A short beginner's guide to simple words and greetings you can use around February 1 when Irish communities celebrate St. Brigid's Day or Imbolc and the coming of spring. Check out these useful Irish ...

Saint Brigid of Kildare’s Feast Day, which traditionally marks the beginning of a new season, will carry an added meaning ...

Carmel Hayes has been teaching children in south Armagh how to make St Brigid's crosses for more than 20 years.

February 1 marks St Brigid's Day and Imbolc in Ireland, celebrating Ireland's patroness saint with little-known traditions ...

The holiday celebrating this famous Irish figure is a lot older than St. Patrick's Day.

February 1st marks St Brigid's Day in Ireland, officially recognized as a bank holiday since 2023. This day celebrates both ...

Oral and folk tradition recount that St. Brigid made a cross from rushes or reeds to explain Christianity to the faithful in much the same way Ireland’s patron saint, St. Patrick, used a shamrock to ...

With St Brigid’s Day celebrations, Ireland is reclaiming old traditions and ancient festivals that celebrate the seasons and ...

Devotees of St. Brigid plan to celebrate her Sunday with the scheduled return of a relic associated with the so-called matron saint of Ireland. The festivities come about a millennium after her ...

A Brat Bhríde (Brigid's Cloak) is a piece of cloth left outside on the eve of February 1st. It is believed that as St Brigid ...

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.

Scholars have long debated the evidence of Brigid’s existence, or whether she represents an interpretation of a myth, or a ...