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Cllr John Reilly making a presentation to Dolores Whelan with Dundalk MD Chairman Kevin Meenan . Pic: Arthur Kinahan
The 16th Brigid of Faughart Festival was launched on Thursday evening at the County Library, Dundalk.
The festival celebrates Brigid as Pre-Christian Goddess, Christian Saint and wise woman of the 21st Century.
It also celebrates the ancient festival of Imbolc, announcing the beginning of Spring. o came together in 2008, with the vision of recovering and offering the wisdom of Brigid and the values that she embodied, in ways relevant to our contemporary society.
The theme for this year’s festival is Brigid- Pre-Christian Goddess, Celtic Saint and Wise Guide for the 21st century.
This unique modern festival offers a range of exciting and creative events through which four different, yet interrelated aspects of Brigid, Earth Woman, Healer, Poet/Artist and Spiritual Teacher, are explored.
The events create opportunities to learn from the wisdom of Brigid, who is an expression of the divine feminine, within the Irish spiritual and mythological narrative.
The Brigid of Faughart Festival explores ancient spiritual traditions through myth, landscape, folklore, spiritual customs, visual arts, poetry, music and dance.
The emphasis of this festival is to revisit and reclaim the richness of the traditions associated with Brigid of Faughart, in ways which are relevant to our lives in the 21st century.
A deeper underlying aim of the festival is to act as a catalyst for the recovery of the presence of the feminine energy and the Divine feminine within our daily lives.
The festival has many exciting events including The annual Pilgrimage Walk from Dundalk to Faughart,
The Welcoming back of Brigid at Imbolc at Faughart Oratory, Healing Day, talks and workshops in the County Library and An Tain Arts Centre, and Closing Ritual in Ravensdale Community Centre.
These events are sure to stimulate your interest in the ancient yet relevant spirituality available to support us humans at this time of intense change and transformation.
The Festival will take place in Faughart, Dundalk and Ravensdale, Co. Louth between Sunday Jan 29th and Monday 6th Feb 2023.
For the full programme of events, please see www.brigidoffaughart.ie bookings through An Tain Arts Centre www.antain.ie
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