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  1. The Origins of St. Brigid's Day & Imbolg.
    I look at the origins of what is now a Public Holiday in Ireland. Imbolg is one of the four Gaelic festivals, Brigid a Saint & Goddess.

    I'd be very grateful for RTs!
    #StBrigidsDay #Brigid #Imbolg #LáFhéileBríde

    irishlanguagematters.com/2026/

  2. Today marks Lá Fhéile Bríde (#StBrigidsDay), celebrating one of Ireland's patron saints and the traditional arrival of Spring. Associated with the ancient festival of #Imbolc, this day honors Brigid’s legacy of compassion, craftsmanship, and learning in #Kildare. Explore her history and the unique traditions of the St. Brigid's cross on Vicipéid.

    🔗 GA: ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bríd_Chi
    🔗 EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid_o

    #IrishHistory #Vicipéid

  3. Happy St. Brigid's Day! Beannachtaí na Féile Bríde oraibh!
    The Irish Baby Names release for 2023 will be released on 23 Feb 2024.
    The How Popular is Your Name visualisation tool:
    visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/bab
    #StBrigidsDay #Imbolc #Brigid1500 #stbrigidscross #LaFeileBride #LáFhéileBríde

  4. Happy St. Brigid's Day! Beannachtaí na Féile Bríde oraibh!
    The Irish Baby Names release for 2023 will be released on 23 Feb 2024.
    The How Popular is Your Name visualisation tool:
    visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/bab
    #StBrigidsDay #Imbolc #Brigid1500 #stbrigidscross #LaFeileBride #LáFhéileBríde

  5. Have to laugh at the RTÉ Lyric FM presenter saying "Happy St. Brigid's Day and uh, Imbolc, uh....if you follow that kind of thing".

    Nice to see #pagan aspects to #Irish culture acknowledged by branches of the national broadcaster even if they can't say the words out loud.

    #Mastodaoine #Imbolc #Imbolg #LáFhéileBríde #Paganism #StBrigidsDay #Brigid

  6. Because Saint Brigid's Day only became an official bank holiday in 2023, there's an openness in how we celebrate her, writes Aoife Granville #UCCFolklore

    How St Brigid's Day will be celebrated around the country:
    rte.ie/brainstorm/2024/0130/14

    #Brigid1500 #UCC #StBrigidsDay #Brigit #LáFéileBríde

  7. Imbolc. St Brigid's Day. 1st of February.

    Imbolc is recorded in early medieval Irish sources and was also historically celebrated in Scotland and the Isle of Man. It's generally believed that the origin is older, pre-Christian, and the date is important to many modern pagans as the start of spring. It's also the feast day of St Brigid, mother saint of Ireland, and traditions included the weaving of Brigid's Crosses from rushes. Many believe that Brigid is a Christianised version of a pre-Christian goddess, although she is also recorded as a real historic figure who founded the Abbey of Kildare. It may be that two figures have been conflated.

    Imbolc is not recorded as ever being celebrated here in Northumberland, but the reasons for celebrating it as an agricultural festival would have been just as important here. The season for sowing, the start of the lambing, the return of the light, and the promise of warmer, less lean days to come.

    #Imbolc #SaintBrigid #StBrigidsDay #folklore #folkways #FolkHistory #SaintsDays #history #spring #February #Pagan #RuralLife #OldWays #sunshine #nature #wildflowers #northumberland #aconites #snowdrops #landscape #landscapephotography

  8. In honour of St Brigid’s Day 2023 - from his 1989 collection -Brendan Kennelly ‘Love of Ireland - Poems from the Irish’. His translation of ‘Saint Brigid’s Prayer’. #BrigidsDay #StBrigidsDay #imbolc2023 #mastodaoine

    ‘I’d sit with the men, the women and God,
    There by the lake of beer,
    We’d be drinking good health forever
    And every drop would be a prayer’.