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Turnips Before Pumpkins: A Century of Halloween in Ireland

Turnips Before Pumpkins: A Century of Halloween in Ireland

by Phillip Martin | Oct 23, 2026 | Customs

On Monday 31 October 1977, an RTÉ News crew went out to Bray, Co. Wicklow. Children in homemade costumes and masks were going from house to house asking for fruit and nuts. Others were dragging firewood together for bonfires that were, strictly speaking, illegal. RTÉ...

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