St Brigid of Kildare, a younger contemporary of St Patrick has been honored with a public holiday for the first time this year. St Brigid of Kildare, a younger contemporary of St Patrick, is quietly and steadily gaining a following, in Ireland and abroad. The holiday designation, the first honouring a woman in Ireland, comes 120 years after St Patrick got his holiday. “We believe she does.”Some are calling Brigid the “matron saint” of Ireland. “There’s something in the whole St. Brigid’s story that’s tapped into people’s imagination and search for spirituality, and there’s great energy there,” said the Rev.

Source: The Herald February 03, 2023 16:38 UTC