If your name is Brigid, Bridget, Bríd or Bridey, this one is for you! Organizers in County Kildare have launched a global ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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.

Launched as part of the Brigid, Spirit of Kildare Festival, the ‘Calling All Brigids’ campaign is inviting Brigids of all ...

Saint Brigid of Ireland in stained glass at St Mary of the Rosary Church in Cong, Ireland. Detail of the stained glass window in the corridor behind the chancel, depicting St. Brigid holding her lamp.

Ireland's Office of Public Works (OPW) has announced a number of events taking place at its locations nationwide to celebrate St. Brigid. February 1 marks the celebration of Lá Fhéile Bríde. This was ...