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In Ireland, 1 February marks the first day of spring and the celebration of Lá Fhéile Bríde, St Brigid’s Day — a time traditionally associated with renewal, ...

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I glanced out in to my garden and what did I see
but this beautiful little robin just staring in at me

He jumped up on to my windowsill and looked me right in the eye
I knew it was my loved one coming back to me just to say "HI"

This little robin hopped right over quite gracefully
He had a very important message he wanted to deliver urgently

"Please please stop crying you are really saddening me
Just think of all the love we shared together it will never ever leave
I know it really pains you that I am no longer there
But place a little reminder of me put a photo on my chair

Don't think I have left you I am with you everyday
As long as you see this little robin you know I am not far away

So take this love you have for me and place it right in your heart
Go back and visit it when you need to when you feel we are apart

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Robin among the snowdrops

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Old Irish Traditions
The girls and young unmarried women of the household or village create a corn dolly to represent Brigid, called the Brideog ("little Brigid" or "young Brigid"), adorning it with ribbons and baubles like shells or stones. They make a bed for the Brideog to lie in.

On St. Brigid's Eve (January 31), the girls and young women gather together in one house to stay up all night with the Brideog, and are later visited by all the young men of the community who must ask permission to enter the home, and then treat them and the corn dolly with respect.

29/01/2026

St Brigid's prayer

Brigid
You were a woman of peace.
You brought harmony where there was conflict.
You brought light to the darkness. You brought hope to the downcast.
May the mantle of your peace cover those who are troubled and anxious,
and may peace be firmly rooted in our hearts and in our world.
Inspire us to act justly and to reverence all God has made.
Brigid you were a voice for the wounded and the weary.
Strengthen what is weak within us. Calm us into a quietness that heals and listens.

May we grow each day into greater wholeness in mind, body and spirit.

Amen.
(author unknown)
St. Brigid's Feast Day is February 1st.
Artwork by Jen Norton

29/01/2026

🌿 Preparing for St Brigid’s Day at Beaghmore 🌿

With St Brigid’s Day (1 February) approaching – the first feast day of the year and a traditional marker of spring – we’ve been gathering rushes in preparation, just as people have done for generations.
St Brigid is deeply woven into Irish tradition. On her eve, rushes were cut before sunset and left outdoors to be brought in at night, when St Brigid was symbolically welcomed into the home. Rush crosses were then made and placed over doors, in homes, barns and byres, offering protection from illness, fire and lightning for the year ahead.

Doors were often left unlatched, food or straw laid outside, and ribbons or cloths left out overnight to be blessed. Children carried brídeógs (St Brigid dolls) from house to house, while groups dressed as “Miss Biddy” sang rhymes in her honour. Flowers were gathered, candles blessed at Candlemas, and old sayings used to predict the weather and the lengthening days.

These customs remind us of St Brigid’s role as protector, bringer of light, and guardian of the land, animals and home – traditions that still echo strongly in our landscape today. 🌱

Friends of beraghmore circle✨

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Imbolc/Candlemas February 1-2
Imbolc, in the Celtic seasonal calendar marks the beginning of the lambing season and signals the beginning of Spring and the stirrings of new life. It is Feile Brighde, the 'quickening of the year'. The original word Imbolg means 'in the belly'. All is pregnant and expectant - and only just visible if at all, like the gentle curve of a 'just-showing' pregnancy. It is the promise of renewal, of hidden potential, of earth awakening and life-force stirring. Here is hope. We welcome the growth of the returning light and witness Life's insatiable appetite for rebirth.

It is time to let go of the past and to look to the future, clearing out the old, making both outer and inner space for new beginnings. This can be done in numerous ways, from spring cleaning your home to clearing the mind and heart to allow inspiration to enter for the new cycle. ('Spring cleaning was originally a nature ritual' - Doreen Valiente). It's a good time for wish-making or making a dedication.

Imbolc is traditionally the great festival and honouring of Brigid (Brighid, Bride, Brigit), so loved as a pagan Goddess that her worship was woven into the Christian church as St Bridget. She is a Goddess of healing, poetry and smithcraft. She is a Goddess of Fire, of the Sun and of the Hearth. She brings fertility to the land and its people and is closely connected to midwives and new-born babies. She is the Triple Goddess, but at Imbolc she is in her Maiden aspect.

Ideas for Your Altar
Decorate your altar with snowdrops, swan feathers, a Brigid Cross, a Bridey Doll, white and green candles.
Make a Brigid Cross
Plant Seeds
Seeds are completely magical - pure potential! Plant each one as representing your hopes, ideas and dreams.
Bake A Cake

Or make a seed cake to share, seeds are full of possibilities. Tie it with silver, or white, or green, or any combination of ribbon.

Simple Seed Cake
You need:
Flour 300gms/10oz
A pinch of salt
I teaspoon baking powder
Butter 125gms/4oz
caraway seeds 25gms/1oz
sugar 175gms/6oz
Two eggs, beaten
Four tablespoons of water

Set the oven to 400F/200C and grease and line a 6 inch cake tin.
Sieve the flour, salt and baking powder into a large bowl and then rub in the butter.

As you do this think of family and friends, think of the small personal things that you would have them benefit from as Spring flows into their lives.

Visualise light flowing into the mixture, fire of truth and illumination, if you wish, use a rhyme.

Stir in the seeds and sugar and then the eggs, mix with just enough water to give a mix that softly drops off your spoon.
Stir in patience for the coming Spring, this is still a time of waiting.
pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for one hour, then reduce the temperature to 375F/175C and cook for a further half to one hour until the cake is golden brown and well risen. leave this one to cool in its tin,

May you enjoy

28/01/2026

31st of January is St Brigid's eve so don't forget to leave a cloth or scarf outside to be blessed by the saint as she passes. Known as a 'Bratog Bride' in Irish folklore, this special garment can then be used as a cure for headaches or sore throats



bratog bride


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28/01/2026

Legend of St. Brigid’s Cloak

The legend of Brigid’s cloak is often told. It’s the story about the manner in which she came to acquire the land to build her monastery at Kildare. It is often regarded as one of the first miracles associated with her

She approached the King of Leinster requesting the land on which to build her monastery. The place she selected in Kildare was ideal. It was near a lake where water was available, in a forest where there was firewood and near a fertile plain on which to grow crops. The King refused her request. Brigid was not put off by his refusal. Rather, she and her sisters prayed that the King’s heart would soften. She made her request again but this time she asked, “Give me as much land as my cloak will cover.”

Seeing her small cloak, he laughed and then granted this request. However, Brigid had instructed her four helpers each to take a corner of the cloak and walk in opposite directions – north, south, east and west. As they did this the cloak began to grow and spread across many acres. She now had sufficient land on which to build her monastery. The King and his entire household were dismayed and amazed. They realised that this woman was truly blessed by God. The King became a patron of Brigid’s monastery, assisting her with money, food and gifts. Later he converted to Christianity. It was on this land in Kildare that she built her dual monastery c.470.

Oil on Canvas by Barry Maguire, Ireland

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