{"id":3450,"date":"2025-07-31T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T08:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/?p=3450"},"modified":"2025-07-31T09:15:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T08:15:24","slug":"lughnasa-celtic-harvest-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/2025\/07\/31\/lughnasa-celtic-harvest-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Lughnasa Celtic Harvest Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px\">Lughnasa Celtic Harvest Festival<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Lughnasa is one of four traditional Celtic harvest festivals.\u00a0 It happens at the end of summer when the grains are ripening, but have not yet been harvested. Usually celebrated on the 1st of August, it marks the end of summer and the beginning of the second half of the year. It occurs halfway between the\u00a0<a title=\"Summer solstice\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Summer_solstice\">summer solstice<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"September equinox\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/September_equinox\">autumn equinox.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px\">A History of Lughnasa<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Lughnasa is an ancient Gaelic holiday, said to be in honour of the pagan god Lugh, and his mother Tailtiu. As well as the usual traditions of feasting and gathering, it is believed that this was when the Tailteann Games were held. Games included &#8220;the long jump,\u00a0high jump, running,\u00a0hurling,\u00a0spear\u00a0throwing,\u00a0boxing, contests in\u00a0swordfighting,\u00a0archery,\u00a0wrestling,\u00a0swimming, and\u00a0chariot\u00a0and\u00a0horse racing. They also included competitions in strategy,\u00a0singing,\u00a0dancing\u00a0and\u00a0story-telling, along with crafts competitions for\u00a0goldsmiths,\u00a0jewellers,\u00a0weavers\u00a0and\u00a0armourers.&#8221;[<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tailteann_Games_(ancient)#cite_note-Nally2008-1\">Source<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Lughnasa is still celebrated today in Ireland as a holiday. It includes music, dancing, stories and crafts. Furthermore, One modern-day legacy of Lughnasa is \u201cReek Sunday&#8221;. This involves climbing up a mountain or hill. In Ireland, many people climb up Croagh Patrick in Co. Mayo., also known as &#8220;the Reek&#8221; hence the name \u201cReek Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 20px\">The Myth<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The myth that the Lughnasa Celtic Harvest Festival is based on, according to M\u00e1ire MacNeill, who wrote on it back in 1962 is the following:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">&#8220;[it involves] a struggle for the harvest between Lugh and Crom Dubh, another mythical god who stores the grain, which Lugh seizes for humanity. Often, this is portrayed as a struggle for \u2018Eithne,\u2019 a woman who symbolizes the grain. Also, Lugh combats and destroys another figure representing blight. \u2018\u00d3enach Tailten\u2019 or \u2018Aonach Tailteann\u2019 was a ceremony held during Lughnasadh in commemoration of Tailtiu [Lugh&#8217;s mother].&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/nationaltoday.com\/lughnasadh\/\">Source\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px\">The four feast days<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>As well as Lughnasa, there is Samhain, Imbolg and Beltane. These are all based on the harvest periods and seasons. Samhain is celebrated on the 31st of October and is linked to Halloween celebrations. People leave gifts for the dead to appease their spirits and festivities and bonfires are often lit. Imbolc or Imbolg is celebrated on the 1st of February and is a lesser know celebration. It marks the beginning of spring and rebirth of the land. The final festival, and a very big one for Edinburgh is <a href=\"https:\/\/beltane.org\/about-beltane\/\">Beltane<\/a>. 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Why not visit Edinburgh this year and attend our Beltain event on the top of Carlton Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Read more on Scottish history at <a href=\"http:\/\/librarysearch.napier.ac.uk\">librarysearch.napier.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Juliet Kinsey<\/p>\n<p>Photo by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@polina_art?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Polina Rytova<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/1dGMs4hhcVA?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more on Scottish history and Festivals with articles on:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/2023\/07\/10\/the-edinburgh-festival\/\">The Edinburgh Festival<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lughnasa Celtic Harvest Festival Lughnasa is one of four traditional Celtic harvest festivals.\u00a0 It happens at the end of summer when the grains are ripening, but have not yet been harvested. 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