WATCH: Celebrating St Brigid on the street at Cork city's Myo
Artist Martina Flanagan at the St. Brigid's day street celebrations at Myo Cafe on Pope's quay, Cork. Picture; Eddie O'Hare
CORK people gathered on Pope's Quay yesterday to mark St Brigid's day.
Myo Café hosted a street celebration.
This year marked the first ever bank holiday in honour of St Brigid.
One of the most remarkable women of Irish history, St Brigid is still remembered and celebrated 1,500 years later as the only female patron saint of Ireland, and the first Irish woman to be celebrated with a national bank holiday in Ireland.
Brigid was born around the year 453 AD at Faughart near Dundalk, County Louth.
Brigid travelled the country by chariot, converting pagan women to the Christian faith and inspiring many to join her congregation. As it was a dangerous time for women to travel, she gained a fearless reputation, leading to her patronage of travellers and sailors.
Brigid died in her seventies, c. 525, and was interred to the right of the high alter in Kildare Cathedral.
Her remains were later exhumed and transported to Downpatrick to lie alongside two other patron saints of Ireland, St, Patrick and St, Columcille.
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