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Read more about the article Samhain and the Gaelic New Year, from the Fomorian Tribute to Spooky Costumes and the Turnip Lantern

Samhain and the Gaelic New Year, from the Fomorian Tribute to Spooky Costumes and the Turnip Lantern

Tomorrow night is Oíche Shamhna, the eve of Samhain, and in houses from Donegal to Boston somebody will be carving a face into a vegetable without quite knowing why. I…

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Read more about the article The Defeat of the Tuatha Dé Danann – How Mere Mortals Destroyed the Old Gods

The Defeat of the Tuatha Dé Danann – How Mere Mortals Destroyed the Old Gods

The Battle of Tailtiu, a pivotal event in Irish mythology, marked the decisive confrontation between the Milesians, the ancestral Gaels, and the Tuatha Dé Danann, the divine race that ruled…

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