Over half a million Irish historical records have now been recovered and digitized as part of a program to restore several ...

Long before the island took its famous shape in history, Ireland was quietly seeded and settled by a forgotten people, ...

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 ...

Archaeologists in France have uncovered five rare iron shackles at a 2,300-year-old Celtic site in Allonnes, indicating the ...

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.

Ireland’s spirit can’t be captured; it has to be lived. Discover the real Ireland through these unique experiences. The stories, scenery, songs, and special atmosphere are what brings people back to ...

Land reasserts the Gaelic language and culture in opposition to the culture of the British colonisers, but relies on ...

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, ...