Show threadStan CareyFeb 4

Added a 3-arm St Brigid's cross to the set. I've always liked this version

#StBrigidsDay #Imbolc #spring #rushes #LáFhéileBríde #crafts

Derek HollingsworthFeb 1

The Origins of St. Brigid's Day & Imbolg.
I look at the origins of what is now a Public Holiday in Ireland. Imbolg is one of the four Gaelic festivals, Brigid a Saint & Goddess.

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#StBrigidsDay #Brigid #Imbolg #LáFhéileBríde

https://irishlanguagematters.com/2026/02/01/brigid-imbolg/

The Ancient Origins of St. Brigid’s Day and Imbolg

Imbolc is one of the four seasonal Gaelic festivals: Imbloc, Bealtaine, Lúnasa, Samhain. In Ireland, we now have Public Holidays marking each of these with Imbolc being the most recently created, i…

Irish Language matters
Stan CareyFeb 1

Properly feels like spring out there. A few St Brigid's crosses for the day that's in it

#StBrigidsDay #Imbolc #spring #rushes #LáFhéileBríde #crafts

Mark MaguireFeb 1
Look, I’m not saying my little offering last night, clipped from my garden’s heather and berries, and placed on the liminal doormat, is what brought the break in the bad weather. But I’m not *not* saying that either, like. #Imbolc #LáFheileBríde #Mastodaoine #Spring #BringTheSpringBrigid
Aoife GreenhamFeb 1
and for the day that's in it, here's a poem by Sarah Clancy; Anois Teacht an Earraigh, pic screengrabbed from insta and text in the alt text. #FreePalestine #BrigidsDay #LáFhéileBríde
Show threadBrìghdeFeb 1

Gheibhear fiosrachadh inntinneach air freumhan Ceilteach Brìde anns a phìos seo le @seachaint
https://buttondown.com/godsandcroziers/archive/1st-feb-brighid-dawn-fire-goddess-celtic-artemis/

#LáFhéileBríde

1st Feb: Brighid, Dawn/Fire Goddess and Celtic Artemis

Brigit, more authentically Brighid, is a Celtic Triple Goddess associated with Fire, Dawn, and Poetry. Among other things, she's also the Celtic Artemis,...

The Gods and their Croziers
Aoife GreenhamFeb 1
Some of the fruits of our labour last night, crosses for the family, a cross for the cats (let no entrance be unprotected) and a new one for me, a triskel for the loft office, complete with trans ribbon. In this house brigid says trans rights. #imbolc #LáFhéileBríde #BrigidsDay #transrights
BrìghdeFeb 1

Latha Fhèill Brìde sona dhuibh!
Chuir mi buntàta agus chuir mi mo chòta dearg orm airson na h-eaglaise.

#LàFhèillBrìde #LáFhéileBríde #Buntàta

jdmccaffertyFeb 1
1 Feb 1620: David Rothe, bishop of #Ossory delivers a huge sermon in praise of St. Brigid at the #Irish College #Paris #otd He spoke, at length, of centuries of Franco-Irish links. It was published by Cramoisy of Rue St Jacques. #LaFheileBride #StBrigidsDay
Show threadSeachaintFeb 1

If you want to wish anyone a happy #Imbolg or #LáFhéileBríde, remember it's ok to not make a big deal of whether you're referring to the Goddess or the Saint.

It's not just OK that she's shared by Christianity and the Irish Religion. It was shitty back when it was just cultural appropriation. But in this day and age it's a become a positive shared celebration. May it be so someday for all the early Saints. ;)