St brigid of ireland

Beginning this year, the feast of St. Brigid of Kildare will be celebrated in Ireland on the first Monday of February as a national holiday; the first time a national holiday celebrates a woman.

Growing up in Ireland, St.Brigid’s Day was one of the best days in school! We’d spend about an hour outside, playing around in the field and picking rushes for our Brigid’s Cross (of course, the rushes would try to take the eyes out of us continuously)! We’d all head inside then to start crafting; folding rushes in hal

Sts. Of Ireland: St. Brendan, St. Brigid, St. Patrick, St. Columba

Feast Day: February 1st

Saint Brigid of Ireland

Top billing for Brigid.

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People hang St Brigid’s Cross in their homes to receive blessings from the patroness and to keep them protected from evil and fire. It symbolizes the arrival of spring, warmth, colors, and happiness.

This is the Eastern Orthodox icon image of St. Bridget / Brigid / Bríd / Brìghde that I used as the thumbnail image for my blog post on celebrating St. Bridget's Eve in Gaelic (gaelic.co/bridget).

Saint Brigid of Ireland is the patron saint of Ireland, babies and children, and midwives. She lived in the 400s in Ireland and may have known St. Patrick.

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