Taste the Island - A Celebration of Ireland's Food and Drink - 2019 Buyers Guide

Samhain Ireland’s most famous festival, is a celebration of the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter. This festival was marked a a time to give thanks, to celebrate the harvest and pay respect to the Ireland’s fertile soils. The four main pagan Celtic festivals were celebrated with feasts and dancing at the change of seasons: Imbolc (February) Beltaine (May) Lughnasa (August) Samhain(November). Festival of Fire, Hill of Uisneach, marking the Samhain Festival 7 SECT ION 4 – IRELAND’ S FOOD HERI TAGE