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Traditional Torchlit Procession Monday 31st October

To the Hill of Ward, Tlachtga, just outside Athboy, Co. Meath.  This is the place where Halloween began.  One of the main spiritual centres of the ancient Celts was located at the top of the Hill of Tlachtga, now called the Hill of Ward, Athboy.  The druids felt that this world and the otherworld were closest at Tlachtga and it was here that the festival of Samhain or Halloween was started. The old year's fires were extinguished and after sunset, the ceremonial new year Samhain fire was lit here. Torches were lit from this sacred fire and carried to seven other hills around the county including Tara and Loughcrew, and then on to light up the whole countryside.

Today the old celtic ceremony at Tlachtga has been revived and a torchlit procession from the Fair Green in Athboy, Co. Meath to the Hill of Tlachtga takes place on October 31st every year at 7pm.

Call Joe Conlon to book +353 (0) 87 666 6021

Admission: Free of Charge