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Added a 3-arm St Brigid's cross to the set. I've always liked this version
#StBrigidsDay #Imbolc #spring #rushes #LáFhéileBríde #crafts
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Added a 3-arm St Brigid's cross to the set. I've always liked this version
#StBrigidsDay #Imbolc #spring #rushes #LáFhéileBríde #crafts
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Added a 3-arm St Brigid's cross to the set. I've always liked this version
#StBrigidsDay #Imbolc #spring #rushes #LáFhéileBríde #crafts
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Added a 3-arm St Brigid's cross to the set. I've always liked this version
#StBrigidsDay #Imbolc #spring #rushes #LáFhéileBríde #crafts
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Added a 3-arm St Brigid's cross to the set. I've always liked this version
#StBrigidsDay #Imbolc #spring #rushes #LáFhéileBríde #crafts
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Properly feels like spring out there. A few St Brigid's crosses for the day that's in it
#StBrigidsDay #Imbolc #spring #rushes #LáFhéileBríde #crafts
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Properly feels like spring out there. A few St Brigid's crosses for the day that's in it
#StBrigidsDay #Imbolc #spring #rushes #LáFhéileBríde #crafts
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Properly feels like spring out there. A few St Brigid's crosses for the day that's in it
#StBrigidsDay #Imbolc #spring #rushes #LáFhéileBríde #crafts
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Properly feels like spring out there. A few St Brigid's crosses for the day that's in it
#StBrigidsDay #Imbolc #spring #rushes #LáFhéileBríde #crafts
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Properly feels like spring out there. A few St Brigid's crosses for the day that's in it
#StBrigidsDay #Imbolc #spring #rushes #LáFhéileBríde #crafts
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I have to say, she’s taller than I expected. #StBrigid #StBrigidsDay #StBrigidsParade #Dublin
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Imbolg, St Brigid, and the Quickening of the Year
It is 1st February 2026, which means that today is Imbolc (or Imbolg in modern Irish), an ancient Gaelic festival marking the point halfway between the winter solstice and vernal equinox. In the old pagan calendar, this day is regarded as the first day of spring, as it is roughly the time when the first spring lambs are born, daffodils etc start to appear, and the days get noticeably longer. The name Imbolg may be derived from “i mbolg” meaning “in the belly”, referring to the pregnancy of ewes. This time corresponds to the Welsh Gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau and is also sometimes called, rather beautifully, The Quickening of the Year. It’s a time for rebirth and renewal after the darkness of winter.
Incidentally, in spoken Irish it is common to place an unstressed vowel sound – often schwa – between certain pairs of consonants, e.g. the name “Colm” is pronounced “Collum”. This extends to Hiberno-English: e.g. many Irish people say “fillum” for “film”. Imbolg is therefore pronounced something like “Imbollig”. In phonology this is called anaptyxis.
In Ireland Imbolc is usually often referred to a Lá Fhéile Bríde, St Brigid’s Day, after St Brigid of Kildare, whose feast day is today 1st February. There are events going on in Maynooth, which is in Couny Kildare, but I am not in Maynooth today so I don’t know what is going on. Incidentally, the Celts counted each day starting from sunset, so the Imbolc/St Brigid’s Day celebrations in County Kildare started last night, 31st January, but I didn’t see any of them either.
In the Northern hemisphere, in astronomical terms, the solar year is defined by the two solstices (summer, around June 21st, and winter, around December 21st) and the equinoxes (spring, around March 21st, and Autumn, around September 21st). These four events divide the year into four roughly equal parts of about 13 weeks each.
If you divide each of these intervals in two you divide the year into eight pieces of six and a bit weeks each. The dates midway between the astronomical events mentioned above are the cross-quarter days, of which Imbolc is one. They are:
- 1st February: Imbolc (Candlemas)
- 1st May: Beltane (Mayday)
- 1st August: Lughnasadh (Lammas)
- 1st November: Samhain (All Saints Day)
The names I’ve added in italics are taken from the Celtic/neo-Pagan and, in parenthesis the Christian terms, for the cross-quarter days. These timings are rough because the dates of the equinoxes and solstices vary from year to year. Imbolc is often taken to be the 2nd of February (Groundhog Day) and Samhain is sometimes taken to be October 31st, Halloween but hopefully you get the point that although the Pagan festivals have been appropriated by the Christian church, they have much older origins. The status of St Brigid herself is particular obscure; it is not known for sure whether she was a real person or Christian appropriation of a Celtic deity, or some amalgamation of those.
Until recently there was an anomaly in that the first of these was the only one not associated with a Bank Holiday. That was changed in 2022 and tomorrow, Monday 2nd February, will be the St Brigid’s Day holiday. It would have been the first of teaching in Semester 2 had it not been a holiday; we return to teaching on Tuesday. As you may have surmised, I’ve taken the opportunity of the long weekend for a bit of a break and a trip elsewhere.
P.S. As it also happens, today is also the 8th anniversary of the very first lecture I gave in Maynooth, on Computational Physics, on 1st February 2018. I”ll be giving pretty much the same lecture again on Thursday 5th February.
#Imbolc #Imbolg #Kildare #StBrigidSDay #TheQuickeningOfTheYear
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Imbolg, St Brigid, and the Quickening of the Year
It is 1st February 2026, which means that today is Imbolc (or Imbolg in modern Irish), an ancient Gaelic festival marking the point halfway between the winter solstice and vernal equinox. In the old pagan calendar, this day is regarded as the first day of spring, as it is roughly the time when the first spring lambs are born, daffodils etc start to appear, and the days get noticeably longer. The name Imbolg may be derived from “i mbolg” meaning “in the belly”, referring to the pregnancy of ewes. This time corresponds to the Welsh Gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau and is also sometimes called, rather beautifully, The Quickening of the Year. It’s a time for rebirth and renewal after the darkness of winter.
Incidentally, in spoken Irish it is common to place an unstressed vowel sound – often schwa – between certain pairs of consonants, e.g. the name “Colm” is pronounced “Collum”. This extends to Hiberno-English: e.g. many Irish people say “fillum” for “film”. Imbolg is therefore pronounced something like “Imbollig”. In phonology this is called anaptyxis.
In Ireland Imbolc is usually often referred to a Lá Fhéile Bríde, St Brigid’s Day, after St Brigid of Kildare, whose feast day is today 1st February. There are events going on in Maynooth, which is in Couny Kildare, but I am not in Maynooth today so I don’t know what is going on. Incidentally, the Celts counted each day starting from sunset, so the Imbolc/St Brigid’s Day celebrations in County Kildare started last night, 31st January, but I didn’t see any of them either.
In the Northern hemisphere, in astronomical terms, the solar year is defined by the two solstices (summer, around June 21st, and winter, around December 21st) and the equinoxes (spring, around March 21st, and Autumn, around September 21st). These four events divide the year into four roughly equal parts of about 13 weeks each.
If you divide each of these intervals in two you divide the year into eight pieces of six and a bit weeks each. The dates midway between the astronomical events mentioned above are the cross-quarter days, of which Imbolc is one. They are:
- 1st February: Imbolc (Candlemas)
- 1st May: Beltane (Mayday)
- 1st August: Lughnasadh (Lammas)
- 1st November: Samhain (All Saints Day)
The names I’ve added in italics are taken from the Celtic/neo-Pagan and, in parenthesis the Christian terms, for the cross-quarter days. These timings are rough because the dates of the equinoxes and solstices vary from year to year. Imbolc is often taken to be the 2nd of February (Groundhog Day) and Samhain is sometimes taken to be October 31st, Halloween but hopefully you get the point that although the Pagan festivals have been appropriated by the Christian church, they have much older origins. The status of St Brigid herself is particular obscure; it is not known for sure whether she was a real person or Christian appropriation of a Celtic deity, or some amalgamation of those.
Until recently there was an anomaly in that the first of these was the only one not associated with a Bank Holiday. That was changed in 2022 and tomorrow, Monday 2nd February, will be the St Brigid’s Day holiday. It would have been the first of teaching in Semester 2 had it not been a holiday; we return to teaching on Tuesday. As you may have surmised, I’ve taken the opportunity of the long weekend for a bit of a break and a trip elsewhere.
P.S. As it also happens, today is also the 8th anniversary of the very first lecture I gave in Maynooth, on Computational Physics, on 1st February 2018. I”ll be giving pretty much the same lecture again on Thursday 5th February.
#Imbolc #Imbolg #Kildare #StBrigidSDay #TheQuickeningOfTheYear
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Happy St. Brigid's Day! The Journals record how this day was commemorated in Ballycallan, Co. Kilkenny, in the late 19th century: tinyurl.com/stbrig
Learn about the Journals at MemsDead.com
#StBrigidsDay #Brigid #IrishHistory #LocalHistory #Kilkenny #OTD
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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: https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bríd_Chill_Dara
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The #dandelion is one of nature’s quiet teachers: resilient, generous and deeply connected to the land.
On St. Brigid’s Day, we take a moment to highlight this Imbolc symbol, and Brigid’s legacy as a carer of the Earth.
As nature reawakens, let’s recommit to protecting the fragile ecosystems that sustain us all.
#StBrigidsDay #Imbolc #CareForTheEarth #DandelionPower #ClimateAction
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The feast day of animal-loving St Brigid coincides with an animal cruelty festival in which Irish hares are terrorised by dogs. Read John Fitzgerald's letter in the Avondhu and please join calls for a ban on cruel coursing https://banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/02/09/st-brigids-day-coincides-with-an-animal-cruelty-festival/ #stbrigidsday #BanHareCoursing
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Beannachtaí na Féile Bríde!
Happy #StBrigidsDay!
If you'd like to learn more about the life and times of this patron saint of healers, poets, beer, blacksmiths and dairy workers, check out @Europeanaeu, Europe's digital cultural platform 👉 https://www.europeana.eu/en/stories/the-story-of-saint-brigid
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Rounding out our Darkscene #DJs #Imbolc Raid Train this morning/afternoon are @matthart3808 from London, #UK, and @penumbra_von_arkh in #France. Join us now at https://twitch.tv/penumbra_von_arkh!
#candlemas #happygroundhogday #PunxsutawneyPhil #stbrigidsday #imbolg #February #goth #DJ #darkwave #synthwave #EBM #futurepop #postpunk #80s #90s #coldwave #classicalternative #shoegaze #dreampop #VTuber #ENVtuber #digitalart #fanart #oc #ocart #comics #darkhorse #animation #oc #Twitch
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Rounding out our Darkscene #DJs #Imbolc Raid Train this morning/afternoon are @matthart3808 from London, #UK, and @penumbra_von_arkh in #France. Join us now at https://twitch.tv/penumbra_von_arkh!
#candlemas #happygroundhogday #PunxsutawneyPhil #stbrigidsday #imbolg #February #goth #DJ #darkwave #synthwave #EBM #futurepop #postpunk #80s #90s #coldwave #classicalternative #shoegaze #dreampop #VTuber #ENVtuber #digitalart #fanart #oc #ocart #comics #darkhorse #animation #oc #Twitch
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Rounding out our Darkscene #DJs #Imbolc Raid Train this morning/afternoon are @matthart3808 from London, #UK, and @penumbra_von_arkh in #France. Join us now at https://twitch.tv/penumbra_von_arkh!
#candlemas #happygroundhogday #PunxsutawneyPhil #stbrigidsday #imbolg #February #goth #DJ #darkwave #synthwave #EBM #futurepop #postpunk #80s #90s #coldwave #classicalternative #shoegaze #dreampop #VTuber #ENVtuber #digitalart #fanart #oc #ocart #comics #darkhorse #animation #oc #Twitch
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Rounding out our Darkscene #DJs #Imbolc Raid Train this morning/afternoon are @matthart3808 from London, #UK, and @penumbra_von_arkh in #France. Join us now at https://twitch.tv/penumbra_von_arkh!
#candlemas #happygroundhogday #PunxsutawneyPhil #stbrigidsday #imbolg #February #goth #DJ #darkwave #synthwave #EBM #futurepop #postpunk #80s #90s #coldwave #classicalternative #shoegaze #dreampop #VTuber #ENVtuber #digitalart #fanart #oc #ocart #comics #darkhorse #animation #oc #Twitch
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Rounding out our Darkscene #DJs #Imbolc Raid Train this morning/afternoon are @matthart3808 from London, #UK, and @penumbra_von_arkh in #France. Join us now at https://twitch.tv/penumbra_von_arkh!
#candlemas #happygroundhogday #PunxsutawneyPhil #stbrigidsday #imbolg #February #goth #DJ #darkwave #synthwave #EBM #futurepop #postpunk #80s #90s #coldwave #classicalternative #shoegaze #dreampop #VTuber #ENVtuber #digitalart #fanart #oc #ocart #comics #darkhorse #animation #oc #Twitch
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A small offering left over from yesterday eve. #StBrigidsDay #Mastodaoine
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… and the joy of turning over January’s page on a calendar. (With some added Cassatt too)
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Lá Fhéile Bríde, Imbolc at last. That was one extra-long January. Glad to get to the Bank Holiday. And breathe … for a couple of days at least 🌱⛅️
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Happy first day of spring
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'I am the dream of awakening. I am the returning of the light. I am the tough green shoot pushing up through the pavestones, I am the first kiss of sunlight on the unfurling petals of the snowdrop...' ✍️Imbolc by Caroline Mellor #BookWormSat #Poetry #Imbolc #StBrigidsDay #Nature 🌿
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Catch a sneak peek of tomorrow's #Twitch DARKSCENE #DJs #IMBOLC RAID TRAIN in this new #VoD post from @maerchen1313! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2vmCbLUbGs
#candlemas #stbrigidsday #pagan #imbolg #witchy #groundhogday #Celticmusic #February #EarlySpring #SixMoreWeeks #punxsutawneyphil #goth #DJ #darkwave #synthwave #EBM #futurepop #postpunk #80s #90s #coldwave #dreampop #visualkei #kawaii #VTuber #ENVtuber #digitalart #fanart #oc #ocart #artist #anime #animation #hatsunemiku #mikumikudance #groundhog #Twitch
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Catch a sneak peek of tomorrow's #Twitch DARKSCENE #DJs #IMBOLC RAID TRAIN in this new #VoD post from @maerchen1313! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2vmCbLUbGs
#candlemas #stbrigidsday #pagan #imbolg #witchy #groundhogday #Celticmusic #February #EarlySpring #SixMoreWeeks #punxsutawneyphil #goth #DJ #darkwave #synthwave #EBM #futurepop #postpunk #80s #90s #coldwave #dreampop #visualkei #kawaii #VTuber #ENVtuber #digitalart #fanart #oc #ocart #artist #anime #animation #hatsunemiku #mikumikudance #groundhog #Twitch
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Catch a sneak peek of tomorrow's #Twitch DARKSCENE #DJs #IMBOLC RAID TRAIN in this new #VoD post from @maerchen1313! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2vmCbLUbGs
#candlemas #stbrigidsday #pagan #imbolg #witchy #groundhogday #Celticmusic #February #EarlySpring #SixMoreWeeks #punxsutawneyphil #goth #DJ #darkwave #synthwave #EBM #futurepop #postpunk #80s #90s #coldwave #dreampop #visualkei #kawaii #VTuber #ENVtuber #digitalart #fanart #oc #ocart #artist #anime #animation #hatsunemiku #mikumikudance #groundhog #Twitch
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Catch a sneak peek of tomorrow's #Twitch DARKSCENE #DJs #IMBOLC RAID TRAIN in this new #VoD post from @maerchen1313! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2vmCbLUbGs
#candlemas #stbrigidsday #pagan #imbolg #witchy #groundhogday #Celticmusic #February #EarlySpring #SixMoreWeeks #punxsutawneyphil #goth #DJ #darkwave #synthwave #EBM #futurepop #postpunk #80s #90s #coldwave #dreampop #visualkei #kawaii #VTuber #ENVtuber #digitalart #fanart #oc #ocart #artist #anime #animation #hatsunemiku #mikumikudance #groundhog #Twitch
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Catch a sneak peek of tomorrow's #Twitch DARKSCENE #DJs #IMBOLC RAID TRAIN in this new #VoD post from @maerchen1313! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2vmCbLUbGs
#candlemas #stbrigidsday #pagan #imbolg #witchy #groundhogday #Celticmusic #February #EarlySpring #SixMoreWeeks #punxsutawneyphil #goth #DJ #darkwave #synthwave #EBM #futurepop #postpunk #80s #90s #coldwave #dreampop #visualkei #kawaii #VTuber #ENVtuber #digitalart #fanart #oc #ocart #artist #anime #animation #hatsunemiku #mikumikudance #groundhog #Twitch
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Spectacular end to the first day of Irish Spring - and a very noticeable grand auld stretch too. #GrandStretch #LáFhéileBríde #StBrigidsDay #Imbolc #IrishSpring #february #Mastodaoine
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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:
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#StBrigidsDay #Imbolc #Brigid1500 #stbrigidscross #LaFeileBride #LáFhéileBríde
