Saint, goddess, abortionist: Will the real Brigid please stand up?

Today is St Brigid's Day as we have always known it, but next Monday, depending on your line of work, you may be enjoying an extra day off thanks to our new public holiday of the same name. It will be an annual holiday — the first one ever to be called after a woman, writes Joyce Fegan

To celebrate Brigid’s Day the spectacular Herstory Light Show by Dodeca illuminated iconic landmarks across Ireland last year.

Much has been said, and much more will be said as St Brigid’s Day becomes entrenched in our culture from 2023 onwards. 

Books have been published, PhDs have been completed and wells have been drunk from, but the question remains — who was Brigid?