Feile Bride (St. Brigid's Festival)

Celebrating the heritage and legacy of St. Brigid of Kildare

Feile Bride (St. Brigid's Festival)

Various VenuesKildare Town

Event Details

  • Sun 27 Jan - Sun 3 Feb  2013


  • Venue Details
    Various Venues
    Kildare Town


Féile Bríde, incorporates a Peace and Justice conference in collaboration with Afri - Action from Ireland, workshops, and a candle lit ritual on Brigid's Eve at the well. 

Pilgrimage and a Peace and Justice Conference are core components.  The secular and the sacred are intertwined. 

 There is something for everybody;  Local school children dramatise the legends of Brigid.  Brigid crosses are woven by young and old.  The celebration of Eucharist and other creative rituals are conducted in the local churches.  

The pilgrimage and ritual at St. Brigid’s well on January 31st draws hundreds of people from near and far.  The customs associated with Brigid are celebrated.  Artists entertain those who come to a feast of poetry, music, song and ceili (Irish dancing.)


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