we figured you might want to brush up on the history and traditions of the iconic St. Brigid's Cross - and learn how to make your own! In 2023, Ireland ushered in its newest bank holiday ...

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 ...

St. Brigid's Day, February 1, is when Ireland remembers the Celtic goddess Brigid and her immense power in both the Irish mythological and religious imagination. The goddess Brigid was the ...

Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath said she was wearing a St. Brigid’s cross during a briefing on the January 2025 wildfires and not an “inverted” cross, as posts online ...

FILE – A woman holds a St. Brigid Cross as she participates in a candlelight pilgrimage walk, which makes its way past an ancient well associated with St Brigid, to the Solas Bhride Centre in ...

Ireland's best-known female saint also has her own unique symbol - the St Brigid's cross. Church and community groups will ...

including a workshop on how to weave a St. Brigid’s Cross — St. Brigid’s most enduring symbol. Father Patrick Hughes shows how to make a traditional St. Brigid's Cross in County Cavan ...

Thousands of students plan to mark the pause on the nearby Curragh Plains by making a human formation of a large St. Brigid’s Cross, shaped by a square with four symmetrical arms. Others around ...

Thousands of students gathered at the Curragh Racecourse in (backslash)County Kildare to mark the pause by making a human formation of a large St. Brigid’s Cross, shaped by a square with four ...