Why witches are for life and not just Halloween Now is the time for women to regain and rejoice in the wonders of the cailleach and witchery Folklore • 26 Oct 21
Why witches are for life and not just Halloween Now is the time for women to regain and rejoice in the wonders of the cailleach and witchery Folklore • 26 Oct 21
Why Halloween is celebrated with such spirit in Ireland 'An impulse in Irish tradition is to fearlessly celebrate in the face of unsettling things not fully understood' Halloween • 21 Oct 21
Why Halloween is celebrated with such spirit in Ireland 'An impulse in Irish tradition is to fearlessly celebrate in the face of unsettling things not fully understood' Halloween • 21 Oct 21
Your guide to the foods associated with Halloween in Ireland Here's why barmbrack, pumpkins, turnips, apples, kale and colcannon are popular at this time of year Halloween • 29 Oct 20
Your guide to the foods associated with Halloween in Ireland Here's why barmbrack, pumpkins, turnips, apples, kale and colcannon are popular at this time of year Halloween • 29 Oct 20
The cult of the dead in medieval Ireland Back then, corpses, the dead and eerie graveyards used to play a far more active role in Irish life History • 31 Oct 19
The cult of the dead in medieval Ireland Back then, corpses, the dead and eerie graveyards used to play a far more active role in Irish life History • 31 Oct 19
How the Irish Celts invented Halloween Many of the traits we associate with Halloween can be traced back through the mists of time to Ireland's distant past. Folklore • 31 Oct 19
How the Irish Celts invented Halloween Many of the traits we associate with Halloween can be traced back through the mists of time to Ireland's distant past. Folklore • 31 Oct 19
A guide to Irish Halloween magic spells Here are some magic spells and rituals which were common at Halloween back in the day throughout the country Halloween • 19 Aug 21
A guide to Irish Halloween magic spells Here are some magic spells and rituals which were common at Halloween back in the day throughout the country Halloween • 19 Aug 21
The science of werewolves Let's take a look at some real medical conditions which have helped to shape the traditions and rules of werewolf mythology Halloween • 29 Oct 19
The science of werewolves Let's take a look at some real medical conditions which have helped to shape the traditions and rules of werewolf mythology Halloween • 29 Oct 19
Shakespeare's world of deaths, corpses and ghosts Grisly demises and haunting encounters are not just for Halloween in Shakespeare's tragedies and histories Shakespeare • 31 Oct 19
Shakespeare's world of deaths, corpses and ghosts Grisly demises and haunting encounters are not just for Halloween in Shakespeare's tragedies and histories Shakespeare • 31 Oct 19
The roots of how we celebrate Halloween in Ireland Opinion: Halloween rituals involving nuts, apples and mischief go back to the years before the Famine, but there was a perceptible shift in attitudes to the old and the familiar in the years after. Halloween • 26 Oct 17
The roots of how we celebrate Halloween in Ireland Opinion: Halloween rituals involving nuts, apples and mischief go back to the years before the Famine, but there was a perceptible shift in attitudes to the old and the familiar in the years after. Halloween • 26 Oct 17
Scream! Just where did our fascination with horror come from? Opinion: as the Horrorthon film festival shows, many people are attracted to the grotesque, the gruesome and the sinister, but the human love of horror is not a new phenomenon Horror • 30 Oct 19
Scream! Just where did our fascination with horror come from? Opinion: as the Horrorthon film festival shows, many people are attracted to the grotesque, the gruesome and the sinister, but the human love of horror is not a new phenomenon Horror • 30 Oct 19
