# St Brigid

This year

2023

Quiz: How much do you know about St Brigid?

The first St Brigid’s Day bank holiday was held today.

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Feb 6th 2023, 10:00 PM

Brigid, Bridget and Bríd: how popular is the saint's name in modern Ireland?

Ahead of the first St Brigid’s Day bank holiday, the CSO has revealed how the name’s popularity has waned in recent years.

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Jan 30th 2023, 2:12 PM

Opinion: Make no mistake - history shows us that Brigit was a boss

Dr Niamh Wycherley says Brigit (St Brigid) would have been a thick-skinned and defiant woman living in a misogynistic and restrictive society.

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Jan 29th 2023, 8:30 AM

All time

How Well Do You Know St. Brigid?

Is your knowledge pagan or Christian?

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Feb 1st 2019, 10:15 PM

Here's how to make a St Brigid's Cross

Take a trip down memory lane to your primary school days.

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Feb 1st 2015, 9:13 AM

Summer, it's literally not what it used to be

Most of us learnt in school that summer was in May, June and July but that’s not what Met Éireann says…

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Jun 28th 2011, 10:47 AM

Ten things you didn’t know about Ireland’s favourite saints

St Brigid was bulimic! St Therese restored the eyesight of Edith Piaf! St Nicholas is the patron saint of… what?!

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Mar 17th 2011, 12:45 PM

Top 10: Weird Patron Saints

It’s All Saints Day – so how better to mark November 1 than with a selection of lesser-known patron saints?

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Nov 1st 2010, 4:40 PM