Plant an Irish Heritage Tree this February 1 for St. Brigid on the land she calls her ancestry home and pay tribute to the incredible women in your life. Honor the Irish woman in your life by planting ...

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 ...

St. Brigid’s Day, observed this year on Monday, February 6, is Ireland’s newest national holiday following Herstory’s successful three-year campaign. Herstory is leading Ireland's St. Brigid's Day ...

DUBLIN, Ireland — The feast of St. Brigid of Kildare, Ireland’s female patron saint, will be a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland beginning in 2023, it was recently announced. Her feast is Feb.

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.

St. Brigid of Kildare is pictured in a stained-glass window in St. Brigid’s Church in Crosshaven, a village in County Cork, Ireland, Jan. 20, 2022. The Irish government has added a new public holiday ...

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 ...