This new St Brigid tourism trail in Kildare is sure to become a St. Brigid’s Day tradition. Happy St Brigid’s Day! On February 1 we celebrate Ireland’s female patron saint, St Brigid, and in honor of ...

St. Brigid of Kildare's shrine in Faughart, County Louth, Ireland. (Photo by RDImages/Epics/ Hulton Archive via Getty Images On March 17, the world celebrates the feast day of St. Patrick, a zealous ...

The relics of St. Brigid are set to return to her native Kildare for the first time in nearly 1,000 years in late January as part of celebrations marking the 1,500th anniversary of her death. The ...

On Feb. 1 Catholics in Ireland and elsewhere will honor Saint Brigid of Kildare, a monastic foundress who is – together with Saint Patrick and Saint Columcille – one of the country's three patron ...

St. Brigid of Kildare Catholic Church will soon undergo another round of construction as the sanctuary is expanded to make room for more families. Beginning next month, St. Brigid parishioners will ...

Hundreds of people gathered in Kildare on Sunday morning for a special church service to mark the historic occasion. The homecoming event, which also saw a procession to the church, was held in what ...

Devotees of St. Brigid celebrated her Sunday with the return of a relic associated with the so-called matron saint of Ireland. The festivities came about a millennium after her remains were removed ...

A woman prays with a rosary at a stone cross during a pilgrimage to the holy well of St. Brigid in Liscannor, Ireland, Feb. 1, 2017. (OSV News photo/Clodagh Kilcoyne, Reuters) DUBLIN (OSV News) — An ...

Ireland on Thursday is celebrating the 1,500th anniversary of the death of St. Brigid of Kildare, the Emerald Isle’s female patron saint. St. Brigid (c. 453–524 A.D.) is credited with pioneering ...

Brigid’s role in contemporary Ireland seems like a kind of Rorschach inkblot. This projective psychological device tells you more about the views of the person interpreting the image than it does ...

Analysis: Medieval writer Cogitosus described Kildare as a 'vast and metropolitan city' thanks to the presence of the tomb of St Brigid Some people may be wondering why St Brigid is so hot right now.

Devotees of St. Brigid are commemorating the 1,500th anniversary of her death on Thursday, the feast day of the so-called matron saint of Ireland, who's been gaining a modern following. Many of the ...