Spring in Ireland officially starts on St Brigids Day which is February the 1st in our calendar? Which may not be accurate as this is a celebration that has its roots along way back in pre-christian ...

On a cold winter night, a solemn group has gathered to bear witness to the hope of spring. Three women cross to the middle of the room. The first, dressed in red, strikes an anvil to invoke the ...

Catholic saint? Pagan goddess? Mythical brewer? A break in Kildare sheds light on a woman now honoured with her own bank holiday on 1 February The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brigid’s Day is the first traditional festival of the calendar year in Ireland and has been for centuries. However, it was only in ...

Kicking off a celebration of Irish women in history and praising the Matron Saint of Ireland and Celtic goddess in the lead up to Feb 1. Over the ten years of IrishCentral.com we’ve always been ...

In 1902, the Yeats sisters founded Dun Emer Press and Guild with Evelyn Gleeson, and created a new visual language for the ...

It was an icy afternoon in mid-January when I walked into my local village of Ballycastle on the north Mayo coast. A bright winter sun shone through the pink and purple clouds of the big Atlantic sky.

Lord Mayor of Dublin Emma Blain with Natasha O’Brien and Bridget Macken at Merrion Square, Dublin, ahead of this year’s Brigit Festival (Julien Behal/PA) (PA Media) For free real time breaking news ...