the harvest season and with it, the end of months deprivation. In modern Irish, ...

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With glowing, jagged eyes and a crooked smile, the jack-o’-lantern is one of the most recognizable faces of Halloween. Behind that face is a story — a story about ancient traditions and Irish American ...

What comes to your mind when you hear the word burial? Graveyard, cemetery and death! But did you know that once upon a time, in ancient Celtic civilization, food was buried as well. And yes, these ...

The origins of Halloween traditions go back to an ancient Celtic festival involving animal sacrifice and a cave of demons in Rathcroghan, Ireland. Mike McCarthy, a tour guide at Rathcroghan, joins us.