Saint Brigid's feast day on February 1 is also known as Imbolc, a celebration for the ancient Celtic goddess Brigid. Spring in Ireland traditionally starts on the Catholic saint's day, St Brigid's ...

St. Brigid's Day, celebrated on February 1st, honors both the Christian saint and the ancient Celtic goddess Brigid. It marks the beginning of spring in Ireland and highlights the festival's deep ties ...

Brigid's Day, February 1, is when Ireland remembers the Celtic goddess Brigid and her immense ... make a fire in the winter that will warm the spring and make her young again.

Here’s an astounding fact — Brigid’s Day is the only national holiday honoring a woman in the world (except for feasts of the ...

Saint Brigid’s Day is one of Ireland’s newest official holidays and celebrates a goddess and saint. Dublin has a whole host of activities this weekend.

Sinéad Strong is founder of Catholic Mothers Ireland, an organization that has drawn upon the life and example of St. Brigid ...

honors both the Christian saint and the ancient Celtic goddess Brigid. It marks the beginning of spring in Ireland and highlights the festival's deep ties to feminine power, wisdom, and Irish ...

As the birthplace of St Brigid, Louth is the ideal place to visit to celebrate our matron saint and Celtic Goddess over the bank holiday weekend.

It also stems from another Celtic holiday called St. Brigid's Day, with the Celtic goddess Brigantia being associated with dawn, light, and spring, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac. The Christian ...

" The Biddy Boys is a tradition particularly associated with Kerry, but it's basically a group of young people dressing in ...