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@irishknowledge : February 1st is the Feast of Saint Brigid of Kildare (Cill Dara, church of the oak), one of Ireland's patron saints. Known as "the Mary of the Gael", Brigid was born in Faughart/Fochart, north of Dundalk, County Louth to Brocca, a Pictish slave who was baptised by Saint Patrick. Brigid herself was thus born into slavery. During her childhood, it is said she performed several miracles, such as healing and feeding the poor. One account details how she gave away all of her mother's butter store,

@irishknowledge : 'Meeting On The Turret Stairs' - Frederic William Burton, 1864 #ValentinesDay #IrishArt

@irishknowledge : The enjoining of hands around symbols of fertility is impressed deeply in the Irish psyche. Whether it's the modern heart or ancient cord.

@irishknowledge : 1 Feb: Feastday of St Brigid (†524), abbess & founder of Kildare, one of three patron saints of Ireland. Her devotional names - 'lilium inter spinas' (a lily amongst thorns) - Muire na nGael (Mary of the Gaels).

@irishknowledge : The Irish nationalist slogan 'Tiocfaidh ár lá' (Our day will come) is a modern form of the prophetic expectation of Gaelic resistance.

@irishknowledge : English expansion into Ireland in the 12th c. encouraged a revival in Irish 'secular paganism'. The Bards predicted the rise of a liberator.

@irishknowledge : Gerald of Wales in his Irish histories writes in fear about a king-liberator called Aodh, who would arise to destroy the English invader.