Before Christianity came to Ireland the Celts celebrated their dead at this time of year. Their belief in another world woven into and through this world where their dead still existed prepared them perfectly for the Christian belief in life after death. Even though there was already a feast of All Martyrs in Rome in May, the Church eventually designated the Irish date as the time to feel the closeness of those who had gone before us into the other world.
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