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The horrible history of Halloween goes back around 2 millennia to the Celtic festival of Samhain. Learn all about it.

The Celtic festival of Samhain celebrates a time of year when the division between Earth and the otherworld collapses, allowing spirits to pass through. Matt Cardy/Getty Images The Irish often get ...

This time-lapse video from Tourism Ireland unearths some of the historical wonders from the east coast of Ireland. The short film “Dawn to Dusk in Ireland’s Ancient East” gives viewers the chance to ...

“I was drunk from the feet up,” said Colm Oates, laughing. We were sitting in the corner of his Belfast pub, The Garrick, as he recalled his first taste of poitín. “I tried to stand, but my legs ...

Steps away from the Hudson River, the jagged stone walls of a 19th-century Irish cottage stand in the shadow of Lower Manhattan skyscrapers. Set amongst a quarter of an acre of native Irish plants, ...

The “Earl Grey Scheme” saw 4,000 women sent out of overcrowded workhouses in Ireland to build colonies in Australia as ...

Having discovered the Celtic tradition of stone-lifting during the pandemic, the Co Waterford native has become an unlikely ...

A Massachusetts highland games competition is bringing the spirit of ancient Celtic strongman contests to the modern day, kilts and all. At the No Fame Games in Milford, barbells and plates are ...

Hundreds of gold and silver coins, along with jewelry and other artifacts, have been found in the Czech Republic at what ...