A statue of the first female parliamentarian in Australian, Edith Cowan, has been unveiled along St Georges Terrace in ...

IRELAND could be getting a new bank holiday in honour of another one of the country’s patron saints. The Government is being urged to honour St Colmcille with a ­public holiday of his own.

An Irish bishop has warned of an “epidemic of silent suffering” caused by the large number of people affected by alcohol ...

Donegal County Council is set to ask the Government to establish a new public holiday in honour of Saint Colmcille - also ...

The eye-catching new mural in the Bogside commemorating St Columba is a fitting and welcome tribute to this son of Donegal whose legend and legacy are felt across these isles and beyond through to ...

The Lackawanna County Men’s and Ladies’ Ancient Order of Hibernians recently gathered to celebrate the Feast of St. Brigid of Ireland. The Rev. Richard Fox celebrated the Eucharistic Liturgy ...

Growing up as an Irish woman, I often wondered why a Romano-British man became Ireland’s enduring global icon, eclipsing nearly every Irish woman in history. Yet every March, millions worldwide ...

But who was St Brigid? And why is she one of Ireland's patron saints? St Brigid was said to have been born in Faughart, Co Louth, not far from Dundalk in 451 or 452 AD. Her mother was a slave and ...

Oral and folk tradition recounts that St. Brigid, whose feast day is celebrated in Ireland on Feb. 1, made a cross from rushes or reeds to explain Christianity to the faithful in much the same way ...

Kildare is gearing up to welcome over 100,000 visitors this January and February as the Brigid 2025 ... celebrate the legacy of Ireland’s iconic female patron saint, whose history is deeply ...

honors both the Christian saint and the ancient Celtic goddess Brigid. It marks the beginning of spring in Ireland and highlights the festival's deep ties to feminine power, wisdom, and Irish ...