Watch: Meet Ireland's oldest Trick-or-treaters

They've been threatened with gardaí, rotten eggs and even the rosary. However, a group laying claim to the title of Ireland’s first and oldest trick-or-treaters say they wouldn’t have it any other way.

The caped crusaders — Con Prout and John A Murphy — are preparing to visit as many houses as possible this Halloween. Their door-to-door antics in Cork date back to 1977 when trick-or-treating was still very much a US phenomenon and had yet to make its way to this side of the Atlantic.

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