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The iconic punk rock band has hinted about calling it quits after nearly 50 years, but on Saturday at Coachella, the pros ...
The Express would reveal that the fishing village of Union Hall, 75km west of Cork City, doubled for the fictional town in which the Samhain Festival takes place. In an interview with RTE ...
"This retreat offers a space to return to the body and welcome the full range of our feelings – heartbreak, grief, joy – ...
If Saturday was one of the last times we'll see The Misfits play together, they gave no indication of that during their set on the Outdoor Theatre stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts ...
Costumed trick-or-treating takes its inspiration from the Celtic holiday Samhain—“summer’s end” in Irish—more than 2,000 years ago. Samhain marked New Year’s Day and fell around ...
Ireland’s “Halloween Holiday” honors the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. Historically, Samhain marked the end of harvest and the start of winter. Modern celebrations include Halloween ...
According to Irish mythology, the cave is a portal to the Otherworld, and every Samhain, The Morrigan, keeper of the Otherword, leaves the gates unguarded. Boyle, a city at the foot of the Curlew ...
Then when most other Christians have forgotten Halloween for another year I continue to pray because Samhain is not necessarily October 31st. While all the Halloween parties and public "Witch Balls" ...
Halloween is also known by numerous other names, such as Allhalloween, All Hallows’ Eve, All Saints Eve, and Samhain (which is pronounced sow-in). Halloween’s origins lie far back in the ancient past.
“Both ‘Matrum Noctem’ and ‘Veiled One’ were written in honour of the “death cycle”, which begins at Samhain (the Witches New Year) and peaks at the Winter Solstice. During this phase, the Earth ...