Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fall brings a festive lineup of holidays, but one stands out for its costumes, candy, spooky fun and centuries of tradition: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Celtic festival of Samhain celebrates a time of year when the division between Earth and the otherworld collapses, allowing ...

Halloween may have been invented by the Irish, but it was the Americans who turned it into the spookfest it is today. Halloween was invented by the Irish, but when I first moved here it wasn't that ...

Celebrating the very Irish holiday of Halloween, we take a look at some wonderful Irish stories across America and the beautiful Irish gifts and products available. In case you didn't know Halloween's ...

Halloween’s medieval roots were darker than costumes and candy, reaching back into fear of death, winter, spirits, and the world beyond the living. The video links Halloween to Samhain, the Celtic ...

As Halloween approaches, people get ready to celebrate the spooky, the scary and the haunted. Ghosts, zombies, skeletons and witches show up in yards, windows and stores. Festivities revolve around ...

What it’s about: Whether it’s costumes, candy, or the timeless appeal of going door-to-door threatening your neighbors, everyone loves Halloween. What started as Samhain, (pronounced “sow-in”)—an ...

The word “Halloween” owes its origins to the ancient Celtic harvest feast called Samhain, occurring on October 31st, the eve of the Celtic New Year. It was seen as a day when the departed souls were ...

Because Halloween is just around the corner, I thought you needed to know the truth: Dracula is Irish! Now, I do realize this revelation might not be as shocking as finding out about the jolly old ...

Halloween falls on Oct. 31 every year, which is a Friday in 2025. The Celtic fall celebration Samhain laid the foundation for some of the Halloween traditions we recognize today. Ghost stories and ...

This time of year, I often run across articles proclaiming Halloween a modern form of the pagan Irish holiday of Samhain – pronounced SAW-en. But as a historian of Ireland and its medieval literature, ...