Devotees of St. Brigid are commemorated the 1,500th anniversary of her death Thursday, the feast day of the so-called matron saint of Ireland, who’s been gaining a modern following. Many of the ...

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 ...

I came to this ancient village a few months ago to visit St. Brigid’s Shrine. Little did my husband Damien and I know how much we were to learn that day, or the unexpected impact St. Brigid ...

Brigid 1500 Festival in Co Kildare will celebrate the extraordinary life and legacy of St. Brigid from January 27 - February 6, 2024. Brigid 1500 Festival will celebrate the extraordinary St ...

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 ...

St. Brigid traveled, preached and healed. She’s often depicted with images of fire and light and is associated with fertility, care for living things and peacemaking.

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 Kildare ...

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.