"We'd gone to a Celtic festival, up in the mountains."

These times will have been important for crop farming, and also coincide with Celtic festivals.

I'm on to do a turn at a Celtic festival up in the mountains at the end of the week, is all.

The other four are the "Celtic" festivals of ancient Ireland.

It is also the eve of a pagan Celtic festival of the dead, a time when spirits were thought to walk the earth.

Its origins date back over 2000 years to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain.

During the Celtic festival, he said, 30 bagpipe bands go into the mountains and emerge, piping, at the end of the day.

Its name is believed to be linked to the Celtic festival of fertility known as 'Beltane'.

The town has also hosted the international Pan Celtic Festival for two consecutive years (2006 and 2007).

Fearghal explains the meaning of some Celtic festivals.