Kildare Irish Figure Dancers performed wonderful choreography in honor of St. Brigid's Day as part of the Brigid 1500 celebrations in Co Kildare. “Happy St Brigids everyone,” Irish dance choreographer ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

St Brigid's Day became a public holiday in Ireland in 2023, but the nation's only female patron saint has been honored for countless generations. St Brigid's Day signals the arrival of spring in ...

Making a Saint Brigid’s Cross was once an essential skill known by every family in the country. It is a beautiful cross, made by patiently folding, twisting and tightening freshly cut reeds. The ...

Senator Aubrey McCarthy and First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska, during the state visit to Ireland, on December 2, 2025. Photo: Tony Maxwell. The St Brigid's Cross, by Newbridge Silverware. The ...

Something many of us will remember from primary school - the making of St Brigid's crosses is a lasting tradition. Perhaps the most painstaking part of manufacturing the crosses lies not in their ...