Ancient Celtic Festival of Samhain: The Origins & History of Halloween Explained 🎃 👻

Alan is joined by Aron Hegarty of Candlelit Tales to talk all things Halloween! Aron tells Alan that modern-day Halloween is what is now because of "a good combination of globalism, capitalism, emigration and Christianity!" Aron explains that modern Halloween is based off the old pagan festival of Samhain. Before Christianity in Ireland, on the night of October 31 Irish people celebrated Samhain. It was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. 🎃 👻 - Monday-Friday from 7.00am to 10.00am & weekends from 9.00am to 12:00pm on Virgin Media One. Email: [email protected] #IrelandAM #VMTV #Ireland #Samhain #Halloween #History #News #Syncretism #Celtic #Pagans #America