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St Brigids Day

Brigid Day Celebrations Rekindle the Flame

By Mary Pat Kelly
IA Newsletter, February 8, 2025

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Brigid’s Day – February 1 couldn’t come soon enough to Ireland after an especially tough winter. The Red Warning storm EOWYN landed a final blow, sending force 12 hurricane winds ripping across the island on January 24, leaving hundreds of thousands without power. Although Derry, where I was, had avoided the worst effects of this weather, I still was greatly relieved to see the … [Read more...] about Brigid Day Celebrations Rekindle the Flame

Honoring Influential Irish Women
on St. Brigid’s Day 2024

IA Newsletter, February 3, 2024

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Corina Galvin, Sinead Naughton, and Fiona Walsh Are the first to receive “Women Of Ireland Awards” On St. Brigid's Day the New York Irish Center in Long Island City, inaugurated the Women of Ireland Awards, a new award recognizing achievement in business, community support, and the arts, and presented to three New York area-based women of Irish descent. The first honorees, … [Read more...] about Honoring Influential Irish Women
on St. Brigid’s Day 2024

News Roundup January 28, 2023

By Emily Moriarty
IA Newsletter January 28, 2023

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St Brigid's Day Becomes an Irish Bank Holiday St Brigid, one of only three female patron saints of Ireland, is getting her own public holiday. Starting Monday, February 6, 2023, St Brigid’s day will be a recurring public (also known as a bank) holiday to observed annually on the first Monday of every February, except when the first falls on a Friday, it will be observed on a … [Read more...] about News Roundup January 28, 2023