Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Public Holiday Marking St Brigid’s Feast Established in Ireland

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St. Brigid of Kildare building the Church of the Oak, detail from a window of St Etheldreda’s church in London.

The fifth century abbess St. Brigid is one of Ireland’s three patron saints, along with St. Patrick and St. Columba.