Hey everyone. As most of you know we here in PaganSoc have an annual Samhain Party. This year it’s on October 25th, in the Blue Room (upstairs in the Student Centre) from 6pm.

To celebrate the forthcoming celebrations we’re having 10 facts of Samhain as we count-down the days.

Fact #9:

Samhain is considered by most Wiccans as a celebration of death and of the dead, and it often involves paying respect to ancestors, family members, elders of the faith, friends, pets and other loved ones who have died.

Find more facts at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain

Hey everyone. As most of you know we here in PaganSoc have an annual Samhain Party. This year it’s on October 25th, in the Blue Room (upstairs in the Student Centre) from 6pm.

To celebrate the forthcoming celebrations we’re having 10 facts of Samhain as we count-down the days.

Fact #8:

The Irish word Samhain is derived from the Old Irish samain, samuin, or samfuin, all referring to 1 November (latha na samna: ’samhain day’) and the festival and royal assembly held on that date in medieval Ireland (oenaig na samna: ’samhain assembly’).

Find more facts at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain

Hey everyone. As most of you know we here in PaganSoc have an annual Samhain Party. This year it’s on October 25th, in the Blue Room (upstairs in the Student Centre) from 6pm.

To celebrate the forthcoming celebrations we’re having 10 facts of Samhain as we count-down the days.

Fact #7:

Bonfires played a large part in the festivities celebrated down through the last several centuries, and up through the present day in some rural areas of the Celtic nations and the diaspora. Villagers were said to have cast the bones of the slaughtered cattle upon the flames.

Find more facts at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain

 Hey everyone, it’s that time again!

Wednesday 24th 11am-2pm: Coffee Morning, Room 3, Student Centre

Thursday 25th 6pm: SAMHAIN PARTY!!! BLUE ROOM, STUDENT CENTRE (All welcome, 5 euros at the door) Food and Drink, Hallowe’en games, Fancy Dress Essential (prize for best dressed).

This is our big night, don’t forget to pass on the word (everyone welcome, members and non-members). Check out http://pagansoc.com/wp-gallery2.php for pics of passed parties.

Hope to see you all there.

Hey everyone. As most of you know we here in PaganSoc have an annual Samhain Party. This year it’s on October 25th, in the Blue Room (upstairs in the Student Centre) from 6pm.

To celebrate the forthcoming celebrations we’re having 10 facts of Samhain as we count-down the days.

Fact #6:

The Samhain celebrations have survived in several guises as a festival dedicated to the harvest and the dead. In Ireland and Scotland, the Féile na Marbh, the ‘festival of the dead’ took place on Samhain.

Find more facts at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain

Hey everyone. As most of you know we here in PaganSoc have an annual Samhain Party. This year it’s on October 25th, in the Blue Room (upstairs in the Student Centre) from 6pm.

To celebrate the forthcoming celebrations we’re having 10 facts of Samhain as we count-down the days.

Fact #5:

The Cath Maige Tuireadh (Battle of Mag Tuired) takes place on Samhain. The deities Morrígan and Dagda meet and have sex before the battle against the Fomorians; in this way the Morrígan acts as a sovereignty figure and gives the victory to The Dagda’s people, the Tuatha Dé Danann.

Find more facts at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain

Thank you goes out to Steve and Cathal for helping me postering this morning.

Thanks to them we have Samhain posters for everyone to see.

Hey everyone. As most of you know we here in PaganSoc have an annual Samhain Party. This year it’s on October 25th, in the Blue Room (upstairs in the Student Centre) from 6pm.

To celebrate the forthcoming celebrations we’re having 10 facts of Samhain as we count-down the days.

Fact #4:

The Ulster Cycle is peppered with references to Samhain. Many of the adventures and campaigns undertaken by the characters therein begin at the Samhain Night feast.

Find more facts at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain

Hey everyone. As most of you know we here in PaganSoc have an annual Samhain Party. This year it’s on October 25th, in the Blue Room (upstairs in the Student Centre) from 6pm.

To celebrate the forthcoming celebrations we’re having 10 facts of Samhain as we count-down the days.

Fact #3:

The Festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture, and is generally regarded as ‘The Celtic New Year’.

Find more facts at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain

Hey everyone. As most of you know we here in PaganSoc have an annual Samhain Party. This year it’s on October 25th, in the Blue Room (upstairs in the Student Centre) from 6pm.

To celebrate the forthcoming celebrations we’re having 10 facts of Samhain as we count-down the days.

Fact #2:

Samhain: Sabbat held on the eve of November 1st, also called Hallowe’en and celebrated by most people (religiously or not) on October 31.

Find more facts at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain