Celebrate St. Brigid's feast day this year at the place of her birth in Faughart, County Louth. As St. Brigid's Day approaches on the 1st of February, the birthplace of Ireland’s beloved matron saint ...

Your guide to St Brigid celebrations and events across the island of Ireland. February 1 marks the Feast Day of Ireland's female patron saint, St Brigid (or Brigit), famous for her charity and is ...

St Brigid was the feminist, peacemaker and environmentalist who went on to become the matron saint of Ireland. St Brigid's Day, on February 1, marks the start of spring and became a bank holiday in ...

Ireland’s Kildare County has organized lectures, pilgrimages, and many activities in its Brigid 1500 Program to mark the anniversary, including a workshop on how to weave a St. Brigid’s Cross — St.

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 ...

Through narrow, winding roads with overflowing hedgerows, Faughart appears virtually untouched through the centuries. I came to this ancient village a few months ago to visit St. Brigid’s Shrine.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Lisa Bitel, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (THE CONVERSATION) On ...

A woman prays with a rosary at a stone cross during a pilgrimage to the holy well of St. Brigid in Liscannor, Ireland, Feb. 1, 2017. (OSV News photo/Clodagh Kilcoyne, Reuters) DUBLIN (OSV News) — An ...

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 ...