Episode 56: Happy St Brigid's Day

How much do you know about St Brigid? Ireland has named a new public holiday in her honour but the TDG's are embarrassed by their total ignorance of her story. 

This week Marie Louise, Pauline and Jeanie welcome Dr Niamh Wycherley who is a medieval historian at Maynooth University.

Who was Brigid? religious saint, kick ass pagan goddess or possibly a combination of the two? Dr Niamh helpfully advises the girls that everything we know about Brigid is a mixture of reality and myth. - "Everything and nothing is made up" 

Sounds like the ideal scenario for a TDG's discussion. 

Dr Niamh Wycherley - https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/niamh-wycherley?page=4

Couple of articles by Niamh on St Brigid https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spotlight-research/boss-brigit

https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2023/0123/1349669-st-brigid-kildare-ireland-evidence-identity/ 

RTE: Finding Brigid - https://www.rte.ie/player/movie/finding-brigid/362119208110

https://www.rte.ie

Saint Brigid - https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/st-brigid-ireland

Good article on Bad Ass Brigid - https://headstuff.org/entertainment/humour/the-10-times-st-brigid-was-a-badass/

Imbolc Festival in Derry - https://www.imbolcfestival.com/

Little Acorns Bookstore - https://www.facebook.com/LittleAcornsBookstore/?locale=en_GB

Visit Derry - https://www.visitderry.com/

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