{"id":18426,"date":"2022-02-01T03:01:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T03:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/herstory-light-show-for-brigids-day\/"},"modified":"2022-02-01T03:01:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T03:01:41","slug":"herstory-light-show-for-brigids-day","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/herstory-light-show-for-brigids-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Herstory Light Show for Brigid\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>From the shadows into the light, Ireland\u2019s Matron Saint and Celtic Goddess rise to inspire Kildare and the nation once<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span> again. On Brigid\u2019s Day, 1st February, the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.herstory.ie\"><span><span><span><span>Herstory<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span><span><span><span> Light Show by Dodeca will illuminate local landmarks with art of Brigid and Irish goddesses by artists Bernie Sexton, Non Waters, Courtney Davis and Jim Fitzpatrick. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>&#8220;For St. Brigid\u2019s Day 2022, and in advance of the 2024 1500th anniversary of the death of St. Brigid; Kildare County Council, with Kildare\u2019s Creative Ireland team and Decade of Commemorations committee, are delighted to collaborate with Herstory to illuminate landmark sites countywide on February 1st, after dark,\u201d says Lucina Russell, Kildare Arts Officer. \u201cThis project is centred around <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span>St. Brigid&#8217;s Cathedral, Kildare Town, which is synonymous with Brigid, as well as The Wonderful Barn in Leixlip and Kilkea Castle near Athy. The illuminations, with artistic representations of Brigid, will literally shine a light on the life and legend of this amazing woman.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>In addition Herstory\u2019s poet in residence Laura Murphy will create a poetic concept film for live performance at St. Brigid\u2019s Cathedral on F\u00e9ile Bhr\u00edd.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>This timely event follows Herstory\u2019s <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herstory.ie\/brigidsday\"><span><span><span><span><span>successful campaign<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span> to make Brigid\u2019s Day Ireland\u2019s new public holiday from 2023, in celebration of our Celtic Goddess, Matron Saint, and Imbolc, the ancient festival of Spring. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>KILDARE SHOW: BRIGID\u2019S DAY, 1ST FEB\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>LIGHT SHOW, details in link provided:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.herstory.ie\/light2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18427,"template":"","class_list":["post-18426","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Herstory Light Show for Brigid\u2019s Day - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From the shadows into the light, Ireland\u2019s Matron Saint and Celtic Goddess rise to inspire Kildare and the nation once again.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/herstory-light-show-for-brigids-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Herstory Light Show for Brigid\u2019s Day - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From the shadows into the light, Ireland\u2019s Matron Saint and Celtic Goddess rise to inspire Kildare and the nation once again. 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