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Overlooking the town of Athboy is the Hill of Ward where the great Celtic Feast of Samhain (1st November) took place every year. Although the annals record the feast was held as late as 1168 (when the last Gaelic High-King of Ireland, Rory O'Connor, presided), it was in pagan times that the celebrations were at their wildest with the druids offering sacrifices and burning victims on Samhain eve.
To this day the feast of Hallowe'en is celebrated all over Ireland on the night of the 31st October, with the younger generations imitating the old Celtic customs. As from Tara and the other Celtic hill-forts, the view from atop the hill is spectacular.
Hill Of Ward
Hill Of Ward
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