Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath said she was wearing a St. Brigid’s cross during a briefing on the January 2025 wildfires and not an “inverted” cross, as posts online misleadingly ...

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 ...

Ireland’s Kildare County has organized lectures, pilgrimages, and many activities in its Brigid 1500 Program to mark the anniversary, including a workshop on how to weave a St. Brigid’s Cross — St.

St Brigid was the feminist, peacemaker and environmentalist who went on to become the matron saint of Ireland. St Brigid's Day, on February 1, marks the start of spring and became a bank holiday in ...

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.

Your guide to St Brigid celebrations and events across the island of Ireland. February 1 marks the Feast Day of Ireland's female patron saint, St Brigid (or Brigit), famous for her charity and is ...

Roughly 4,000 secondary school students gathered in Co Kildare to attempt to break the world record for the largest human St. Brigid's Cross ever formed. Students from 18 secondary schools across Co ...