Púca Festival - trickster Púca

Meet Púca, one of the four curious creatures representing the four aspects of Samhain: the Light, the Dark, the Mischief and the Change celebrated within the Púca Festival.
Representing the Change, Púca is a shapeshifter, a trickster, a mischievous spirit and at the heart of the festival. Púca is covered in long hair that sways as she does. She can be found to have multiple heads and limbs as well as horns and claws.
Unfortunately, due to the impact of COVID-19, Fáilte Ireland and festival partners Meath County Council and Louth County Council have made the difficult but unavoidable decision to suspend the Púca Festival for 2020.
This year, we will be celebrating Ireland’s authentic claim to be the original birthplace of Halloween virtually. At 8pm on the 31st October we will launch the lighting of the Samhain fires video filmed earlier this year. Together we will celebrate of the story of Halloween’s origins in Irish and Celtic traditions.
We hope you will join us wherever you are in the world and we look forward to welcoming you back to our Festival in 2021.