but another patron saint of Ireland is making a 21st century comeback. St. Brigid of Kildare, a younger contemporary of St. Patrick, is quietly and steadily gaining a following, in Ireland and abroad.

The Monday following St. Brigid's feast day on 1st of February was declared a new annual public holiday in 2023, the first women in Ireland to ... her mural of the Saint which resides permanently ...

Saint Brigid is the patron saint of Ireland, dairymaids, cattle, midwives, Irish nuns and newborn babies, according to ...

Devotees of St. Brigid celebrated her Sunday with the return of a relic associated with the so-called matron saint of Ireland. The festivities came about a millennium after her remains were ...

However, two years ago, Ireland decreed a new bank holiday. And this one was dedicated to the country’s only female patron saint – Brigid ... whose dragonfly costume was made from old yoga ...

made a cross from rushes or reeds to explain Christianity to the faithful in much the same way Ireland’s patron saint, St. Patrick, used a shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity. St. Brigid ...

St Brigid's Day, or Imbolc, has been a yearly public holiday since 2023 to mark both the saint's feast day and ... And why is she one of Ireland's patron saints? St Brigid was said to have been ...

Deirdre Brennan is creating a special series of portraits in honour of Ireland's only female patron saint. St Brigid is one of Ireland's three official patron saints, along with St Patrick and St ...

he ancient accounts of Saint Brigid– whose feast day is celebrated on 1 February – tell us something about the part that women played in the early centuries of Christianity in Ireland and ...

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I kicked things off at a candlelit concert in St Brigid’s Cathedral in Kildare town, a 30-minute train ride from Dublin. Over the course of the evening, some of Ireland’s coolest female singer ...