Patrick O'Donovan, Minister for Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport, is encouraging members of the public to ...

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.

Dr Fiona Murphy says traditions like The Biddy on 1 February remind us of the threads that hold us together as a people.

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

Kildare’s celebration of St Brigid takes place over the bank holiday weekend and beyond, and will commemorate St Brigid ...

From the Biddy boys and Brat Bríde to holy wells and Brigid's crosses, February 1st was marked with great gusto in old ...

The celebrations will culminate in a candlelit procession this evening, starting at St Brigid's Shrine at Faughart and ...

Spring in Ireland traditionally starts on St Brigid's Day, February 1 ... at the foot of a high cross in Ireland. Similarly, our Goddess had a sacred cow that suckled a king, the same as Queen ...

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. According to tradition, St Brigid was born at sunrise ...

The new Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, played a key role in persuading the previous Government ...

Brigid’s Day has its roots in the ancient Celtic festival of Imbolc, which marked fertility ... visual artist Friz has depicted Brigid as both Goddess and Saint in a striking mural created ...