Title: Saint Brigid
Speaker: Jacqui Dalton.
Time: @ 7:45 PM
Location: Iona Pastoral Centre

Saint Brigid of Kildare or Saint Brigid of Ireland (Irish: Naomh Bríd; Classical Gaelic: Brighid; Latin: Brigida; c. 451 – 525) is the patroness saint (or ‘mother saint’) of Ireland, and one of its three national saints along with Patrick and Columba. According to medieval Irish hagiographies, she was an abbess who founded the important abbey of Kildare (Cill Dara),^[4] as well as several other convents of nuns.

They say Brigid was the daughter of a chieftain and a slave woman, and was raised in a druid‘s household before becoming a consecrated virgin. She is patroness of many things, including poetry, learning, healing, protection, blacksmithing, livestock and dairy production.
Source: wikipedia

Kildare Cathedral, or St Brigid’s Cathedral in Kildare, is one of two Church of Ireland cathedrals in the United Dioceses of Meath and Kildare. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin. Originally a Catholic cathedral, it was built in the 13th century on the site of an important Celtic Christian abbey, which is said to have been founded by Saint Brigid in the 5th century. The site was taken over by the Protestant Church of Ireland following the Reformation. There is an Irish round tower in the cathedral grounds.
Source: wikipedia

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Video: History of St. Brigid of Ireland.

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Video: Debunking Myths About St. Brigid of Kildare

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Brigid of Kildare, Pagan Goddess?
Link (above) to Phillip Campbell’s written summary debunking claims that Saint Brigid of Kildare was a “transmogrified Celtic goddess”.

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Video: Making a St. Brigid’s Cross by Michael Fortune (Folklore.ie)

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