American Origins of Halloween

American History Hit

How did the pre-Christian commemoration of Samhain travel across the seas from Ancient Ireland to America? And how did it evolve into the Halloween we know and love to this day?


In this special spooky episode Don welcomes Dr Kelly Fitzgerald, Head of the School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore at University College Dublin, to take us through Halloween's stateside origins.


Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Produced by Freddy Chick.


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2025-10-30 37 min

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