In Ireland, Feb. 1 marks the beginning of spring and the celebration of “Lá Fhéile Bríde” — St. Brigid’s Day. For Irish Catholics, the day has always been significant, as St. Brigid is ...
Oral and folk tradition recounts that St. Brigid, whose feast day is celebrated in Ireland on Feb. 1, made a cross from rushes or reeds to explain Christianity to the faithful in much the same way ...
St Patrick, meanwhile, is the patron saint of Northern Ireland as well as the Republic ... the woman standing just to his left – St Brigid, whose feast day at the weekend was a celebration ...
But who was St Brigid? And why is she one of Ireland's patron saints? St Brigid was said to have been born in Faughart, Co Louth, not far from Dundalk in 451 or 452 AD. Her mother was a slave and ...
This week we are celebrating St Brigid and the Celtic festival of Imbolc. In ancient Ireland this festival heralded the beginning of spring, the return of light and the growth of crops and livestock.
St Brigid's Day in Ireland seems to be growing in stature by the year (not least since the public were given an extra Bank Holiday for the much-loved patron saint). 2025’s programme of events ...
For 2,000 years St. Patrick has been the undisputed uncrowned king of Ireland, with parades and celebrations worldwide from little hamlets all over the country to major cities spanning the globe ...
St. Brigid's home county of Kildare paid tribute to the only female patron saint of Ireland as the historic tower at the top of the Hill of Allen emitted bright lights visible for over 20 miles ...
Kildare is gearing up to welcome over 100,000 visitors this January and February as the Brigid 2025 ... celebrate the legacy of Ireland’s iconic female patron saint, whose history is deeply ...
Tradition holds that Ireland's iconic matron saint was born at sunrise on 1 February 452 in Faughart, just north of Dundalk, Co Louth. To commemorate the birth and legacy of St Brigid, whose life ...
One of those is in County Kildare, where St Brigid is credited with founding a monastery that became one of the most powerful sites in early Christian Ireland. No mean feat for an early medieval ...