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The legend of Saint Patrick building an Easter bonfire on the Hill of Slain to upstage the fire festival of Beltaine is well known. That there is no equivalent legend concerning Samhain suggests that it was a day of less religious importance.
The legend of Saint Patrick building an Easter bonfire on the Hill of Slain to upstage the fire festival of Beltaine is well known. That there is no equivalent legend concerning Samhain suggests that it was a day of less religious importance.
=== Ulster Cycle and Medieval literature ===
=== Medieval literature ===
The earliest surviving discussion of Samhain is in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. These tales are set in the days when Connor ruled Ulster as king in the first century BC. They were composed in the tenth or eleventh centuries.
The earliest surviving discussion of Samhain is in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. These tales are set in the days when Connor ruled Ulster as king in the first century BC. They were composed in the tenth or eleventh centuries.