FILE - Dancers perform in front of an image of St. Brigid projected onto The Wonderful Barn in Leixlip, Kildare, Ireland, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023 during the Herstory Festival of Light. Devotees of ...

In early November, a small group of volunteers gathers at St. Brigid Roman Catholic Church in Westbury to begin a painstaking process: In the north transept of the church, built in 1916 ...

St Brigid is one of Ireland's three patron saints, along with St Patrick and St Columcille. The group Herstory worked on a three-year campaign to get the public holiday introduced. The holiday ...

St Brigid's Day - today, Saturday 1 February - is traditionally marked by Catholic religious commemorations but recent years have seen a surge in interest for all things Brigid-themed. The ...

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 ...