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Halloween in Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland 1977

Children prepare for Halloween night in Bray, County Wicklow. RTÉ News reports on the preparations being made by children in advance of Halloween night. Children in homemade costumes and masks are shown asking for fruit and nuts from neighbourhood houses. Other children are shown gathering firewood for illegal bonfires on Halloween night. According to Celtic culture, the transitions between seasons are associated with spirits and fairies – when the boundaries between the worlds were at their weakest. The most significant time of the year for spirits was Samhain, when the boundary between our world and the world of the dead dissolved. This one night of the year, it is said that spirits and fairies could easily cross into our world. The Celts believed that on the eve of Halloween (Samhain in Irish), dead spirits would visit the mortal world. It was the one day of the year when spirits could walk the earth. They lit bonfires to keep evil spirits away and dressed in disguises. Samhain was seen as the end of summer but also the beginning of another year.The community would gather together and light huge fires to ward off bad fortune for the coming year and any evil spirits. 1977 was the first year for a public holiday was granted at or around Halloween.