From Newgrange and Glendalough to Cobh, Waterford’s Viking Triangle, and the Rock of Cashel, the guide points travelers toward some of the most storied stops in Ireland’s Ancient East. The list also ...

As for ancient bonfires, the Irish and Britons built them to celebrate Beltaine, but not Samhain—at least, not according to the medieval tales. In 19th-century Ireland, All Hallows Eve was a time for ...

A small stone carved with the ancient Celtic script, Ogham, possibly dating back to the 4th century was discovered by a geography teacher in Coventry, England, while he was digging up a garden.

Fáilte Ireland intervened after the Office of Public Works (OPW) refused permission for the new season of hit TV show The ...

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 ...

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, ...