Darina Allen's recipes made from the magical ingredient milk

Time for St Brigid to be as big as St Patrick — after all neither of their lineages stands up to real scrutiny, so no grounds for nit picking there, writes Darina Allen.

But if what we can gleam from folklore and much repeated hearsay is to be believed Brigid was a feisty, spirited entrepreneur and quite the role model for modern women. She is purported to be the patron saint of the dairy.