Spring in Ireland officially starts on St Brigids Day which is February the 1st in our calendar? Which may not be accurate as this is a celebration that has its roots along way back in pre-christian ...

Siobhán McSweeney is currently to be seen in the Disney+ superhero comedy Extraordinary. Now, with Finding Brigid (RTÉ One, Tuesday, 10.15pm, and available to stream on RTÉ Player), she is back home ...

Brigit: Dublin City Celebrating Women, a city-wide celebration of women past and present, inspired by the Celtic goddess Brigit, will run from Jan 31 to Feb 4, 2025. The fourth edition of Brigit: ...

Devotees draw inspiration from Brigid the saint — and from Brigid the ancient pagan goddess, whose name and attributes she shares. Dancers perform in front of an image of St. Brigid projected onto The ...

Today is St Brigid's Day as we have always known it, but next Monday, depending on your line of work, you may be enjoying an extra day off thanks to our new public holiday of the same name. It will be ...

On a cold winter night, a solemn group has gathered to bear witness to the hope of spring. Three women cross to the middle of the room. The first, dressed in red, strikes an anvil to invoke the ...

THE oystercatcher and the linnet and skylark are associated with the folklore surrounding Saint Brigid, whose feast day next week marks the beginning of spring and the traditional agricultural year.

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 removed ...

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. Many of the ...