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To celebrate the 1,500th anniversary of the death of St Brigid, there will be a talk in Moylough Community, Heritage and Resource Centre on Friday, January 31, at 8pm.

The Tonnta festival celebrating the Irish language and Galway as a bilingual city will run from Thursday, January 30 to February 2, over the St Brigid's Day bank holiday weekend.

To celebrate the 1,500th anniversary of the death of St Brigid, there will be a talk in Moylough Community, Heritage and Resource Centre on Friday, January 31, at 8pm.

To commemorate the 1,500th year anniversary of St Brigid, Dún na Sí is proud to host ‘In Cloak and Womb, a song cycle tracing the echoes of Brigid’.

Tonnta - Galway’s newest festival, celebrating the Irish language and Galway as a bilingual city will run from today February 1 to Feb 4. Given the weekend that is in it, there are a number of themes, but the primary one is to celebrate Galway’s status as a bilingual city.

The year 2024 marks the 1500th anniversary of the death of St Brigid (c. 450–524) of Ireland, who some scholars believe is a personality generated during the period of transition from Irish Paganism to Christianity, replacing the goddess Brigit, the Irish manifestation of the Celtic Brigantia.

St Brigid’s defeated Corofin last Sunday to lift the Shane McGettigan cup for the first time since 2012 — the year they went on to win the All-Ireland title.

Following a 3 year campaign spearheaded by Herstory, St. Brigid’s Day is Ireland’s new national holiday and the first named in honour of a woman: Brigid, our matron Saint and Celtic Goddess and a celebration of all mná.

Brigid Fox

Brigit’s Garden is inviting the public to make a Brigit’s cross for themselves and one for charity at a special event to celebrate St Brigit’s Day on Sunday (February 1).