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📖 Ancient Restoration The name Brigid comes from Brigantes ('the people of the goddess Brigid') - a Celtic tribe that inhabited Iron Age Britain. Later the Brigantes settled Leinster, suggesting these peoples introduced Brigid as a chief deity to Ireland.
The sacred fire Solas Bhride ('the Light of Brigid') re-lit in 1993 by the Brigidine Sisters, Co Kildare. Each St. Brigid's Day the town hosts a week-long celebration in honour of their saint founder.