The empty church pews left by the abuses of the Church have led to the painful loss of spirituality in Ireland. The void is palpable. I believe Brigid - Woman, Goddess, and Saint - offers the ...

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.

Patrick O'Donovan, Minister for Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport, is encouraging members of the public to participate in the Saint Brigid ... heritage. Ireland's National Cultural ...

Ireland on Thursday is celebrating the 1,500th anniversary of the death of St. Brigid of Kildare, the Emerald Isle’s female patron saint. St. Brigid (c. 453–524 A.D.) is credited with ...

Devotees of St. Brigid are commemorating the 1,500th anniversary of her death on Thursday, the feast day of the so-called matron saint of Ireland, who’s been gaining a modern following.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On the eve of the Feast of Saint Brigid, it is tradition in Ireland to make a St. Brigid’s Cross out of rushes. Last year while we were filming in Ireland, Father Patrick Hughes gave us a quick ...