Halloween
The straw cross Irish families wove to guard the door for a full year
Happy Halloween! The Irish origins of today's traditions
Hidden in every Halloween barmbrack was a trinket that foretold your future
A Donegal chef’s pumpkin pie with a ginger nut base and a shot of Irish whiskey
Ten monsters Ireland gave the world, from Dracula to the Mayo vampire
The barmbrack cocktail that turns Ireland’s Halloween bread into a whiskey nightcap
Original Irish Jack-o-Lanterns were made of turnips (and were truly terrifying)
Dublin, if you dare: A Halloween guide to the best spooky experiences in Ireland's capital
Irish man left blind in one eye after ‘dud’ firework suddenly detonated
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