Many of the ancient Irish holy men and women came to us from the early, misty days of Christianity in Ireland. On All Saints' and All Souls' Days, it's a good time to remember some of them.

This Halloween, as children dress as witches for trick-or-treating, a real witch in Wausau is celebrating the ancient Celtic festival that started it all.

Halloween's origins in ancient Celtic festivals and its integration with Christian holidays. Read how Costa Rica adapts the ...

Halloween is an annual holiday, celebrated each year on October 31, that has roots in age-old European traditions. It originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light ...

Even modern-day Halloween traditions, like wearing costumes and carving pumpkins, come from ancient Samhain practices.

There’s no better way to welcome the holiday season than with a bit of Irish sparkle. "A Celtic Christmas" by A Taste of ...

LEONARD AND HUNGRY PAUL BBC1, Friday, 9pm For a few minutes of the opening episode of Leonard And Hungry Paul, I genuinely ...

A half column intricately carved with young shoots stands over one of the graves at Mumbai’s Sewri Cemetery, established in 1864. Cut abruptly at an oblique angle, it symbolises a life cut short — ...

Ancient Irish burial mounds reveal both history and folklore, spirits guarding the dead, rituals tied to the solstice, and ...

Only a formal bilateral agreement with the U.K. can deliver the territorial security that Ireland — and the EU’s western ...

🌟 Áine, pronounced AWN-ya, is an Irish name meaning brightness, linked to Celtic mythology as the goddess of summer, love, ...

Celtic FC has confirmed that the club’s annual celebratory Mass at St Mary’s in the Calton will take place on Monday, ...