Book Description

Feminist, farmer, abbess, bishop and miracle worker, St. Brigid has inspired Irish women and men down through the ages. She cared for the poor, healed the sick, and founded monastic settlements. She became patron saint of revolutionaries and women fighting for their rights. She is also credited with inventing the Rosary beads, brewing ale, and inspiring the first tiered wedding cake and Buy Irish campaign. Pirate Queen Grace O’Malley, Lady Gregory and Maud Gonne MacBride, regarded her as a guiding light. All of them, including Brigitte Bardot, are featured in this book. The book also describes her holy wells, St. Brigid’s Crosses, churches, miracles and cures – providing you with all you will ever need to know about this iconic saint. REVIEWS ‘An accessible, easy breeze through Brigid’s life’ The Irish Times ‘A work of great scholarship, but which is simultaneously a page-turner....It’s a triumph’ Pat Kenny, Newstalk ‘Colm and Una are the only writers who can get me reading about the lives of the saints’ Brendan O’Connor, RTÉ Radio 1 ‘Delightful reading’ The Irish Catholic ‘The Book of St. Brigid – it’s great!’ The Today Show, RTÉ TV ‘An incredible story of an incredible woman’ Tipp FM ‘A masterpiece’ LMFM ‘A fabulous read’ Midwest Radio ‘I loved it from start to finish’ Cork C103