Saturday, 7 February 2026

Saint Brigid: 'Supremely the Saint of Pastoral Life'

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  Over the last week we have seen how Alice Curtayne's book on Saint Brigid has examined our national patroness as a uniquely important ...
Friday, 6 February 2026

Brigid and the Bishops II

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St Brigid Feeding the Poor by Imogen Stuart   We are continuing today with the relationship between Saint Brigid and the Irish bishops. Yest...
Thursday, 5 February 2026

Brigid and the Bishops

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  First Edition of St Brigid of Ireland by Alice Curtayne 'Brigid and the Bishops' is the title of Chapter IV of Alice Curtayne'...
Wednesday, 4 February 2026

"What is Brigid to us, or we to Brigid, that we should seek to know her?"

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  St Brigid by Leo Whelan Yesterday, Alice Curtayne left us with the question "What is Brigid to us, or we to Brigid, that we should se...
Tuesday, 3 February 2026

Rediscovering Saint Brigid

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St Brigid by P.J. Tuohy 1924-25   I am staying today with Alice Curtayne's 1935 article on 'Rediscovering Saint Brigid'. I find ...
Monday, 2 February 2026

Saint Brigid's Day Holiday

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  Today in Ireland is the official Saint Brigid's Day holiday as former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was only too pleased to remind us in a tw...
Sunday, 1 February 2026

Saint Brigid of Ireland: "She stood in splendid isolation, without prototype, without peer."

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 I am marking Lá Fhéile Bríde, the feast day of Saint Brigid, in 2026 with a wonderful tribute by writer Alice Curtayne from her 1934 study ...