News
Bridget celebrations centered on Kildare
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Our UK correspondent, Liz Williams, recaps events celebrating Imbolc and the Feast of Brigid.
Europe
Imbolc in the United Kingdom and Ireland
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In Ireland, Pagans commemorate the first celebration of Brigid’s Day as a public holiday. Meanwhile, in the U.K., the White Spring Temple in Glastonbury holds its traditional Imbolc celebration.
Living
Blessed Imbolc and Lughnassadh!
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Today marks the celebrations of Imbolc in the northern hemisphere, and Lughnassadh in the southern hemisphere.
Living
Happy Imbolc
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Tonight and tomorrow is when many modern Pagans celebrate the fire festival of Imbolc sacred to the goddess Brigid, patroness of poets, healers, and smiths. Today is also the feast day of Saint Brigid of Ireland, the patron saint of poets, dairymaids, blacksmiths, healers, cattle, fugitives, Irish nuns, midwives, and new-born babies. In Kildare, Ireland’s town square, a perpetual flame is kept lit and housed in a statue that pays homage to Brigid. Festivities for La Feile Bride in Kildare started on Jan 30 and will continue through Feb 8. There are many other notable observances held during these first few days of February. For example, in some Celtic Recon traditions, this is a time to honor Cú Chulainn’s three-day combat with his foster-brother Fer Diad.