(Much of today's Throwback was taken from a Feb. 19, 1964, article by staff reporter Louis H. Wood published in the Daily News.) For decades in its early history, St. Brigid Catholic Church was known ...

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

Watervliet Mayor Charles Patricelli, left, and Barry Perry, of local 1160 millwrights, look at the historic Meneely bell just removed from the former St. Brigid's Roman Catholic Church tower in ...

Monsignor Joseph B. Illig was the beloved pastor who spent 36 years shepherding St. Brigid's Catholic Church, from 1922, to his death on Easter Sunday in 1958. During his years as pastor, he completed ...

The St. Brigid Catholic Church in Westbury held a vigil on Thursday, Nov. 13, as part of a national movement by religious organizations to support migrant families, asylum seekers, and refugees. The ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Devotees of St. Brigid are commemorating the ...