There may have been two St Patricks, and St Brigid might not have existed. But there are no doubts about Jesus
Rite & Reason: The self-sacrifice of Jesus affects us more than you might think, and more than any saint ever did.
St Brigid
Aoife Cawley: ‘I hope to make a living from all this weird art about saints. It’s bold, bright, crazy, funny’
What’s Next For?: Being introduced to the work of Harry Clarke led her on to iconography. ‘It’s all very bling’
Two Lives of St Brigid; Warriors, Rebels & Saints; Homage: A Salute to 50 Memorable Minds
Books in brief: New works by Philip Freeman, Moshik Temkin and John Quinn
Lí Ban the mermaid to Charles the healer: The strange lives of some less famous Irish saints
For St Patrick’s weekend, the back stories of some homegrown heroes of Christianity, from modern healers to mystical mermaids
Lindsay Lohan’s Irish Wish review: there’s a scandalous lack of begorrah, which may be a good thing
American star’s glossy movie has criminally little Irish involvement
Over 30 things to do around Ireland over St Brigid’s Day long weekend
Bank holiday guide: Fancy making brooches in Cavan? Seeing Imelda May and Denise Chaila in Kildare? Embracing the spirit of renewal in Kilkenny? There are many ways to mark the 1,500th anniversary of the death of Ireland’s only female patron saint
What would St Brigid make of 2024 Ireland? She wouldn’t know what vibes are, but she’d get the drift
Emer McLysaght: The saint performed Ireland’s first documented abortion and other things the church don’t want you to know about her
Brigidiplomacy: From Berlin to Beijing, the Irish saint is having a resurgence
In her name, multiple creative Irish women turned cultural missionaries have fanned out to 50 global locations
Celebrating Saint Brigid: the younger generations believe and they don’t believe
We have in Brigid the ancient and the ever-new, a symbol of the malleable moment that opens new possibilities
St Brigid’s Day: Six ways to celebrate Ireland’s only woman patron saint
Lá Fhéile Bríde on February 1st was one of the most important days of the year for our rural ancestors
If you really want to celebrate Brigid, eat colcannon on Wednesday and then make your cross
St Brigid of Ireland is associated with new life and nurture, attributes inherited from her ancient namesake
Modern day Brigids tell their story: ‘I knew it was the perfect name for a little girl who was going to have a lot of struggles in her life’
Photographer Deirdre Brennan travelled Ireland photographing Brieges, Bríds and Bridgeens, Bridies, Brigids and Brigit
Spinning a yarn: The community group reviving the weaving tradition in Dublin’s Liberties
With classes, workshops, exhibitions and walking tours, the Liberties Weavers are proving there’s more to this south inner city area than just brewing
Hotelier John Brennan is wrong: The St Brigid’s public holiday is not the break ‘no one wanted’
I would have thought an additional public holiday in February would have been potential boom to hospitality
This St Patrick’s Day, instead of wearing green, do something green
Game Changers: Claire Anne Tobin is on a mission to make St Patrick’s Day an international day of climate action
Irish publisher targeted by online ‘trolls’ after history blog accuses it of turning St Brigid into black woman
Currach Books accused of turning St Brigid into a black woman
Ordinary Time by Carmel McMahon: A gripping memoir of emigrating, getting drunk and getting sober
McMahon’s story of getting lost in New York before searching for her roots ripples out as it moves back in time
‘Before you go to bed tonight hang a scarf or a cloth outside your door’
Dr Muiris Houston: Folk cures often have some of the same methods and goals of biomedicine and must not be neglected
St Brigid made real and achievable what must have seemed impossible and ludicrous
Aside from her unique role in Irish ecclesiastical history, she also serves as an icon for women paving the way for other women
Breda O’Brien: Brigid of Kildare is not a Rorschach inkblot
Brigid can be revered as a goddess and as a saint but the abbess of a powerful monastery cannot be erased in favour of a goddess with scant sources
St Brigid’s Day: Events celebrating our matron saint and Irish women around Ireland and the world
From Kildare to Dublin and London to Vancouver, there will be concerts, talks, light shows and so much more
St Brigid the ‘kick-ass warrior poet and goddess’: Siobhán McSweeney finds a very Irish superhero
It would be easy to for Siobhán McSweeney to become lost in the new-age psychobabble surrounding the saint. But this is a heartfelt, illuminating portrait
Michael Harding: My friend said a bank holiday in honour of some holy biddy who never existed was a farce
St Brigid’s Day: I let rip with all the fabulous magical realism I could muster and soon I had the General cornered
Protest against gender-based violence and cultural events to take place to mark St Brigid’s Day
Series of events scheduled as next Monday is to be the first St Brigid’s Day bank holiday
What’s in a name? Why are girls not called Brigid any more?
The name was so common in the 19th and most of the 20th century that Brigid was often used as a generic term for Irish women in the way that Paddy or Mick was used for men
Brigid, a thoroughly modern 1,500-year-old saint
Born of a king and a slave and raised by a druid, Brigid integrates opposites and stands as the sister of all
Bad Bridgets: The murderers, thieves and prostitutes among Irish emigrant women
At least 7.5m people emigrated from Ireland between 1815 and 1914. Among these millions were women who became murderers, professional thieves, prostitutes and alcoholics
Festival to honour the 1,500th anniversary of St Brigid ahead of new public holiday
New holiday takes place on first Monday after February 1st feast day and falls this year on February 6th
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