St Brigid
Ireland’s Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage recognises Set Dancing, St Brigid’s Cross making, Gaelic Football and Am Dram
They will join 38 other cultural practices already recognised on Ireland’s National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage
Belfast primary pupils prepare celebrations to mark 1,500th anniversary of St Brigid’s death
Pupils at St Bride's Primary School in south Belfast are holding special celebrations on Thursday to mark 1,500 years since St Brigid's death.
The making of a St Brigid's Cross
Irish News photographer Mal McCann visited Raidío Fáilte this week where a workshop on making St Brigid's Crosses was being held
Republic to get new public holiday in honour of St Brigid
St Brigid’s Day, when Ireland’s second most famous saint is celebrated, will become a permanent public holiday from next year.
Stephen Colton's Take on Nature: Throwing some light on the humble rush
'UP THE airy mountain/Down the rushy glen/We daren’t go a-hunting/For fear of little men;’ are the opening lines from William Allingham’s well-known children’s poem The Fairies.
Take On Nature: Pagan or Christian, Brigid has deep links to the Irish landscape
A HUDDLED group of oystercatchers crouch low in a grazing field taking shelter from the blasts of icy wind that roar in off the sea.
Ireland's great monastic tradition
"SONS of the Irish and daughters of their under-kings were monks and virgins of Christ - I cannot count their number.
Lynette Fay: Seeing Brigid's spirit re-energised and reclaimed has been inspiring
IT IS universally agreed that this lockdown is the toughest to date.
