Yes indeed - heavily urbanised as well now of course. But still a great community event which is a nice thread of continuity, along with the games etc that still seem to be popular with our kids!

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It's always been celebrated in Ireland, but we have indeed adopted some of the American-isations, as is often the way with these things! My parents and their parents would never have used the words 'trick-or-treat' for instance. That (I believe) is an Americanism adopted by my generation.

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Trans rights are being rolled back across the world. Under Labour we are witnessing the largest attack on trans, as well as human in general, rights for decades. The Supreme Court ruling has opened the door to trans individuals being excluded from public life. 1/ www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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...to assimilate. All through my childhood there was never any association with Catholic ceremony as there was in almost every other major festivity. There was a vague notion that there was something called All Saints Day - but the concept was essentially entirely foreign to us.

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Yes I've made that connection now with the help of @uncivil-s.bsky.social 😀 Your broader point is completely correct- the substitution of 'Gaelic culture' for 'Celtic culture' tidies up that small inaccuracy. Notably, Halloween is a festival that the Catholic church in Ireland completely failed...

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