Spooky Samhain
Location
Stockwood Discovery Centre, Luton
DATE
October 21, 2019
Activites
Lantern making Sidhe (Irish fairy) trail Storytelling
An Irish takeover for Halloween!
What we’ve accomplished:
60
participants
8%
(approx.) first generation Irish
10%
(approx.) second generation Irish
7%
(approx.) thrid generation Irish
75%
(approx.) non-Irish
Spooky Samhain was an Irish takeover of Stockwood Discovery Centre in partnership with Luton Culture. Family activities included, Lantern making, Sidhe (Irish fairy) trail around the gardens; Storytelling with a Seanchaí (traditional Irish storyteller) telling the Irish myth of “Finn MacCoul and his Clever Wife” to families and “The birth of Oisín” for children aged 10 and over.
A Spooky Samhain booklet about Irish Halloween traditions was produced. 100 printed booklets were distributed, and published online.