Culture
Ireland's vibrant culture - from Irish customs and traditions, language, music, art, film and literature, Irish cuisine, and more.
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Craic
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Turnip lanterns, false faces and a bin bag for a costume, Halloween in Ireland
The bonfires and black cats the Irish used to keep the fairies away on Samhain
The Halloween games Irish girls once played to find out who they would marry
Entertainment
LISTEN: Ireland’s greatest seanchaí has the scary Halloween stories you have never heard
WATCH: Ireland's former state pathologist investigates the country's last witch trial
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Nicola Coughlan explores toxic masculinity in gritty Florence Pugh-approved drama
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Food & Drink
The Limerick chef who poured whiskey into coffee and invented a global classic
The Halloween loaf that starts with a mug of tea and a bowl of dried fruit
The story behind the iconic Guinness Christmas ad still our favourite after 22 years
The perfect Irish Halloween barmbrack recipe
Win a year of Irish breakfasts as Bewley's puts the full Irish pantry up for grabs
Education
Say trick or treat as Gaeilge with 30 Irish words to use this Halloween
The Irish language was banned and fined out of public life but never died
Ireland's tricolour was woven in French silk and flew for just eight days in 1848
1,000-year-old manuscript recording St. Patrick's Ireland goes on display in Cork
Enoch Burke returns to school for new academic year
Events
