They all get in costumes and go out for trick or treat. But there is another celebration that also starts on October 31 known as Samhain, which is where Halloween originated from.

Every Halloween, modern-day Druids go to the Hill of Ward in Co. Meath to welcome in the Celtic New Year. Before Christianity came to Ireland, Halloween was the pagan festival of Samhain, held to ...

Halloween can be traced back to the Druids, a Celtic culture in Ireland, Britain and northern Europe. Its roots lay in the Druid feast of Samhain, which fell annually on October 31 when the dead ...