The Feast Day of St Brigid | Imbolc – The traditional first day of Spring in Ireland

31/01/2023.Reading time 5 minutes.

St Brigid of Kildare or Brigid of Ireland (c. 451-525) is one of Ireland’s patron saints along with Saints Patrick and Colm Cille. Her feast day is 1 February or Imbolc, the traditional first day of spring in Ireland. She is believed to have been an Irish Christian nun, abbess, and founder of several convents. […]

The Feast Day of St Brigid | Imbolc – The traditional first day of Spring in Ireland

31/01/2022.Reading time 5 minutes.

The Feast Day of St Brigid | Imbolc | The traditional first day of Spring in Ireland

31/01/2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

The Feast Day of St Brigid | Imbolc | The traditional first day of Spring in Ireland

31/01/2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

St. Patrick’s Grave | Downpatrick, Co Down

17/03/2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Down Cathedral, illuminated in green for St Patrick’s Day, stands on the site of a Benedictine Monastery built in 1183. A stone placed in the graveyard in 1900 commemorates the fact that Patrick’s burial-place is somewhere on this sacred hill in Downpatrick. One cannot be certain of the exact spot of his burial, but this […]