BRIGIT: Soulsmith, Poet, Healer
Celebration, Meditation, Excavation
Image by Jayne Brideson
Woman Spirit Ireland has been a torch-bearer in celebrating and researching the festival of Brigit for many years, and with Brigit’s flame burning ever-brighter, in this event we looked forward to Brigit’s Day becoming a public holiday in 2023, all thanks to the resurgence of interest in Brigit, goddess and saint.
Saturday 29th January 2022 7pm to 9pm GMT.
Tickets: Standard: €20; Concession: €10
This webinar interwove strands from folklore, plant wisdom, traditional hearth prayer and healing on many levels with poetry, art and music to offer an experience of Brigit as Soulsmith, Poet and Healer.
A virtual tour of the four seasons at Brigit’s Garden –Jenny Beale, Founder and Director of Brigit’s Garden, Galway. www.brigitsgarden.ie
Healing Plants at a Time of Imbolc – Rosari Kingston, Medical Herbalist and Ph.D Irish folkore, author of Ireland’s Hidden Medicine. www.drrosarikingston.com
Brigit as Healer – political, social, personal – Mary Condren, Feminist Theorist, Thealogian, and Brigit researcher. https://tcd.academia.edu/MaryCondren
Hearth Prayers in Brigit’s Traditions –Séamas Ó Catháin, Professor Emeritus University College Dublin. Author of Festival of Brigit and many articles on her Irish and European roots.
Poetry: Ruth Marshall:storyteller, poet, crafter and author Celebrating Irish Festivals. www.ruthmarshallarts.weebly.com
Music : Pádraigín Ní hUallacháin, author of Hidden Ulster, musician, songwriter. www.irishsong.com
Eithne Ní hUallacháin: 1957-1999. Lá Lugh . the voice of Eithne Ní hUallacháin. New Album of Eithne’s songs Bilingua, nominated for Album of the Year 2014, http://www.eithneniuallachain.com/recordings/bilingua/
Art: Original artwork, “Brigit”by Jane Brideson, artist and creator of The Wisdom of the Cailleach oracle cards. http://theeverlivingones.blogspot.com/p/how-to-order.html